Sierra at the World Brewers Cup 2026 | Full Routine Breakdown

Sierra just came back from Brussels — and she brought home a great result at the World Brewers Cup 2026. In this episode, Ingo and Sierra sit down together and watch her full competition routine live on YouTube, breaking down every detail: the presentation, the equipment, the coffee, and the strategy behind it. 🔥 What's covered in this reaction & breakdown: 🔥 Sierra's full World Brewers Cup routine, watched and analyzed step by step 🔥 What judges actually score: bottom boxes, accuracy, and quality on the score sheet 🔥 How the extreme 2026 European heat wave affected coffee freshness in Brussels 🔥 A brand-new TIMEMORE vacuum degassing tool used to hit the "Goldilocks zone" between CO2 and oxygen 🔥 Why Sierra brews with two different kettles (Fellow vs. TIMEMORE Fish Pro X) for different pour styles 🔥 Inside the judging panel: sensory judges, shadow judges, and the new calibration panel 🔥 Brewing three coffees in parallel within a strict 10-minute time limit 🔥 Equipment deep dive: OREA Baby O dripper, Sibarist Booster, and the Dragonfly server 🔥 The coffee itself: a fresh 2026 harvest natural Geisha from Mt. Totumas, Panama 🔥 Why building a competition team is essential — and how Sierra's worked 🔥 Sierra's honest take on whether you should compete in Brewers Cup yourself 🔗 Links: Sierra's World Brewers Cup performance:    • Sierra Yeo, Competition Body of Switzerlan...   Sierra's previous Swiss Brewers Cup interview:    • Swiss Brewers Cup Champion Sierra Yeo: Her...   Sierra on Instagram:   / sierrasriracha   Brewing and Barista Equipment: https://roastrebels.com/en/coffee-pre... ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⏱️ Chapters: 00:00 – Sierra is back from Brussels: from Swiss Brewers Cup win to World Brewers Cup 01:03 – Watching the routine live: the Goldilocks story intro 01:47 – What judges look for: score sheet and presentation criteria 05:53 – The European heat wave: how it affected coffee freshness in Brussels 08:35 – Grinding timing and the new TIMEMORE vacuum degassing tool 14:25 – Two kettles, two pour styles: Fellow vs. TIMEMORE Fish Pro X 19:13 – Behind the judging panel: sensory, shadow, and head judges 22:59 – Brewing three coffees at the same time in 10 minutes 25:25 – Equipment deep dive: dripper, booster, and server 29:16 – The coffee: fresh 2026 harvest Geisha from Mt. Totumas, Panama 31:29 – Pouring structure and the Goldilocks zone extraction 34:07 – The 6 score sheet attributes explained 39:03 – Building a competition team 46:30 – Finishing on time: the 0.5-point penalty rule 47:55 – Should you compete? Sierra's honest recommendation 49:04 – The Brewers Cup community spirit 50:19 – What's next: Sierra's brewing recipe video ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📌 Key Takeaways: • Sierra represented Switzerland at the World Brewers Cup 2026 in Brussels after winning the Swiss Brewers Cup • Competitors had only 10 minutes to brew 3 coffees, with a 0.5-point penalty for every second over the time limit • Sierra finished at 9 minutes 44 seconds — this year, 6th and 7th place were tied, showing how tight the margins were • 46 countries competed at the World Brewers Cup 2026 • The score sheet is based on 6 attributes: aroma, flavor, acidity, sweetness, aftertaste, and mouthfeel • A new sponsored grinder rule this year limited grind-to-brew time to a total of 18 minutes (8-minute prep + 10-minute performance) • Sierra used a new TIMEMORE vacuum degassing tool to stabilize freshly ground coffee in a mild vacuum, removing excess CO2 without oxidation • Equipment used: Fellow kettle, TIMEMORE Fish Pro X kettle, OREA Baby O dripper, Sibarist Booster and B3 filter, Dragonfly server • The coffee was a fresh 2026 harvest natural Geisha from Mt. Totumas, Panama — the same lot Sierra used at the Swiss Nationals, but from a fresher, less-stabilized crop ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ☕ About Roast Rebels Roast Rebels is Europe's go-to platform for specialty coffee roasting. We sell small-scale roasting machines — including the Kaffelogic Nano 7e, Aillio Bullet, Gene Café, Behmor, and Nucleus LINK — alongside a curated selection of high-quality green coffees sourced from around the world. Our service centers in Germany and Switzerland ensure you get local support wherever you are in Europe. Free shipping across the EU. The Roast Rebels Academy (academy.roastrebels.com) is our dedicated learning platform for coffee roasting, with in-depth courses for home roasters and professionals. Sierra, featured in this video, is Roast Rebels' content manager and green coffee buyer — and the 2026 Swiss Brewers Cup Champion. 🌐 Shop: https://roastrebels.com/en 🎓 Academy: https://academy.roastrebels.com #BrewersCup #WorldBrewersCup #SpecialtyCoffee #CoffeeCompetition #PourOver #CoffeeRoasting