2015 French Aeropress Championship by RFB
Réseau des Baristas de France – RBF (French Barista Network) presents the 2015 French Aeropress Championship.
Here is my video of the evening.
Monday, March 9, 2015 – Lundi 9 Mars 2015
Results
(3 Finalists from 18 competitors)
1. Thomas Clement – Café Cuillier
2. Steaven Marks – Café Coutume
3. Antoine Aubry – Coutume Instituutti
Recipes
Thomas Clément – Café Cuillier
Inverted Aeropress
Coffee: 18 g of coffee – medium size grind – hand-ground with Hario Skerton
17.5 g in inverted AeroPress
Water: 230 mL St. Georges water at
Temperature: 64 °C – 147.2 °F (VERY LOW AND RARE)
Filter: Paper filter
Infuse for 30 seconds
Stir coffee for 20 seconds
Plunge to 1:35
Steaven Marks – Cafe Coutume
Inverted Aeropress
Coffee: 17.5 g of sieved coffee (>500µ) of selected coffee beans
Water: 255 g water of home-made water, “La cuvée maison” Distilled water + 70 ppm sodium + 30 ppm magnesium (PPM = PART/MILLION = MG/LITER)
Temperature: 85 °C – 185 °F
Filter: 2 paper filters, 1 with a bigger diameter
Pre-infuse in 60g of water
Stir 20 times
Add 195 g water, to 1:10
Stir 20 times
At 1:40, flip AeroPress
Push slowly to 2:50 and keep 20g in the AeroPress
Chill and oxygenate
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Antoine Aubry – Coutume Instituutti
Normal method with slow extraction
Coffee: 15.6 grams coffee, coarse grind (16 on EK43)
Water: 210 grams Montcalm water
Temperature: 85 °C – 185 °F
Filter: Paper filter
At 1:00, stir 5 seconds
Place the plunger at 4:00 and plunge slowly for 1:30
Chill and serve
Coffee: “Le Petit Noir” from Le Comptoir Général, a washed Ethiopian coffee (Sidamo, Shilicho) – 6 days old after roasting
Sponsors: Belco – Art of Coffee & Modderne
Judges:
Antoine Péron (Roaster of the Competition Coffee)
Laura Plaineau (2015 French Cup Tasters, Vice-Champion – 2nd and an active member of RBF)
Raphaël Prime (First Q-grader in France)
MC: Nir Chouchana (French Coffee In Good Spirits Champion 2014)
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