Collection: OREA

OREA Brewdown 2024 Homebrewers Edition

20grams Coffee Roastery

Rules & Regulations

1.  Overview 

The idea for this competition is to create a gathering which serves as a hub for connection, interaction, and idea exchange, fostering a sense of camaraderie and collaboration within the coffee community. This competition represents a dynamic platform for home brewer enthusiasts to exhibit their prowess in the art of brewing.

Nordic style roasts tend to be hot, fast, and light to eliminate any bitter, "roasty" flavors in the end cup and let those bright, sweet flavors shine.

2.  Competitors 

Each competition should strive to have at most 18 Competitors. The minimum number of competitors allowed is 9. There is no limit to age. You must not be working in a coffee industry for the last 6 months. 

Wild-Card

The winner will be selected at random from the 16 competitors. The winner will join the 2 finalists in the final round.

3.  Competition Coffee 

The coffee will be a modern roasted coffee without roast or green coffee defects. All competitors will use the same coffee. The competition organizer provides a minimum of 100g of roasted coffee - by 2 weeks before the competition - for practice. And another 100g of coffee for the competition. The roast date should be at least seven days from the roast and not older than 28 days. The competition coffee would have a similar rest time to the practice coffee. The competition will focus on “clean coffees” and not allow any infused (processed) or otherwise tampered with coffee - in any processing stage. Flavors like alcohol or other artificial notes are not allowed.

4.  Competition Water 

Water filtration “BWT Bestmin” sponsored by BWT Singapore. The system removes chlorine and other bacterial up to 0.1 micron and increase magnesium content for best taste. The competition organizer provides a minimum of 1.5L of competition water for practice. And 1.5L of the same water for the competition. No other additives of any kind will be allowed to alter the provided competition water.

5.  Equipment 

All the competitors must use the OREA V4 Brewers. The competitors have the option to bring their choice of paper filter type. The competition organizer will provide the following equipment: 

a)     Acceptable weighing scales

b)    Brewista Water Kettles (600ml)

c)     BWT Bestmin Brew Water

d)    Option “O” Grinders 

e)  Filter papers (wave 185, v60, flat paper) 

They can choose to use any filter paper of their choice. The competitors are allowed to bring their own grinding equipment. The equipment list must be communicated to all the competitors a minimum of five days before the competition date.

6.  Competition Structure 

Each round will be 3 competitors. Each competitor gets a 5-minute preparation time (NO BREWING IS ALLOWED) and an 8-minute competition time. Three judges will evaluate each brew (cupping) directly after completing the round and point (1,2,3) on their favourite cup. If there is a draw (each judge points at different cups), it will be the cup pointed out by the Head Judge that will move on to the next round. 

Preparation Time

Each competitor will have 5 minutes to set up their station. The competitor can ground coffee and pre-wet the paper filters. They can also put their water kettles on standby.

Competition Time

The competitors will each brew one cup of coffee. Each cup must have a minimum of 180ml and be served in the bowls provided by the competition before the end of the competition time. Failure to do so on time will result in a disqualification. 

The judges are allowed to see the brewing process, but the cups should be clearly marked underneath, and the cups should be shuffled around. The winner of each round will move on to the next round. 

Brewing Station

The Brewing Station consists of: 

A.    Judging Table: The judges will be seated facing the competitor and prepared to evaluate the coffees served. 

B.    Competitor Table: A table will support the brewing kettles, the sponsored coffee grinder, cleaning accessories and other tools and accessories. The brewing kettles and grinder may not be moved by the competitors 

7.  Disqualification 

a)     Be on Time

Any competitor who is not onsite at the start of their competition time will be disqualified 

b)    Serving Beverage Quantity

A competitor whose beverages are not served a minimum of 180ml will be disqualified. 

c)     Minimum Serving Beverage Quantity

A competitor whose beverages are not served a minimum of 180ml will be disqualified. 

d)    End Competition Time

The competitor whose beverages are not served within 8 minutes will be disqualified 

e)     The Beverage

The competitor will prepare and serve 1 individual hot coffee beverage to the judges. 

f)      Bypass

Additional water may be added (“bypass”) to the beverage before serving to alter concentration. No other additives of any kind will be allowed to alter the final beverage

8.  FAQ

a)     Sign up fees are non-refundable

b)    20grams Coffee Roastery reserves the right to make any last-minute changes to the competition in any way, shape or form. Any changes will be communicated to the participants promptly via the Whatsapp group chat.