{"id":7096,"date":"2026-02-05T15:31:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T13:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.raisethebaradria.com\/?p=7096"},"modified":"2026-02-05T15:31:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T13:31:30","slug":"the-best-regional-barista-and-bartender-will-be-selected-at-the-raise-the-bar-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raisethebaradria.com\/en\/the-best-regional-barista-and-bartender-will-be-selected-at-the-raise-the-bar-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Regional Barista and Bartender Will be Selected at the Raise the Bar Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<div\n\tclass=\"wrapper wrapper__bg-color wrapper__spacing-bottom-large--40\"\n\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wrapper__container wrapper__container-width-large--default wrapper__gutter-large--default\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wrapper__inner wrapper__width-large--12\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"block-paragraph\" data-id=\"0af93ab5e80f26cc3bc4a38d20c969f9\">\n\t<p class=\"paragraph 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trainer.<br>\u201c<em>I would recommend that my colleagues and fellow baristas step out of their comfort zones, take the stage, and showcase their talent, because a competition like this literally changes lives<\/em>,\u201d said <strong>Petar Spudi\u0107<\/strong>, the winner of last year&#8217;s barista competition, who <strong>took second place at the 2025 Caff\u00e8 Vergnano World Cup<\/strong>.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"wrapper wrapper__bg-color wrapper__spacing-bottom-large--40\"\n\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wrapper__container wrapper__container-width-large--default wrapper__gutter-large--default\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wrapper__inner wrapper__width-large--12\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"block-image\" data-id=\"76c748001fa2c40ee03f4bb2a59f5256\">\n\t<picture class=\"image block-image__image\" data-id=\"491d5e09d83c7a57148e4d2996775d7c\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" 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