The final competition of the Japan Coffee Roasting Championship (JCRC), a competition of coffee roasting techniques, was held over three days from November 23rd to 25th, 2024, with six participants who advanced from the preliminary rounds competing.
The final was held under the same regulations as the world championship, WCRC.
The results have been announced and the 2024 Japan Champion has been decided!
Among the roasters participating in CROWD ROASTER , Yuya Iwasaki (pictured Shin on the right) and Shinya Kobayashi (pictured Shin on the left) advanced to the finals, but what were the results?
The rankings of the six finalists are as follows:
The rankings of the six finalists are as follows:
Winner: Takeharu Onuki, MOOD coffee&espresso (Ibaraki Prefecture)
2nd place: Hirotatsu Katsumoto, Coffeedot (Kumamoto Prefecture)
3rd place: Akio Higuchi, coffee uno (Mie Prefecture)
4th place: Yuya Iwasaki TAKAMURA COFFEE ROASTERS (Osaka Prefecture)
5th Place: Sakura Hashimoto Philocoffea (Chiba Prefecture)
5th Place: Sakura Hashimoto Philocoffea (Chiba Prefecture)
6th place: Shinya Kobayashi , Coffee bean specialty store Wakoya (Fukui Prefecture)
The winner was Takeharu Onuki from "MOOD coffee&espresso" coffee shop in Mito, Ibaraki. Congratulations!
Onuki will represent Japan at the world championships, WCRC2025, to be held in Houston, USA in April 2025.
Thank you to everyone who participated!
Thank you to everyone who participated!
CROWD ROASTER will also be reporting on the world championships.
What is the Japan Coffee Roasting Championship?
The JCRC is a competition for coffee roasting techniques organized by the Specialty Coffee Association of Japan (SCAJ). Its purpose is to contribute to the improvement of roasting techniques, and it is also held as a selection tournament for the world championship, the WCRC.
The JCRC was started based on the CRC (Coffee Roasting Challenge), a program of the WCE (World Coffee Events) introduced at the SCAE Vienna Convention in 2012. The CRC was renamed the WCRC (World Coffee Roasting Championship) in 2013.
Past winners of the JCRC include CROWD ROASTER roasters Yoshiyuki Nakamura ( mamepolepole ) and Masakuni Sakata ( KOTO COFFEE ROASTERS ).
The JCRC was started based on the CRC (Coffee Roasting Challenge), a program of the WCE (World Coffee Events) introduced at the SCAE Vienna Convention in 2012. The CRC was renamed the WCRC (World Coffee Roasting Championship) in 2013.
Past winners of the JCRC include CROWD ROASTER roasters Yoshiyuki Nakamura ( mamepolepole ) and Masakuni Sakata ( KOTO COFFEE ROASTERS ).
