reigning World Barista Champion); Greece's Stefanos Domatiotis; Javier Garcia of Spain; Olga Melik-Karakozova of Russia; Slovakia's Monika Palova; Franceso Sanapo of Italy; and Licata.
FROM RUSSIA WITH LATTES: More than 40,000 attendees came to Moscow's Spasskaya Tower, which featured a tent with champion baristas serving drinks.
While the event organizers expected the coffee tent to be a
draw, they weren't prepared for the onslaught of coffee drinkers who greeted the baristas. "They opened the gates up, and it just was insanity for three hours straight," says Licata. "I've had rushes in cafés where I've made 100 drinks an hour, but this was 100,
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COURTESY OF ANDREW HETZEL