George Jinyang Peng

The World Brewers Cup is the discipline’s filter stage: competitors brew coffee by hand for a panel of judges, scored purely on what lands in the cup — no milk, no espresso machine, just water, grind, and technique. In 2025 the title went to a competitor representing China, brewing a natural-process Panama Gesha. It’s the clearest demonstration that a single, well-chosen lot and a repeatable manual method can beat the field.