Lavazza Coffee powers Hotel Show Colombo 2015 and National Barista Championship

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Lavazza stall at the Hotel Show

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The National Barista Championship Trophies

Sri Lanka’s premier total coffee solution provider Jewelex Trading Ltd., which holds the franchise for Italy’s favourite Lavazza Coffee and Colombo’s much-loved coffee house Barista Lavazza, recently partnered with the organisers of the Hotel Show Colombo 2015 and the National Barista Championship 2015. Coming in as Silver Sponsor for the second consecutive year, the company played a huge role in the successful completion of an international standard Barista challenge.

The 10th edition of ‘Hotel Show Colombo 2015’ was held from 22 to 24 May at the BMICH where Jewelex Trading showcased their end-to-end solutions for the coffee industry including their range of coffee beans and capsules, and their range of world-renowned coffee machines. The stall at the hotel show was thronged by enthusiastic visitors on all days including President Maithripala Sirisena who stopped by for a delicious cup of coffee.

Supporting the National Barista Championship 2015 from the preliminary rounds, Jewelex Trading offered all participants their special blends to be used in creating the qualifying entries for the competition.

The company also used its wealth of knowledge and experience in the coffee industry to help the organisers put in place global standards for the competition. Going a step further they also facilitated celebrity judges Vikram Khurana and Sandeep Shirke from India. Vikram was the head judge and has been a Barista Champion many times and represented India at the World Barista Championship, while Sandeep from Lavazza India was one of the sensory judges.

The Barista Championship is the coffeemakers’ equivalent of a world cup. Sri Lanka’s version of it was a demanding and well contested event. Participants were tested on how good their coffee is and how fast they make it. All the finalists on the 23rd of May were once again offered the best quality Lavazza coffee and one of the best coffee machines in the world, the Astoria to create their signature beverage courtesy of Jewelex Trading.

Jewelex Trading is the sole supplier of high-end coffee beans and blends, and coffee machines to most of the international and local hotel chains both in Colombo and outstation, international fast food chains, super market chains and prominent cafes and restaurants.