![\"Late](\"https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/maxresdefault-2.jpg\")
At the festival will participate coffee shops from Belgrade, and visitors will have the opportunity to watch the championship for the best barista. The winner of this championship will represent Serbia on the World Championship for baristas which will be held in Dublin.
\nDuring the festival will be organized and workshops regard coffee. The organizer of the festival is Specialty\u00a0Coffee Association of Serbia, and visitors and coffee fans will be able to enjoy in free espresso.
\nThe post Coffee festival in Belgrade appeared first on SEE Business travel & meetings magazine.
\n", "content_text": "Belgrade and Belexpocenter, on 25th and 26th March 2016 will be the hosts of first espresso festival under the name Belgrade espresso expo.\nAt the festival will participate coffee shops from Belgrade, and visitors will have the opportunity to watch the championship for the best barista. The winner of this championship will represent Serbia on the World Championship for baristas which will be held in Dublin.\nDuring the festival will be organized and workshops regard coffee. The organizer of the festival is Specialty\u00a0Coffee Association of Serbia, and visitors and coffee fans will be able to enjoy in free espresso.\nThe post Coffee festival in Belgrade appeared first on SEE Business travel & meetings magazine.", "date_published": "2016-03-21T14:28:27+01:00", "date_modified": "2016-12-22T15:42:44+01:00", "author": { "name": "Mirjana Novitovic", "url": "https://www.seebtm.com/en/author/officebs/", "avatar": "https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/slika-.jpg" }, "image": "https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/Belgrade-Espresso-EXPO-2016.jpg", "tags": [ "barista", "belgrade espresso expo", "coffee", "Food and beverages" ] }, { "id": "https://www.seebtm.com/en/barista-a-true-master-of-coffee/", "url": "https://www.seebtm.com/en/barista-a-true-master-of-coffee/", "title": "Barista \u2013 A true master of coffee", "content_html": "The decorations that the barista can\u00a0make in a cup of coffee can be true\u00a0miniature works of art, they can have\u00a0a theme in line with an event or be a\u00a0result of the barista\u2019s momentary inspiration.
\nThe decorations in the cup\u00a0of coffee are what makes the first\u00a0impression and \u2013 if they are made by\u00a0a top-notch barista \u2013 they will surely\u00a0put a smile on our face and make a\u00a0lasting memory.
As the coffee drinking culture evolved,\u00a0the profession of the barista\u00a0also gradually started to evolve with\u00a0it, getting more and more attention.
\nThis is a relatively young profession,\u00a0considering it has been around for\u00a0only some thirty years.
Who is the barista?
\nThe word, as well as the profession\u00a0itself, comes from the Italian word\u00a0bar, which refers to the person who\u00a0prepares and serves coffees based\u00a0on espresso.
\nThe barista can be simply defined as\u00a0a true master of coffee, whose job is\u00a0not at all simple and requires great\u00a0attention, patience, and, of course,\u00a0practice.
\nIn order to make an excellent espresso,\u00a0the barista must know every step\u00a0of growing and serving coffee, as\u00a0well as the machine used for it.
\nThe barista must know the origin\u00a0and types of coffee beans, the processing\u00a0method, and the way certain\u00a0types of coffee are mixed with other\u00a0tastes and spices. In addition to\u00a0mixing with other tastes and spices,\u00a0the barista must also know how to\u00a0prepare various types of alcoholic\u00a0and non-alcoholic coffee cocktails.
\nLatte art
\nToday, latte art is another skill that\u00a0is important for the barista to possess.\u00a0Latte art refers to the art of decorating\u00a0coffee with milk foam, or,\u00a0more\u00a0precisely, to painting decorations\u00a0and pictures. A barista who keeps\u00a0up with global trends and constantly\u00a0improves professionally will\u00a0surely know to put a smile on your
\nface with this skill and provide extra\u00a0enjoyment in drinking your perfect\u00a0cup of coffee.
For the barista, latte art is a way of\u00a0expressing\u00a0the artistic gift to make\u00a0an excellent cup of coffee.
\nThe importance of the barista is also\u00a0reflected in schools opening all over\u00a0the world, and there are several of\u00a0these in Serbia, as well.
Barista competitions
\nIn time, as the barista profession became\u00a0more specialised and started\u00a0to impose requirements, baristas began\u00a0competing between themselves.\u00a0They competed in making the best\u00a0coffee,\u00a0having more original decorations\u00a0and serving methods, preparing as\u00a0many coffees as possible within a given\u00a0time, etc.
\nThese competitions\u00a0lead\u00a0to creating national and international\u00a0barista competitions, gathering\u00a0the most well-known baristas from\u00a0the region and the world. So every year, the World Barista Championship\u00a0takes place in a different\u00a0city.
\nThe World Barista Championship\u00a0(WBC) is an international coffee making\u00a0competition, organised by World\u00a0Coffee Events (WCE).
\n![\"Barista\"](\"https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/11_20130525_SYX7972.jpg\")
The competition is held once a year,\u00a0each in a different country, in different\u00a0continents. The competition\u00a0attracts\u00a0the best baristas in the world,\u00a0and in its course they make 12 coffees:\u00a04 espressos, 4 cappuccinos, and\u00a04 original signature drinks \u2013 all within 15\u00a0minutes time.
\nDuring the competition, the judges\u00a0give scores for taste, cleanliness, creativity,\u00a0barista skills, and overall presentation.
\nEvery barista participating in the competition\u00a0prepares their own coffee\u00a0mix for making beverages. For making espresso and cappuccino, the same mix must be used all four times, and different mixes can be used for the other four coffees.
\nThis competition is open only to the\u00a0baristas who hold first place in national\u00a0barista championships. Despite\u00a0the fact that the profession of barista\u00a0originated in Italy, not a single\u00a0championship so far has been won\u00a0by an Italian contestant.
\nAt this year\u2019s World Barista Championship,\u00a0which took place in Seattle\u00a0from 9th to 12th April, the best barista\u00a0title was won by Sasa Sestic, an\u00a0Australian barista of Serbian origin.\u00a0Last year\u2019s winner at the competition\u00a0held in the Italian city of Rimini\u00a0was Hidenori Izaki from Japan, while\u00a0the best barista title for 2013 was\u00a0won at the competition held in Melbourne,\u00a0Australia, by Pete Licata.
\nIn addition to this competition, there\u00a0is also the World Latte Art Championship,\u00a0where special attention\u00a0is given to the artistic expression of\u00a0baristas in a very demanding performance.
\nAs for barista competitions in Serbia,\u00a0some of the best barista title holders\u00a0are Nenad Stojanovic, Dalibor Arsic,\u00a0etc.
\nInteresting facts
\n\u00b7Thirty years ago, no one knew what\u00a0a coffee barista was
\n\u00b7 Coffee baristas aren\u2019t slackers and\u00a0hipsters
\n\u00b7 It takes a long time to perfect that\u00a0latte art
\n\u00b7 They prefer different techniques
\n\u00b7 Steaming the milk (it\u2019s a science!)
\n\u00b7 Baristas compete in coffee competitions
\n\u00b7 Some attend barista school
\n\u00b7 Not all coffee language is universal
\n\u00b7 They\u2019re the experts!
\nWho makes the best coffee and who is Serbia\u2019s best barista?\u00a0
\n![\"Nenad](\"https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/WP_20150423_14_06_37_Pro.jpg\")
It\u2019s Nenad Stojanovic, a barista at the Przionica coffee shop in Belgrade. Nenad was a participant in several barista competitions, and in 2010 he won the title for the best barista in Serbia.
\nThanks to this title he represented Serbia at the 2010 World Barista Championship in London.
\nAnyone for whom Nenad makes coffee will surely enjoy its taste, but the designs he creates using milk foam will also stay in their memory.
\nNenad took some of his time to answer a few questions for the latest issue of SEEbtm.
\n1. How long have you been a barista and what made you go into\u00a0this profession?
\nI started to work as a barista in 2008. At first I was learning the ropes in Serbia, and then\u00a0also in other countries, although I believe there is still much more to learn.\u00a0I started doing this entirely by accident.
\nMy interest in the job grew more and more, and\u00a0I tried to learn as much as possible about coffee, while getting education at the same\u00a0time.
\nI was trying out various kinds of coffee and realised that they\u2019re all different and\u00a0have their own distinct features.\u00a0What\u2019s interesting is that before I became a barista I didn\u2019t even drink coffee, and now\u00a0I\u2019m a true addict. ![\"\ud83d\ude42\"](\"https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/72x72/1f642.png\")
2.\u00a0They say that for creating a design in a cup of coffee takes a lot of\u00a0practice, in addition to patience. How much time does it take you?
\nWhen it comes to drawing on coffee, it took me several weeks to master the basic techniques.\u00a0As for the more complex stuff, it takes months of practice, but keeping at it leads\u00a0to perfect designs.
\nAs I mentioned, education is alongside practice very important\u00a0in this work, so I\u2019m learning some new techniques and styles, hoping to create even\u00a0more beautiful and complex designs.
\n![\"Nenad](\"https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/FB_20150316_19_16_25_Saved_Picture.jpg\")
3. This year, you took part in the Savamala Coffee Festival and won the best\u00a0barista title. What were your preparations for the competition like?
\nLike all other contestants, I prepared for the competition over a very short period of\u00a0time.
\nMy practicing actually consisted of my daily work routine, and I tried to show and\u00a0offer our regular customers the things I was going to show at the competition.
\nI would practice a bit more at home after work, and in essence that\u2019s how I was preparing\u00a0for the competition.
\n4.\u00a0What do the best barista titles that you won mean to you?
\nI have to admit that the best barista title that I won at the 2010 Championship in Serbia,\u00a0along with the best barista title in the Latte art category at this year\u2019s Savamala\u00a0Coffee Festival in Belgrade, really do mean a lot to me.
\nThese titles give me the proverbial wings to keep educating myself, because I also want\u00a0to compete in other categories that the world of coffee offers and that way make a full\u00a0circle and become fully skilled for this work.
After that, my plan is to begin transferring\u00a0my knowledge to new people who would like to go into this profession.
\nThe post Barista \u2013 A true master of coffee appeared first on SEE Business travel & meetings magazine.
\n", "content_text": "Drinking coffee is a day-to-day \u2013 it\u2019s free to say \u2013 ritual, which most of us enjoys\u00a0even several times a day. Enjoying coffee mainly depends on its taste, but there are\u00a0some additional details that complete the feeling of pleasure. One of such details\u00a0is decorating coffee with milk foam, for which the \u201cguilt\u201d belongs to the barista.\nThe decorations that the barista can\u00a0make in a cup of coffee can be true\u00a0miniature works of art, they can have\u00a0a theme in line with an event or be a\u00a0result of the barista\u2019s momentary inspiration.\nThe decorations in the cup\u00a0of coffee are what makes the first\u00a0impression and \u2013 if they are made by\u00a0a top-notch barista \u2013 they will surely\u00a0put a smile on our face and make a\u00a0lasting memory.\nAs the coffee drinking culture evolved,\u00a0the profession of the barista\u00a0also gradually started to evolve with\u00a0it, getting more and more attention.\nThis is a relatively young profession,\u00a0considering it has been around for\u00a0only some thirty years.\nWho is the barista?\nBarista is the name of the person\u00a0who prepares and serves coffee at\u00a0an exceptional level.\nThe word, as well as the profession\u00a0itself, comes from the Italian word\u00a0bar, which refers to the person who\u00a0prepares and serves coffees based\u00a0on espresso.\nThe barista can be simply defined as\u00a0a true master of coffee, whose job is\u00a0not at all simple and requires great\u00a0attention, patience, and, of course,\u00a0practice.\nIn order to make an excellent espresso,\u00a0the barista must know every step\u00a0of growing and serving coffee, as\u00a0well as the machine used for it.\nLatte Art\nThe barista must know the origin\u00a0and types of coffee beans, the processing\u00a0method, and the way certain\u00a0types of coffee are mixed with other\u00a0tastes and spices. In addition to\u00a0mixing with other tastes and spices,\u00a0the barista must also know how to\u00a0prepare various types of alcoholic\u00a0and non-alcoholic coffee cocktails.\nLatte art\nToday, latte art is another skill that\u00a0is important for the barista to possess.\u00a0Latte art refers to the art of decorating\u00a0coffee with milk foam, or,\u00a0more\u00a0precisely, to painting decorations\u00a0and pictures. A barista who keeps\u00a0up with global trends and constantly\u00a0improves professionally will\u00a0surely know to put a smile on your\nface with this skill and provide extra\u00a0enjoyment in drinking your perfect\u00a0cup of coffee.\nFor the barista, latte art is a way of\u00a0expressing\u00a0the artistic gift to make\u00a0an excellent cup of coffee.\nThe importance of the barista is also\u00a0reflected in schools opening all over\u00a0the world, and there are several of\u00a0these in Serbia, as well.\nThe World Barista Championship\u00a0was first held in\u00a0Monte Carlo, as late as\u00a0in 2000.\nBarista competitions\nIn time, as the barista profession became\u00a0more specialised and started\u00a0to impose requirements, baristas began\u00a0competing between themselves.\u00a0They competed in making the best\u00a0coffee,\u00a0having more original decorations\u00a0and serving methods, preparing as\u00a0many coffees as possible within a given\u00a0time, etc.\nThese competitions\u00a0lead\u00a0to creating national and international\u00a0barista competitions, gathering\u00a0the most well-known baristas from\u00a0the region and the world. So every year, the World Barista Championship\u00a0takes place in a different\u00a0city.\nThe World Barista Championship\u00a0(WBC) is an international coffee making\u00a0competition, organised by World\u00a0Coffee Events (WCE).\nBarista\nThe competition is held once a year,\u00a0each in a different country, in different\u00a0continents. The competition\u00a0attracts\u00a0the best baristas in the world,\u00a0and in its course they make 12 coffees:\u00a04 espressos, 4 cappuccinos, and\u00a04 original signature drinks \u2013 all within 15\u00a0minutes time.\nDuring the competition, the judges\u00a0give scores for taste, cleanliness, creativity,\u00a0barista skills, and overall presentation.\nEvery barista participating in the competition\u00a0prepares their own coffee\u00a0mix for making beverages. For making espresso and cappuccino, the same mix must be used all four times, and different mixes can be used for the other four coffees.\nSavamala Coffee Festival\u00a0in Belgrade was held from\u00a014th to 15th March 2015.\nThis competition is open only to the\u00a0baristas who hold first place in national\u00a0barista championships. Despite\u00a0the fact that the profession of barista\u00a0originated in Italy, not a single\u00a0championship so far has been won\u00a0by an Italian contestant.\nAt this year\u2019s World Barista Championship,\u00a0which took place in Seattle\u00a0from 9th to 12th April, the best barista\u00a0title was won by Sasa Sestic, an\u00a0Australian barista of Serbian origin.\u00a0Last year\u2019s winner at the competition\u00a0held in the Italian city of Rimini\u00a0was Hidenori Izaki from Japan, while\u00a0the best barista title for 2013 was\u00a0won at the competition held in Melbourne,\u00a0Australia, by Pete Licata.\nIn addition to this competition, there\u00a0is also the World Latte Art Championship,\u00a0where special attention\u00a0is given to the artistic expression of\u00a0baristas in a very demanding performance.\nIn Serbia, the barista\u00a0competition has been\u00a0running since 2009.\nAs for barista competitions in Serbia,\u00a0some of the best barista title holders\u00a0are Nenad Stojanovic, Dalibor Arsic,\u00a0etc.\nInteresting facts\n\u00b7Thirty years ago, no one knew what\u00a0a coffee barista was\n\u00b7 Coffee baristas aren\u2019t slackers and\u00a0hipsters\n\u00b7 It takes a long time to perfect that\u00a0latte art\n\u00b7 They prefer different techniques\n\u00b7 Steaming the milk (it\u2019s a science!)\n\u00b7 Baristas compete in coffee competitions\n\u00b7 Some attend barista school\n\u00b7 Not all coffee language is universal\n\u00b7 They\u2019re the experts!\nWho makes the best coffee and who is Serbia\u2019s best barista?\u00a0\nNenad Stojanovic\nIt\u2019s Nenad Stojanovic, a barista at the Przionica coffee shop in Belgrade. Nenad was a participant in several barista competitions, and in 2010 he won the title for the best barista in Serbia.\nThanks to this title he represented Serbia at the 2010 World Barista Championship in London.\nAnyone for whom Nenad makes coffee will surely enjoy its taste, but the designs he creates using milk foam will also stay in their memory.\nNenad took some of his time to answer a few questions for the latest issue of SEEbtm.\n1. How long have you been a barista and what made you go into\u00a0this profession?\nI started to work as a barista in 2008. At first I was learning the ropes in Serbia, and then\u00a0also in other countries, although I believe there is still much more to learn.\u00a0I started doing this entirely by accident.\nMy interest in the job grew more and more, and\u00a0I tried to learn as much as possible about coffee, while getting education at the same\u00a0time.\nI was trying out various kinds of coffee and realised that they\u2019re all different and\u00a0have their own distinct features.\u00a0What\u2019s interesting is that before I became a barista I didn\u2019t even drink coffee, and now\u00a0I\u2019m a true addict. \n2.\u00a0They say that for creating a design in a cup of coffee takes a lot of\u00a0practice, in addition to patience. How much time does it take you?\nWhen it comes to drawing on coffee, it took me several weeks to master the basic techniques.\u00a0As for the more complex stuff, it takes months of practice, but keeping at it leads\u00a0to perfect designs.\nAs I mentioned, education is alongside practice very important\u00a0in this work, so I\u2019m learning some new techniques and styles, hoping to create even\u00a0more beautiful and complex designs.\nNenad Stojanovic\n3. This year, you took part in the Savamala Coffee Festival and won the best\u00a0barista title. What were your preparations for the competition like?\nLike all other contestants, I prepared for the competition over a very short period of\u00a0time.\nMy practicing actually consisted of my daily work routine, and I tried to show and\u00a0offer our regular customers the things I was going to show at the competition.\nI would practice a bit more at home after work, and in essence that\u2019s how I was preparing\u00a0for the competition.\n4.\u00a0What do the best barista titles that you won mean to you?\nI have to admit that the best barista title that I won at the 2010 Championship in Serbia,\u00a0along with the best barista title in the Latte art category at this year\u2019s Savamala\u00a0Coffee Festival in Belgrade, really do mean a lot to me.\nThese titles give me the proverbial wings to keep educating myself, because I also want\u00a0to compete in other categories that the world of coffee offers and that way make a full\u00a0circle and become fully skilled for this work.\nAfter that, my plan is to begin transferring\u00a0my knowledge to new people who would like to go into this profession.\nThe post Barista \u2013 A true master of coffee appeared first on SEE Business travel & meetings magazine.", "date_published": "2015-07-13T14:20:28+02:00", "date_modified": "2017-12-18T13:49:09+01:00", "author": { "name": "Mirjana Novitovic", "url": "https://www.seebtm.com/en/author/officebs/", "avatar": "https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/slika-.jpg" }, "image": "https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/uk_barista_challenge_search_begins.jpg", "tags": [ "barista", "coffee", "latte art", "Food and beverages" ] } ] }