Central Region Aeropress Championship

Thanks so much to everyone who came out (including our awesome judges) to make this year's (2014-2015) regional aeropress competition a pressing success!

THESE ORGANIZATIONS MADE THIS EVENT AWESOME!

Five Watt Cafe - What a great venue and what great hosts!

Kickapoo Coffee Roasters - Coffee provider and organizer of CRAC

acaia - 1st place prize provider, sweet scales acaia!

Baratza, Cuvee, Madcap, Cafe Imports, Aerobie - Additional prize sponsors, so many awesome gifts!

CHECK THE RECIPE PAGE IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN SOME WINNING FORMULAS

Thanks to everyone who came out last night to the Central Region Aeropress Championship at Five Watt Cafe.  

We’ll be drawing names out of a hat tomorrow at the Kickapoo Coffee Roaster’s booth in Uppercut Gym at the Big Central.

After the drawing, the bracket will be posted here.

Trevor Corlett - Madcap Coffee Co "Trevor is CEO and co-founder of Madcap Coffee Company and is currently based at Madcap’s office in Washington, DC. He is also currently serving as the Past Chair of the Barista Guild of America, is a Specialty Coffee Association of America Specialized instructor, a subject matter expert in espresso for the SCAA, and an editorial advisor for Barista Magazine. Trevor has also been competing in barista competitions for a number of years having finished in the top 6 in a regional consecutively for the last 6 years. In 2011 he finished 4th and in the last two years has back to back 3rd place finishes at the United States Barista Championship. When not making coffee he can be found doing lego construction with his wife and three daughters."

Laila Ghambari - Cherry Street Coffee House Our reigning 2014 United States Barista Champion Laila is also the Director of Coffee for Cherry Street Coffee House in Seattle an Executive Council member for the Barista Guild of America and a Level 2 certified barista. 

Big thanks to our friends at Cafe Imports for chipping in some sweet merchandise for prizes.  Official prize packages will be under dark cloak until the end of our aeropress competition, but any prior knowledge of these prize sponsors would assure you we've got sweet rewards for the ultimate aeropressers.

We're stoked to be getting support from Baratza and acaia!

For quite a while now, Baratza has become one of the leading grinder companies in the coffee universe.  Many coffee enthusiasts know that a quality burr grinder is an essential piece in the foundation of a great brewing set.  We're grateful to be teaming up with Baratza for this year's regional championship.

Recent developments:

Registration is open!

We've decided that all competitors will use the same coffee for the entire competition, this will level the playing field and allow the focus to be on each person's brewing technique.

Still in progress:

We're leaning towards making this one competition for one region.  Some have asked if there will be a North champion and a South champion, at this point it seems unnecessary to separate competitors and organize to accommodate two regions in one competition.

We're still looking for prizes, if you're interested in sponsoring and are willing to donate a sweet prize, email [email protected]

It's better to start getting word out sooner than later.  This competition is still in it's planning phases.  Here's what we've got for certainties:

Hosted by 5watt and Kickapoo Coffee Roasters at 5watt's cafe, (3745 Nicollet Ave, Minneapolis)

November 8th - Saturday night of the Big Central Regional Coffee Competition weekend. 

6:00pm-ish start time.  Ending when it ends.

Both North and South regions will happen in conjunction with separate winners from each

Great beer and food will be provided