2026 World Coffee Brewing Competition China Finals
It will be launched at the Wanda Plaza in Guiyang
But apart from intense and thrilling matches
There is another step that makes coffee lovers' hearts beat faster
during the competition
You may encounter a coffee champion in front of a certain stall
Then he drank the coffee he made himself
This is the most exciting hidden gameplay of this competition
Champion returns to the bar counter
From July 17th to 19th
three consecutive days
Champion Coffee Manager
Take turns appearing at coffee stalls in Wanda Plaza
This time, they won't compete
Do only one thing.
Face to face production, sharing, and answering questions for you
The biggest highlight of "Champion Returns to the Bar" is that the champion manager shares a bar with an independent brand, producing at both ends simultaneously.
On one hand, there are coffee champions, and on the other hand, there are emerging local brands. They stand behind the same table, one sharing their ideas, the other producing coffee, and customers can freely flow and chat while drinking. The atmosphere of "same platform dialogue" is more down-to-earth than any forum.
Day 1 · Friday (July 17th)
Afternoon session 15:00-18:30
Captain George x 251 Coffee
Image/Captain George Peng Jinyang
The name Peng Jinyang is synonymous with "ceiling" in the coffee industry. In 2025, he won the global championship of the World Coffee Brewing Competition in Jakarta, Indonesia, and won the championship in China in 2022 and 2024. The "Captain George" barista team he founded has won the championship in the Chinese region for five consecutive years. Peng Jinyang aspired to become a barista in high school, starting from a small shop next to Guizhou Normal University and building a coffee factory with an annual output value exceeding 20 million yuan in the high-tech zone today. This time he brought not only championship formula blending, but also his understanding of coffee – it's like a world champion opening a small stove for you. And Li Jinkun, the coffee roaster/quality control supervisor of Captain George who won the 2023 World Coffee Brewing Competition in China, will also appear at the "Champion Return Bar" with Peng Jinyang. Together, he and Peng Jinyang have grown from pure coffee enthusiasts to coffee industry professionals. Captain George's team has been competing in various professional coffee competitions for many years and has won multiple championships.
Image/Captain George Li Jinkun
Accompanying him is 251 Coffee, a local brand rooted in Guiyang. One is a world champion, and the other is a community store standing behind the same bar counter – this scene itself is a story.
Day 2 · Saturday (July 18th)
Combos x Landing Tableland
Xu Kexin, born in 1995, is a barista who won the 2023 World Barista Competition in Nanjing, China and the 2026 Shenzhen competition. She used to be a shooting athlete and focused on "aiming at the bullseye" in every cup of coffee. Combos' signature is to incorporate Guizhou ingredients such as ginger and green mangoes into creative coffee – the mountains and waters of Guiyang, which she poured into her cup.
Afternoon session 15:00-18:30
Wujie Coffee x Egg Mashed Coffee
Qiang Hua, member of the CCL China Coffee Alliance Brewing Evaluation Committee and Chief Reviewer of the National Coffee Brewing Competition. She went from being a full-time mom to an international coffee judge for thirteen years. She has made "Wujie" a benchmark for coffee training in Guiyang, and also pioneered the creative application of Guizhou ingredients such as Mujiangzi and Weining apples. She came to share, which is like the teacher marking the key points for you before the exam.
Day 3 · Sunday (July 19th)
Hu Dou Coffee x 25Gahwa Coffee
Liang Jiachen won the third place in the China region of the 2026 World Barista Competition in early July this year. His Hu Dou coffee is hidden in a residential building in Yunyan District, a 40 square meter small shop. "Hu Dou" is a homophone of Guiyang dialect. The team has been deeply involved in the competition for three years, from fifth to third in the country, and finally won the championship this year. What he does is creative concentration, with his signature "grapefruit" being coffee liqueur and "apple" being refreshing and palatable – the taste of Champion's small shop, which can be enjoyed without drilling into residential buildings this time.
Afternoon session 15:00-18:30
Black Stone Coffee x Kefu ha
Lei Ming, manager of Blackstone Coffee, judge of China Coffee Brewing Competition. Heishi Coffee is one of the earliest pioneers of boutique coffee in Guiyang, founded in 2012. Lei Ming has been judging from the contestants all the way, and has also created the American style of ear root breaking – boiling the soup of ear root breaking, and repeatedly testing the concentration ratio, so that the "earthy flavor" has been domesticated into a unique Guizhou flavor coffee. Do you want to try limited edition in Guiyang? Just talk to him.
Champion Returns to the Bar "adopts a champion sharing+brand production model. The champion manager shares coffee concepts on site, prepares at least 1-2 beverages, and explains them; Small brands simultaneously produce 2-3 types of coffee. Two companies share a bar counter and produce at both ends simultaneously. You can freely move around, drink and chat while watching the champion and independent brands "talk on the same stage".
There is no threshold for the sharing session, and you can listen, ask questions, and chat on site. The champion makes coffee right in front of you, and any problem can be thrown away face to face – this "one-on-one" experience is more effective than reading a hundred strategies.
Event Information
Location: Square outside Gate 1 of Guiyang Wanda Plaza
The bar counter is ready
The coffee beans are in place
The champion is waiting for you
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