A carbonic maceration Ethiopian, brewed longer than anything else here. Closer to a filter coffee than a concentrate, and it drinks like one.
Free Pour Latte Art Grand Prix Tokyo 2024
liwei coffee stand · Takadanobaba, Tokyo
She won the Free Pour Latte Art Grand Prix in Tokyo in 2024 — her first time entering, in her second year of pouring. Sixty-four baristas over three days, and she beat the defending champion in the semi-final.
Her motif was a rose set inside a frame. She pours at liwei coffee stand in Takadanobaba.
If you own one grinder and no patience, start here. It is the most forgiving of the three, and the tasting notes arrive whether or not you hit the flow rate exactly.
