America’s best barista and co-owner of Onyx Coffee Lab, Andrea Allen, won second place in this year’s World Barista Championship (WBC) competition. 

• Challenge: The WBC was in Milan, Italy this year and there were over 50 competitors from around the world, each representing their countries in a 15 minute presentation. 
• Journey: Andrea has done coffee since she graduated high school and hasn’t looked back. She competed in the US Championship 5 times, winning in 2020. Then taking on the WBC, she got to show judges and the world that coffee culture is about us, the coffee drinkers. 

Watch Andrea Allen’s WBC presentation HERE.