Irish Cup Tasters Championship ‘26 Results & Rankings
Irish Cup Tasters Championship at IFEX 2026 saw an incredible field of competitors take to the stage and compete for the title of Irish Cup Tasters Champion. And our top 3 are…
🥇 Gabriel Tudorin
🥈 Luiz Ultramar Barros
🥉 Stephen Houston
This is Gabriel’s third national title! He will go on to represent Ireland on the world stage in Bangkok at World of Coffee in May.
Massive thank you to all of the competitors for making the competition so great. Another great opportunity for the coffee community in Ireland to get together, competing on one hand and supporting and cheering for each other on the other.
There are so many incredible people and sponsors that helped make this event possible and we’d like to take a minute to show our gratitude.
Firstly, our sponsors. Bell Lane Coffee, who provided us with an incredible line up of coffees for the competitors to cup through. Sage Appliances, with the Luxe Brewer Thermal working away back stage to brew the coffees. REL Group who set us up with Brita Filtered Water for all our brewing needs.
We’re also delighted to have the ongoing support of Grove Dairy as the milk sponsor for SCA Ireland Competitions in 2026. As well as Oatly, whose support allows us to crown a champion and send them off to the World Championships.
The SCA Ireland Event Partner, Husky Events. Husky are the team behind both Dublin Coffee Festival and the Belfast Coffee Festival, which happens for the first time in October. Shout out to Oli, Tom, Curt and Dan from Team Husky.
To our volunteers, the wonderful, wonderful people who volunteered and gave up their time to help run the competition: Bridgeen Barbour, David Titmus, Liam Parnell, Matthew Nelson, Aoife Ní Fhearraigh, Ben Parker, Conor Green & Caleb McGall. Massive thank you, this wouldn’t have been possible without you Also, a huge thank you to Amelia Crook who MC’d on the 🎤 for the day!
Full Rankings for ICTC 2026
Next up in the SCA Ireland Calendar we have the Irish Brewers Cup, at Dublin Coffee Festival, we hope to see you there!
Please reach out with any queries or sponsorship opportunities, tom@huskyevents.com.
Mark Ashbridge, National Coordinator.
Photo: @photography_by_reda_may.
