Two Top Coffee Championships Kick Off in Guiyang as Yunyan Season Opens

At a Glance (China Coffee Network): On June 12, “Coffee Assembled, Can’t Miss You”—the 2026 Yunyan 3rd Coffee Culture Season—opened at Xinyin 1950. As the headline act, two of China’s top authoritative coffee competitions—the 2026 China Barista Championship (CBC) Guiyang regional and the 2026 China Brewers Cup (CBrC) Guiyang regional—started in parallel, staging a high-level skills contest.

At the competition venue, 40 professional contestants from across the country competed on the same stage, battling fiercely over core links such as espresso preparation, creative signature R&D, specialty pour-over craft, and flavor-extraction control. The judging panel comprised multiple nationally certified professional reviewers, ensuring the event’s professionalism and fairness.

Reportedly, the CBC and CBrC Guiyang regionals will each produce 3 and 6 winners, who advance directly to the July national finals in Guiyang; the eventual champion represents China’s coffee industry on the international stage, showcasing Chinese baristas’ strength to the world.

At the competition venue. As one of the judges, Bai Kai—an international judge of the World Brewers Cup (WBrC) and founder of the HuHu Yuanqi Cup—said: “This is a competition that strictly follows rules and standards. How to judge a good cup of coffee, all the content and requirements are clearly written in the rules; that is the core of the event’s fairness and professionalism.”

Bai Kai also noted Guiyang’s growing “name-card” effect on the national coffee map in recent years. Especially worth mentioning, after Peng Jinyang, founder of “Captain George,” won the 2025 World Brewers Cup championship, Guiyang hosting such a high-spec event is especially significant. This competition was cleverly embedded in the coffee culture season, drawing ordinary citizens’ attention to professional events and attracting many excellent contestants to participate.

Bai told the reporter this was his fifth time judging, and he clearly feels everyone’s requirements for coffee quality rising, and that reputation spreading outward fast. Nowadays many out-of-town visitors come to Guiyang specifically to check in at local cafés—”coming to Guiyang for a cup of coffee” is a positive signal. He shared a fun detail: “Just the day before yesterday, right after landing and taking a taxi, even the driver rattled off Guiyang’s coffee shops like a pro.”

Bai particularly highlighted Guiyang coffee people’s innovative spirit: many shops are smart, incorporating local ingredients like cili (Rosa roxburghii) and litsea cubeba (wood pepper) into their coffee with excellent results. This exploration blending local flavors is becoming a unique and bright name-card of Guiyang coffee.

All-media reporter Gu Lanyun; Editor Chen Jing; Section editors Cheng Xiaochang, Wang Ling; Approved by Wan Yu, Liu Zhuhan

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