This year's Barista Contest is a selection event organized by the International Barista Association and co-organized by the Japan Barista Association, and the winners will have the opportunity to go to Seoul and compete with baristas from more than 50 countries and regions around the world to compete for the title of this year's World Barista Championship......

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In the Hakodate Civic Hall, Lin Shuichi and the others bent over, hurriedly followed the instructions sent by the prince to the front row, and then hurriedly sat down in their seats.

"I'm sorry for the delay on the way, but ...... Good to find the right place!"

"It's just in time, the game hasn't officially started yet!

"Come on, Sakurako!"

"Come on!"

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Let's introduce the contestants who participated in the World Barista Championship, the number one contestant is Hidenori Izaki from the famous Karuizawa Maruyama Coffee Main Store, and he brings you the Tiebika coffee produced by Maruyama Coffee's own farm La Mesa Estate in Costa Rica, and the processing method is Maruyama Coffee's unique red honey bean method, which is said to perfectly retain the floral and fruity aroma of the bean itself. Today, we are finally fortunate enough to get to see Maruyama Coffee's secret development of this specialty coffee that aspires to compete for the world championship.

The second contestant was Katsumi Tokai from Kyoto's 100% White 100 Arabica Cafe, who is also the founder and owner of this popular coffee shop. Prior to this, Mr. Tokai had already won the championship of the World Latte Art Competition. And 100% Arabica is also a hot Internet celebrity coffee shop in the country in recent years. It is said that if you don't go to Kyoto and drink a cup of milk coffee with 100% Arabica, you can't be called a qualified coffee lover!

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"Ah...... 100% Arabica, I think I've heard of this coffee shop too!"

Hearing the introduction of the heavenly host, Akemi couldn't help but blurt out with some surprise.

"What...... What's that...... 100% Arabica or something, is it famous?"

"Hmm...... It is said that the owner behind it is a returned child, although he runs a coffee shop in Kyoto, he also bought his own coffee farm in Hawaii, and 100% Arabica has a special effect coffee with super high caffeine content, and if customers want to taste it, they need to make a reservation in advance, and they are limited to one cup per person per day......"

"Eh, how did Akemi-chan know about these things?"

"I saw this guy when I was on Sister Songzi's show before, and he happened to be a guest invited by the program team in that episode......"

"Ah...... If that's the case, wouldn't it be even more difficult for Sakurako-san to win the championship?"

"It's not that it's difficult, it's basically that there is little hope, Maruyama Coffee is the initiator of the Japanese specialty coffee industry, their founder, but the first to bring the concept of specialty coffee to Japan......

As soon as Lin Xiu heard the introduction of the contestants, he couldn't help but sweat for Sakura.

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Next, I would like to introduce the No. 43 contestant who participated in this contest, Ms. Sakurako Sakurai from Sakurano Sakurato Cafe in Tokyo. Miss Sakuwaki runs her own café in Tokyo, which is said to have been open for less than a year, but with Sakurano Sakurato Cafe's Sun-Shine Geisha, she defeated many coffee workers in Japan and made it to the finals.

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After the host on the field introduced the 50 contestants one by one, the competition officially began. At this moment, almost all eyes are focused on Hidenori Izaki, the representative of Maruyama Coffee, and Katsumi Tokai, the representative of 100% Arabica Coffee, one of them represents the highest level of baristas cultivated in Japan, and the other symbolizes the future direction of the specialty coffee industry, so most of the spectators who came to watch this competition are paying attention to the competition between the two masters.

"In the first part, each contestant is asked to prepare four cups of Espresso in turn with the coffee powder they brought, and then the judges of this competition will taste the specialty coffee prepared by you one by one. ”

With the order of the host of the scene, the representatives of the participants present took the stage to make Espresso for the judges in turn, because of the large number of contestants, so the organizing committee divided the representatives of the 50 coffee shops present into five groups. Only the contestants who win the first place in this group will have the opportunity to enter the final written test.

Seeing that many baristas in the audience are busy, the photographers in the audience have also aimed their lenses at the star contestants present, and Sakurako, perhaps because of her beauty, will also be favored by photographers from time to time. Every time, when the picture of Sakura appeared on the big screen on the field, Lin Xiuyi and the others cheered enthusiastically.

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At this time, Sakurako, who was competing in the audience, didn't notice the cheers of Lin Xiuyi and the others, she silently closed her eyes, and then took a deep breath, and her nervous mood was slightly relieved.

"No problem, just play normally at your usual level! Okay, come on! Don't think about getting into the finals yet!"

Sakurako silently said a few words to herself, and then used a bean spatula to take out some of the coffee beans she had brought and put them into the mixer, and with a burst of grinding by the machine, the originally intact coffee beans were suddenly ground into a fine powder. And then, a burst of roasted bean aroma gradually emanated.

Sakurako took out the appropriate amount of coffee powder and put it into the handle of the coffee machine, then skillfully dialed the powder, pressed it tightly and quickly buckled it on the steam coffee machine, and then, when Sakurako saw that the referee was about to walk to her, she picked up four cups and carefully wiped them clean with her apron, and then put the cups under the diverter of the coffee machine and pulled down the handle to open the steam coffee machine.

Sakurako breathed a sigh of relief as the black-brown liquid mixed with the foam mixed with the coffee grease slowly flowed into the coffee cup under the split. She saw that the referee of her group had already walked to the bar, so she reached out to signal that she was ready. Afterwards, Sakurako said four cups of coffee and put them in the tray and served them in front of the referee.

"I'm Sakura Sakura from Sakurano Sakurato Coffee Shop in Tokyo, this is our store's special sun-dried Geshina, welcome to advise!"

The four judges sitting at the bar politely smiled and nodded to Sakurako, and then each took the glass of Espresso in front of them and tasted it seriously.

When everyone put the coffee cups back on the bar, a heavy sense of tension caught up in Sakurako's heart again.

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