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Dublin Institute of Technology AR ROW@DIT Articles chool of Culinary Arts and Food Technology 2012-05-15 Coffee Culture in Dublin: a Brief History Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire Dublin Institute of Technology, mairtin.Macconiomaire@dit.ie Follow this and additional works at : http://arrow.dit.ie/tfschafart Part of the Other Arts and Humanities Commons Recommended Citation Mac Con Iomaire, M. (2012) Coffee Culture in Dublin: A Brief History. in M/C Journal - A Journal of Media and Culture. Vol. 15, No. 2. -coffee. .au/index.php/mcjournal/article/viewArticle/456 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the chool of Culinary Arts and Food Technology at ARROW@DIT. It has been accepted for inclusion in Articles by an authorized administrator of ARROW@DIT. For more information, please contact yvonne.desmond@dit.ie, arrow.admin@dit.ie. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- Noncommercial- hare Alike 3.0 License Coffee Culture in Dublin: A Brief History Dr. Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire, Dublin Institute of Technology. Introduction In the year 2000, a group of likeminded individuals got together and convened the first annual World Barista Championship in Monte Carlo. With twelve competitors from around the globe, each competitor was judged by seven judges: one head judge who oversaw the process, two technical judges who assessed technical skills, and four sensory judges who evaluated the taste and appearance of the espresso drinks. Competitors had fifteen minutes to serve four espresso coffees, four cappuccino coffees, and four “signature” drinks that they had devised using