Let’s read about the 12 Virgin Nations of 2016! We are pleased to share with you the WAC article as well as recall the unforgettable sun-kissed moments from the 2014 edition in Rimini:

“We all remember our first time, don’t we? I certainly do.

It was in the early summer of 2014. The setting… a beach on the Italian coast. And as the sun dipped below the horizon, turning a deep and lustful hue of orange, Tim Varney took me by the hand, coaxed me from the shore towards the Turquoise beach club.

“Let’s AeroPress…” he whispered…. and AeroPress we did. And just like me on that fateful and slightly disturbing day, this year we’re welcoming twelve virgin nations to the global fold as first time AeroPressers — countries who will be fielding their first competitor in this year’s World AeroPress Championship in Dublin on June 23rd.

EUROPE

Nick Ferras of Kudu Coffee Roasters has undertaken the 1st Hellenic AeroPress Championship in Greece, meaning that Athenians (more typically enthused by a Nescafe Frappe) can witness competitive AeroPress brewing for the first time.

Appalled that of all the countries of the United Kingdom, her mighty homeland of Wales had been left off the calendar, proud native and La Marzocco family member, Estelle Bright, teamed up with Cardiff tea purveyor (and all round lovely chap), Kas Ali of Waterloo Tea to run the Inaugural Welsh AeroPress Championship and make it a full house of national events in the U.K. and Ireland region.

Despite never having hosted a competition before, this year we received multiple applications from Romaniafor the opportunity to run the event. In the end it was Afshin Roshanian of Artisan Cafe entrusted with the first round responsibility of hosting the 2016 Romanian AeroPress Championship…” Read more HERE.