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Clockwise from top le : Barista Champion of Russia, Olga Melik-Karakozova, meets her fellow competitors back stage; Barista Champion of Denmark, Torfi Þór Torfason, practices backstage with help from 2010 Barista Champion of Brazil, Yara Castanho; Barista Champion of Slovakia, Monika Palova, sets up backstage, wearing a scarf from the café where she works, Third Floor Espresso (3FE), in Dublin. She and 3FE co-owner Colin Harmon both competed in the 2012 WBC, Colin representing Ireland and Monika representing her home country of Slovakia; The Nuova Simonelli booth was packed with friends and fans all week- end, allowing a place to chat and talk shop. Here, Nuova Simonelli's Giovanni Fucili, and Brewers Cup Champion of Greece, Chris Loukakis, discuss a Nuova Simonelli project called Barista League taking place in Moscow; Barista Champion of Ireland, Colin Harmon, holds up a caricature of himself which was drawn by Monika's husband, Bruno. The caricature was a theme for his presentation, during which he created for the judges a caricature of his coff ee using diff erent ingredients, and stretching out the features he wanted most prominently highlighted; Raul in the fi nal round preparing his signature drink. He would later say his fi nals round performance was his best of the week.