Tim Wendelboe (April 25, 1979) is World Barista Champion 2004^[1] & World Cup Tasting Champion 2005. He runs a coffee roastery, espresso bar, and coffee school in Oslo, Norway named after himself^[2].

After winning the World Barista Championships in 2004 and World Cup Tasting Championships in 2005 Tim left Stockfleth’s in early 2006 to work as a freelance coffee consultant and barista trainer.

In July 2007, he started his own espresso bar, training centre, and micro roastery at Grünerløkka, in Oslo, called Tim Wendelboe, where he imports, roasts and sells high quality coffee. Tim Wendelboe won the Nordic roaster competition in 2008, 2009 and in 2010 and was awarded the Allegra European Coffee Shop Award for ‘Outstanding Contribution to the European Coffee Industry’ in 2011 and the Allegra European Coffee Shop Award for “Best Coffee Roaster – Europe 2013” Tim has also written and published the book «Coffee with Tim Wendelboe» which is translated in to 5 languages^[5].

Since 2015 he also contributes with his knowledge to farming, since he bought a coffee farm called Finca el Suelo (meaning the soil) in Huila department, Colombia^[3].

Tim Wendelboe runs the micro roastery, coffee training centre and espresso bar with a goal of being among the best in the world.

Tim is also the Co-founder of Nordic Approach a sourcing company focusing solely on high quality green coffees.^[6]