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What does it take to reach the upper echelons of coffee competition? Really good coffee and lots of practice are probably two things we can all agree are required, but beyond that it\u2019s a bit of a black box for those of us who only count ourselves as spectators. In a new video series<\/a>, April Coffee Roasters<\/a>\u2019 Patrik Rolf\u2014fresh off his second place finish at the 2019 World Brewers Cup run in Boston\u2014peels back the curtain to help demystify the coffee competition process by discussing, for better or worse, everything that went into his routine.<\/p>\n Available now on YouTube, Rolf\u2014the best 2019 competitor not named Du Jianing<\/a>\u2014explores every facet of his run to the Finals round of the World Brewers Cup in a new 12-part video series. The near combined two-hour total run time of the mini-sodes includes topics like: practice, green coffee, roasting, compulsory coffee, the presentation, coaching, and the score sheets. Rolf also dedicates a video to each of his First Round and Finals Round \u201cOpen Services,\u201d where the competitors give their 10-minute presentations on the coffee they brought with them. The video series is one of the most in-depth looks into coffee competition from the viewpoint of a single competitor.<\/p>\n