Coffee Appliances Selection
The equipment and accessories are the body of the coffee,
these items are what make coffee complete.
Eligibility
All types of coffee brewing equipment that involves filtering, soaking, pressure, and boiling can be entered into the competition.
Identity
Manufacturers, companies, private labels, brand agents, and brand dealers can register themselves for the competition.
Qualifications
The materials and components Must be non-toxic, cannot contain heavy metal materials, is harmless to the human body, can withstand high temperatures above 100 degrees Celsius and low temperatures below 0 degrees Celsius.
Nominated annually by the GSA committee and meet the 1st qualification.
Criteria Standard
The final appraisal is based on a total percentage (includes bonus items), quality medals, and past selection results
| Item | Percentage | Explanation |
| Description of Concept | 20% | Equipment and accessory production concept, please fill in the coffee equipment and accessory resume |
| Design and Presentation | 30% |
Integration: appropriateness and completeness to meet the needs of the target market. Innovation: original elements of ideas, functions and materials. Functionality: appropriate functions or operations that are in line with the target market. Aesthetic: the presentation exhibits the product’s characteristics and spirit. Delivery: express the cultural sentiment and connotation of the target market. |
| Environmental feedback | Bonus (0.5% more for each item) | Achieves environmental friendliness, uses renewable energy, and doesn’t use materials that contaminate the human body (relevant information must be submitted) |
| Overall effect | 10% | The total of completeness and situational performance |
| Issues | Bonus (0.5% more for each item) | WLCP supports all the right actions by companies to limit the carbon footprint, labor exploitation, animal testing, and non-recyclable materials. (relevant information must be submitted) |
Product Evaluation Sequence
Regardless of each category, please fill in the 2022 World Latitude Caffe Prize Registration Form in advance for all participating equipment and accessories. If you have relevant information that can be submitted, please send it to info@wl-c.org.The World Latitude Caffe Prize will announce the annual Awardees on the official website of the World Latitude Caffe Prize in early April each year, and also send the coffee quality medal certificates all at once.
Notices
The GSA judges brew and blindly test the coffee equipment and accessories based on their daily habits to simulate and ensure the most direct quality and experiences when actual consumers use the product.In order to achieve environmental friendliness, innovation, and practicality, participants in the coffee equipment and accessory category of the World Latitude Caffe Prize must first fill in the 2022 World Latitude Caffe Prize Registration Form, which will be used by the GSA committee for the selection of the results.All participating coffees will be coded and blind packaged to the GSA judges.The participating equipment will be randomly assigned to each GSA judge for evaluation and scoring. During the process, the equipment will be randomly exchanged amongst GSA judges to ensure fairness and the coding information will not be disclosed to the outside or any GSA judge.All participating coffees will be evaluated and scored by two GSA judges at the same time.The GSA committee members will clean their mouths before tasting and scoring the coffees. In order to ensure fairness that the next entry won’t be affected, the GSA committee will not be allowed to drink the coffees.The contested coffee with a total score difference of more than 10% between the two GSA judges will be judged by the third committee member.Participants must abide by the World Latitude Caffe Prize regulations and selection results. If the participants are not satisfied with the selection scores, please refrain from radical, unreasonable protests and appeals. The organizer, the World Latitude Caffe Prize, reserves the right to make final changes and interpretations of the results.
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