We are less than a month from the World Barista 2025 championships, which takes place at the host of Milan. Then it will be another year, until WBC goes to Panama City, which for the first time since Bogota in 2011, the competition takes place in the producing country. But even with such a immense WBC campaign in Docket, the Specialist Coffee Association is ready to reveal the location of the host in the World Barista 2027 championships: Tokyo, Japan.
Announced todaySeptember 25thAt the Specialist Association of Coffee Japan of the World Special Coffee Conference 2025, Tokyo will return as a host two decades after his last work – in 2007, when a guy named James Hoffmann won it all. According to a press release, the agreement between SCA, SCAJ and Exporium brings this event to the Japanese capital as part of the Asian leg of the world of coffee. It will be the fourth installation from the series, after the events in Busan, Jakarta and Bangkok in 2026.
He appeared on April 28th until May 1STWOC Tokyo will take place at Tokyo’s great sight Immediately from Tokyo Bay in the Koto ward in the southern part of the city.
“The Specialist Coffee Association proudly announces that World of Coffee and the World Barista Championship will take place in Tokyo in 2027. Japan played an influential role in shaping the global coffee culture by sacrificing quality, precision and innovation,” says the CEO of SCA Yannis Apostolopoulos. “Our partner SCAJ runs a specialized coffee scene and we are very honored to co -organize this event in Tokyo under the leadership of the President of Kato and the Iwata team. Introducing these flagship events in Tokyo reflects our involvement in supporting international cooperation and achieving perfection in the special coffee industry.”
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