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UK Cup Tasters Championship

 

This competition draws in the best palates in the UK coffee industry. For the 2025 UKCTC we have heats! Four heats; Bristol, two in London and Manchester! The top 36 contestants from the heats will then compete in the finals weekend in April 2025 at the Glasgow Coffee Festival.
Heats will consist of 4 sets of triangles (three “cups” of coffee where two are the same and one differs) with a time limit of 4 minutes. Finals weekend will have 8 sets of triangles! The competition gets increasingly harder as the coffees in each set get increasingly similar. The results are instant as contestants lift their cups to discover if a gold dot on the base tells them they have spotted the odd one out. It’s the coffee equivalent of a penalty shoot out!
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2025 SCA UK Cup Tasters Championship
HEAT 1: Saturday 14th September 2024 - Bristol Coffee Festival
HEAT 2: Tuesday 1st October 2024 - Caffe Culture Show, London
HEAT 3: Wednesday 2nd October 2024 - Caffe Culture Show, London
HEAT 4: Saturday 16th November 2024 - Manchester, Venue TBC
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How to Enter the 2025 SCA UK Cup Tasters Championship

Tickets go on sale at 7:30pm on Wednesday 14th August 2024 - 84 Entries will be released. They are offered on a strictly first come first serve basis. Entry will be £100 per person, with a 50% refund for NAMED SCA Members. Please check that you are named on the membership.
Tickets will be made

available for sale on our SCA UK Coffee Championships Page

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As a SCA member, you will receive a reduced registration fee to enter any SCA UK Coffee Championship
Click HERE for Individual Membership info
Click HERE for Company Membership info
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The Specialty Coffee Association UK Chapter would like to thank all our sponsors, for their continued support of the UK competitions. None of this could go ahead without their involvement. 

The 2025 UK Cup Taster Championship is Presented by

La Marzocco

Espresso machines and grinders trusted by the world's finest coffee roasters, cafès, and restaurants for their reliability, durability, and timeless aesthetics.

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And sponsored by

 

Bunn

From home coffee makers to commercial coffee grinders and much more, find commercial & home beverage products and accessories at BUNN.

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Brita

BRITA Professional are proud sponsors of the Speciality Coffee Association United Kingdom Chapter (SCA UK ) Coffee Championships, dedicated to developing expertise within the coffee industry.
With 98% of a cup of coffee comprising of water, it is essential to filter your water before brewing to ensure the true taste, aroma and appearance can be experienced, keeping customers satisfied, every time.
Thanks to over 50 years of experience and innovation, BRITA Professional's filter range is able to provide the perfect water blend for the ideal coffee. What's more, as a sustainable organisation, all cartridges are 100% recyclable and are manufactured in line with a Zero to Landfill policy.
BRITA looks forward to a great partnership with SCA UK.

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 Espresso Solutions

Espresso Solutions

Since 2012, Espresso Solutions have been supplying the UK's engineers, cafés, roasters, baristas and coffee professionals with all the tools they need to stay on top of their game. From coffee machine parts to cafe supplies, water treatment to barista tools and beyond, they've got it covered.
Espresso Solutions are the UK partners to Acaia, 3Temp and EDO and work with other brands such as Clockwork Coffee and Fellow whilst also distributing original La Marzocco machine parts.
In addition to their wide range of products, Espresso Solutions also offer machine customisations and machine servicing. Based in Crawley, West Sussex, the team is made up of passionate coffee people who share a vision to be at the heart of the thriving UK coffee industry.

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Union Hand Roasted Coffee

Union Coffee was created to make coffee better for everyone. We roast exciting, hard-to-find speciality coffee and we source the finest coffee from farmers...

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