The bracket for the upcoming Minneapolis World Latte Art Championships is up!

Coffee Fest is pleased to announce the creation and debut of this fresh, exciting and leading edge 32 competitor tournament for the ages. The 32
Competitor format will feature head to head competition as "a match"
between the
competitors. The competitor receiving the highest score from the three
judges
will advance and the loser will be eliminated. Competitors will be given
four
minutes to produce one drink for the judges to be scored against the
competitor
at the facing machine on the tournament stage.

Judging will be based on five categories:
1) Aesthetic Beauty
2) Definition
3) Color Infusion
4) Degree of Difficulty and Creativity
5) Speed

Each Drink will be judged by Coffee Fest veteran judges: Matt
Milletto of American Barista & Coffee School and Barista Exchange,
Sarah
Allen of Barista Magazine and Chris Deferio of Coffee Institute, using a

ten point must scoring system. Each of the judges will
compare
the drink presented by each of the two competitors in each match and
award 10
points to the competitor with the best presentation in each of the five
categories. Judges will award nine points in each category for the drink
they
consider to be the lesser of the two. The competitor receiving the most
points
on each of the judge's scorecard will be the winner in that judges
opinion. The
competitor advancing will advance by virtue of the judge's scores of 3
to 0 or 2
to 1. 

Attached is the BRACKET to print out and see who is competing!

The New World Latte Art Championships will begin at 9:00am on Friday, 10:30am on Saturday and 10:30am on Sunday at the Minneapolis Coffee Fest, June
4-6,
2010. Interested competitors are encouraged to complete the application
and
submit to Coffee Fest with pictures of their best pours before the
selection
committee adjourns to set the field April 28, 2010 for the June show.

The
ultimate champion will earn a grand sum of $2,500. Second place pockets
$1,000
and third place earns $500.

Sponsors: Nuova Simonelli provide the Aurelia espresso machines and MDX Grinders. Dillanos provides the coffee and competitors may use their own

tampers, steaming pitchers and cups. Ghirardelli Chocolate Company joins
the
list of proud sponsors.