ORIGAMI CUP TOKYO 2023

September 26, 2023 Event Report


On September 26, 2023, the first official event of the ORIGAMI CUP, which has been held in many countries around the world and has gradually spread, was held at Little Darling Coffee Roasters in Minami Aoyama, Tokyo.
The rules are to use ORIGAMI drippers and designated coffee beans.

In this competition, professional baristas and home brewers alike, regardless of skill, competed to see who could brew the best coffee using the ORIGAMI Dripper.
Competition Rules:

【Designation】 ORIGAMI Dripper, coffee beans, water

【Can be brought in】Grinder (manual)

【Equipment provided】ORIGAMI Drippers (porcelain and Air), EK grinder, kettle, server, paper (conical and wave), cupping bowl, cupping spoon

・No rehearsals.

・Preparation time: 5 min. Competition time 5 min. at least 150 ml of liquid provided.

・Three judges (cupping judges) will judge and decide the winner by majority vote.

・Tournament system

This year's competition used:Kopikalyan/のJAVA / WANOJA：ANAEROBIC HONEY.
Nishio (left) from Kopikalyan Tokyo
A brew bar was set up at the venue, where competitors brewed coffee using the day's recipe with the beans used in the competition and served it to visitors, who enjoyed comparing their brews throughout the event.
Limited edition logo cups for the competition. Purchase a cup and visitor can sample coffee brewed by competitors at the brew bar.
Eighteen people participated in the competition.
Each group of 3 players will compete in 6 preliminary rounds / 2 semi-final rounds, in that order, and the final will be played between the 2 winners and a player chosen by lottery from the losers of the semi-final rounds.
Competitors of all ages, genders, and nationalities, including participants not only from Japan but also from Malaysia, gathered, and their extraction methods varied.
This year's competition attracted special guest judges from Japan and abroad.
【Guest Judge】
Carlos Medina / World Brewers Cup 2023 Winner @jotadepicas_
Young / World Cup Tasters 2023 Winner @youngsdrip.exp 
Kazuki Shiraishi/ Japan Brewers Cup 2023 Winner ＠kazuki_shiraishi_coffee
Wasin Kusakabe / Thai Brewers Cup 2024 Winner@wasynical
Hikaru OnoJapan Brewers Cup 2022 Winner, Owner of Brewman Tokyo@onohikaru1986
Dakota Graff / Coffee Director and Green Buyer at Onyx Coffee Lab,4th place at the 2023 Barista Championship, US @dakotagraff
Yasuo SuzukiCEO, TRUNK COFFEE, ORIGAMI Brand Partner＠yasuo_suzuki_trunk
Judging in progress.
ORIGAMI CUP TOKYO 2023 Results
From left to right: Yoshikuni Tachikawa, Ooi You Bin, Susumu Ishii
The three winners, who were the best out of 18 participants, were presented with gold, silver, and bronze ORIGAMI Drippers, exclusive to the competition, as trophies.
【1st place】Ooi You Bin
【2nd place】Susumu Ishii
【3rd place】Yoshikuni Tachikawa

We later asked the three winners about the extraction recipes they used in the competition.
ORIGAMI CUP TOKYO 2023 Winners' Extracted Recipes

1st place Ooi You Bin

Coffee: 20g

Ground: Comandante C40 74 red click (double grind)

Water: 200g

Temperature: 90°C

Dripper: ORIGAMI Dripper S (Porcelain)

Filter: Kalita 155

Brewing time: 1:30

Preparation

1) Hand-pick and remove any defective or small beans.

2) First grind 23g~24g of hand-picked beans with the coarsest grind, remove the chaff, and grind a second time with 74 Red Click.

3) Lightly shake off the ground powder as if to remove the fines.

Brewing

1) Rinse the paper filter with 90°C water and set 20g of powder in the dripper.

2) At 30-second intervals, make the first (60g), second (up to 140g), and third (up to 200g) pitches (*1).

3) Aim for a fall-off time of 1 minute and 30 seconds.

4) Taste and adjust the concentration by bypassing (*2).

5) Allow the coffee to cool before serving (*3).

6) Enjoy!

Notes

*1 The first and second pitches should be agitated in a circular motion, not too slowly or too vigorously; the third pitch should be finished gently.

*2 Bypass a total of 20g on the day of the tournament.

*3 Mouthfeel (texture) of different temperature range is different, and the best temperature range for this recipe is Cool range, so cool it down before serving.

2nd place Susumu Ishii
Coffee: 15g
Water: 240g
Ground : Comandante Red Click #26 3g / #52 12g
Temperature : 86°C
Dripper : ORIGAMI Dripper Air S
Filter : ORIGAMI Cone Shaped
0s / 40g
30s / 120g
60s / 180g
90s / 240g
120s / -
Set the fine one on the bottom and the coarse one on the top, and yo-yo poa hard as if turning over the top and bottom for the second and third pitches.
This time, the beans were fast to escape, so the fall-off time was about 2 minutes.
The recipe aimed for a rich sweetness from the fine mesh and a long aftertaste from the coarse mesh.

3rd place Yoshikuni Tachikawa

Coffee: 15.5g
Water: 217g
Ground : Comandante 25 clicks
Temperature: 85°C (75°C for the third pitch only)
Dripper : ORIGAMI Dripper Air S
Filter : ORIGAMI Cone Shaped

0-40s up to 55ml
40s up to 170ml
1:10s up to 217ml
Add around 10-15ml of room temperature water to the extracted liquid to adjust taste and concentration.

The venue on the day of the event was filled with the enthusiasm of over 100 people, including competitors, judges, and visitors.

We hope that the ORIGAMI CUP will be an opportunity for coffee lovers to expand their community and enjoy coffee more.

The next ORIGAMI CUP is scheduled for next year, so please look forward to it!


Here is the digest of the competition


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