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Fabio Dotti, 21 years old, is the winner of the fourth international edition of the international Espresso Italiano Championship (2017), a competition for baristas organised by the Italian Espresso National Institute (INEI).
 

After an entire year of challenges in eight countries around the world (Italy, Japan, China, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Bulgaria and Germany) involving over 400 baristas, who were boiled down to just a final four: three from Asia (China, Taiwan and Thailand) and one Italian: Fabio Dotti. 

The young professional barista and trainer from Brescia, won the Espresso Italiano Champion title by identifying perfect grinding and subsequently preparing four perfect espressos and cappuccinos with an INEI-approved blend. A race against time (just 11 minutes) and under the watchful eyes of the technical judges and subjected to the ruthless blind verdict of the sensory judges.
 

"The Espresso Italiano Champion is a relevant competition as it regards the daily tasks and commitments of a barista - Fabio Dotti said - The beauty of this competition is that its complexity puts you to the test: you must manage your emotions and equipment impeccably in order to deliver the perfect espresso and prepare perfect cappuccinos".
 

"The competition continues to grow and reaffirm its distinguishing character. It is far more than a just a competition, but a real training opportunity that enables us to transfer our knowledge of Italian espresso to the world - commented Paolo Nadalet, Chairman of the Italian Espresso National Institute (INEI) - The competition's prominence is reflected by the rising number of participating baristas year-on-year and the glowing support from its followers".   
 

"The key element of the Espresso Italiano Champion's success is encouraging the baristas to be ambassadors for Italian espresso all over the world and to become role models for their colleagues - stated Luigi Odello, General Secretary of the Italian Espresso National Institute (INEI) - For the tradition to be kept alive, even innovated, it must be continued by highly-skilled and motivated professionals, like the ones we met within this edition of the Espresso Italiano Champion".
 

The international final was hosted at Host 2017 by Wega Macchine per Caffè. The international semi-finals were hosted by La Genovese, Dersut Caffè, Essse Caffè and Mokador.  Past Espresso Italiano Champions have been Filippo Mezzaro from Italy (2014), Giannis Magkanas from Greece (2015) and Park Dae Hoon from Korea (2016).