CANADIAN NATIONALS ARCHIVE

Canadian National Barista Championship performances — transcripts, equipment, techniques, and highlights.

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Jill Hoff▸ Performance

Canada National Barista Championship 2026 · Calgary, Canada

The DNA of coffee - exploring discovery, narrative, and adventure through two genetically distinct coffees

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Matthew Song▸ Performance

Canada National Barista Championship 2026 · Calgary, Canada

Childhood dream of creating something meaningful through coffee, journey from solo barista to community builder

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Lorraine Chan▸ Performance

Canada National Barista Championship 2026 · Calgary, Canada

Time is something we can design - manipulating coffee through time (fermentation, deep-freezing, sublimation) to taste the past, present, and future in a single cup

Ply PasarjSummary

Canada National Barista Championship 2026 · Calgary, Canada

Traditions lost and rediscovered - bringing the rediscovered Criollo variety back to the stage through a 60-year story of coffee traditions in Chiriquí, Panama

Nelson Phu▸ Performance

Canada National Barista Championship 2026 · Calgary, Canada

Growth is not linear and not about a destination — a 10+ year barista's reflection on growing in our own direction, at our own speed, by stepping off the linear path

Jason LoiSummary

Canada National Barista Championship 2026 · Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Resonance and sympathetic vibration — two distinct things finding each other

David KimSummary

Canada National Barista Championship 2026 · Calgary, Canada

Refinement - separating a single lot of geisha coffee by green bean color (green, yellow, red) to explore self-understanding and fine-tuning

Winkie MakSummary

Canada National Barista Championship 2026 · Calgary, Canada

Home - exploring how her two homes, Hong Kong and Canada, shaped her role as a barista

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Karine NgSummary

Canada National Barista Championship 2026 · Calgary, Canada

Intentional innovation centered around human experience - access, discovery, and honesty

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Chloe TongSummary

Canada National Barista Championship 2026 · Calgary, Canada

Shaping Coffee — a S.H.A.P.E. framework (Source, Highlight, Adapt, Possibility, Ending) built from a Colombian origin trip, exploring how every decision from producer to barista shapes the final cup

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Jair GarduñoSummary

Canada National Barista Championship 2026 · Calgary, Canada

Maps and geography as a tool to understand coffee and make better decisions — telling the story of two Mexican producers who apply science, technology, and georeferencing to change how coffee is produced in Mexico

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Kobe FockSummary

Canada National Barista Championship 2026 · Calgary, Canada

Umami in coffee — expanding the sensory vocabulary beyond acidity, sweetness, and bitterness to include umami, the savory taste produced by glutamate, inosinate, and guanylate built up through long fermentation

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Ben RuggSummary

Canada National Barista Championship 2026 · Calgary, Canada

Aha coffee moments and nostalgic childhood flavors

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Lexi WanSummary

Canada National Barista Championship 2026 · Calgary, Canada

Transformation - how coffee transforms through cultivation, processing, roasting, and extraction, mirroring human transformation

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Jann MenesesSummary

Canada National Barista Championship 2026 · Calgary, Canada

The connection between the sweet science of coffee and the sweet science of boxing — precision in the espresso, timing in the milk, and control in the signature

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Huamin ChenSummary

Canada National Barista Championship 2026 · Calgary, Canada

Coffee as an honest mirror of the producer — the barista's role is not to modify the beans but to create a clean and honest service

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Komalpreet SinghSummary

Canada National Barista Championship 2026 · Calgary, Canada

The bloom — the courage to begin, told through three courses: the flower, the fruit, and the full bloom

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