Ko te Whakataetae Kaihoko Kawhe o te Ao (WBC) te whakataetae kawhe rongonui o te ao e whakahaerehia ana i ia tau e te World Coffee Events (WCE). Ko te arotahi o te whakataetae he whakatairanga i te hiranga o te kawhe, te whakatairanga i te umanga kaihoko kawhe, me te whakauru i te hunga whakarongo o te ao mā te huihuinga whakataetae ā-tau e mahi ana hei huihuinga whakamutunga o ngā huihuinga ā-rohe me ngā huihuinga ā-rohe huri noa i te ao.

Ia tau, neke atu i te 50 ngā toa whakataetae e whakarite ana i te 4 kawhe kawhe, te 4 inu miraka, me te 4 inu motuhake ki ngā paerewa tino tika i roto i tētahi whakaaturanga 15-meneti te roa me te puoro.

Ka arotakehia ia whakaaturanga e ngā Kaiwhakawā Tiwhikete WCE o te ao katoa i runga i te reka o ngā inu e tukuna ana, te ma, te auahatanga, te pūkenga hangarau, me te whakaaturanga whānui. Mā tēnei inu rongonui e āhei ai ngā barista ki te whakawhānui i ō rātou whakaaro, ā, mā ngā ngutu o ngā kaiwhakawā ka taea te whakauru i te nui o ngā mōhiotanga kawhe ki roto i te whakaaturanga o ō rātou ake reka me ngā wheako.

Ko ngā kaiwhakataetae 15 o runga rawa atu i te rauna tuatahi, me te toa kāri-wild mai i te Whakataetae Tīma, ka eke ki te rauna whiringa toa. Ko ngā kaiwhakataetae 6 o runga rawa atu i te rauna whiringa toa ka eke ki te rauna whiringa toa, ā, ka whakaingoatia tētahi o ngā toa ko te Toa Barista o te Ao!