My shop is planning on holding a in-house barista manual brew battle in Christiansburg, VA, Lucie Monroe's Coffee Company. We are almost a year old and a few of the baristas have fallen in love with manual brewing. Therefore, we have wanted to begin looking for what all exactly goes into a manual brewing competition and what the rules and regulations are. I just wanted to see if anyone had any pointers on how this should flow and if there should be different rounds or if there should just be one round with many brew methods. Another question that has come to mind is if the baristas can practice with the coffee beforehand or if they should walk into the competition unknowledgeable of the coffee they are using. Any input would be greatly appreciated. We want to do this as an in-house project first to get a flow down of how it should go and then invite other baristas from the area and even outside of the Southwestern Virginia area in the future.
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