Overview
About The Barista League
Produced for baristas, by baristas, The Barista League is not your standard coffee competition.
Established in 2015 by Steven Moloney, The Barista League was created as a response to a need for more community-driven events in the coffee industry. In being both relevant and accessible to actual working baristas, The Barista League has grown from a grassroots competition in the outskirts of a small Swedish city to notoriety as one of the biggest contenders in the international coffee competition scene. Unlike traditional barista competitions, there are no entry fees or perplexing rulebooks – it’s all about teams of two having fun and making coffee in three fast-paced multidisciplinary rounds. The event, which in 2023 takes place in twelve cities across four continents, intends to be valuable to everyone in the coffee industry, from brand-new baristas to world champions, and is growing in both size and stature by the day.
Established in 2015 by Steven Moloney, The Barista League was created as a response to a need for more community-driven events in the coffee industry. In being both relevant and accessible to actual working baristas, The Barista League has grown from a grassroots competition in the outskirts of a small Swedish city to notoriety as one of the biggest contenders in the international coffee competition scene. Unlike traditional barista competitions, there are no entry fees or perplexing rulebooks – it’s all about teams of two having fun and making coffee in three fast-paced multidisciplinary rounds. The event, which in 2023 takes place in twelve cities across four continents, intends to be valuable to everyone in the coffee industry, from brand-new baristas to world champions, and is growing in both size and stature by the day.