On March the 4th Denmark found their new National Barista Champion and of course the person who will try to win the WBC title back to Denmark. Even in his home country.
The top three baristas in Denmark in 2008. From left Mikkel P. Madsen, Søren Stiller Markussen and Mikkel Otto
The winner was Søren Stiller Markussen (40). Søren has participated in the national competitions since 2004 and finished 2nd last year. He also represented Denmark in the World Latte Art Championship in 2007, where he also finished 2nd.
Mikkel Otto finished 2nd and Mikkel P. Madsen finished 3rd.
See a gallery of the Danish Barista Championship finals - click the image below:
To see more about the Danish competition, please visit EspressoBar by following the links below. The articles are in Danish but with lots of pictures and videoes of the baristas' presentations which are in English: