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.

A photo of Ibrahim H. Al Mallouhi.

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

CUPPING
F68 Panama Jurutungo Geisha Natural 970-J-NF
F33 Panama Santa Maria Geisha Lot 05152
F23 Panama Woodland Geisha Lot 1158
F21 Honduras Moreno Geisha Natural
F44 Colombia La Negrita Red Geisha Natural Competition Lot 1
F73 Panama Chevas Geisha Lot 11
F67 Panama Romesas Geisha Natural River Flow
Coffee Cupping is included for all Brew Session attendees.

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