Blog | Competition Tasting with The Espresso Lab and Ibrahim H. Al Mallouhi
Category: Events
Published: July 17, 2026
July 24, 2026: Taste the 2026 World Brewers Cup Championship competition coffee, brewed by the 2026 UAE Brewers Cup Champion, Ibrahim H. Al Mallouhi, and cup the competition collection sourced by his roastery, The Espresso Lab.
Ibrahim H. Al Mallouhi just won first place at the 2026 UAE National Brewers Cup Championship. Visit our LIC classroom for a special guest tasting with the champion and The Espresso Lab, his roastery with a long and consistent history of winning titles at the UAE Brewers Cup and Barista Cup Championships for the past eleven years—plus an extra Roasting Cup win this year.
Al Mallouhi and The Espresso Lab are true leaders of specialty coffee in the United Arab Emirates. Experience their exclusive competition coffee collection sourced for the world stage at WBrC 2026, hosted by the champion, at our Long Island City classroom.

COFFEE LIST
BREWING SESSION
Ibrahim H. Al Mallouhi, UAE Brewers Cup Champion’s WBrC Competition Coffee
Panama Finca Nahaliel Natural Geisha
Itto Guerra, 1870 MASL


