Rules & Regulations Released for the 2025 World Brewers Cup

Nov 15

Today, the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) is proud to announce updated rules & regulations for the 2025 World Brewers Cup. This is the second rules & regulations release of the 2025 World Coffee Championships (WCC) season and applies to the World Brewers Cup event which takes place at World of Coffee trade show in Jakarta, Indonesia, from May 15-17, and sanctioned Competition Body events around the world.

In tandem with the updates to the World Coffee Roasting Championship (WCRC), the World Brewers Cup updates are centered on clarifications and formalization of existing practices in logistics, judging, and administration. Some key logistics updates include clarification on service vessels and cupping spoons for competitors that choose to use or provide their own, details on spraying water prior to grinding, and the status of kettles between setup and competition time, as well as some adjustments to the format to better accommodate the substantial increase in competitor numbers over the past three years. Judging and evaluation updates include a provision for head judges to taste open service samples during backstage deliberation, clarification to the logic of aroma evaluation when competitors override it, changes to how ‘astringency’ is categorized, and changes to the scale used by the head judge in workflow and technical uniformity. Administration changes introduce new processes for competitor registration, and appeals at both Competition Body and world-level in line with the WCRC updates.

Updates to the rules & regulations are overseen by the WCC Competitions Strategic Committee. The rules documents, summaries of changes, scoresheets, and new appeals form are now available at the new website for the World Coffee Championships on the Rules & Regulations page.

Make sure to join us — either in-person or online — at the 2025 World Coffee Championships this season:

Houston World Coffee Championships

April 25-27 at the Specialty Coffee Expo in Houston, TX, USA
Featuring the World Coffee Roasting Championship

Jakarta World Coffee Championships

May 15-17 at World of Coffee in Jakarta, Indonesia
Featuring the World Brewers Cup

Geneva World Coffee Championships

June 26-28 at World of Coffee in Geneva, Switzerland
Featuring the World Latte Art, World Coffee in Good Spirits, World Cup Tasters, and Cezve/Ibrik Championships