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When it was freezing that year, Alfred ran into a coffee shop in Tasmania. Instead of bowing his head and making it, the barista was holding plastic syringe-like tools and chatting leisurely with his guests. It was the first time he drank AeroPress coffee. Philadelphia is a relatively new coffee brewing appliance invented by American Alan Adler in 2005. It is cheap, easy to use and easy to carry, so it can be used at home, travel or in the office.

After returning to Hong Kong, he kept thinking about the Philharmonic coffee on that day, so he bought the Philharmonic press tools for self-study. Of course, he has taken coffee courses and worked in an Australian coffee shop, and has acquired the basic skills. "its threshold is not high, it needs few tools, as long as a hand punch pot, it does not even need a pound, because it has a scale." What is more interesting is that it combines two brewing methods, starting with hot water and coffee powder soaking together, like the principle of a French kettle. When it comes to the brewing stage, the coffee is filtered by the pressure of the piston, which is a bit like an espresso machine.

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"all parts are standardised, but they are very malleable." Coffee powder with different grinding degrees can be used in the soaking stage; different filter paper can be converted during filtration, even stainless steel filter mesh and filter paper can be used at the same time; there are also traditional and reverse punching methods. There is also an endless stream of extracted coffee: it can be as tea-like as hand-brewed coffee, or as smooth as espresso.

The more he played, the more addicted he became. He, who used to work as a part-time chef at the coffee shop Whitewood Coffee, went to take part in this year's Hong Kong Philharmonic Competition. "the Philharmonic pressure competition is not so formal, it's chill and party, and most of it is played in bars, so it's a little easier." There is no complicated grading process. After drinking the coffee of the two contestants, the judges count to three and point to the coffee they think tastes better until the winner is selected. The judges only think about one question: which one do I want to drink up? This is the most exciting part of the game.

Baristas have their own tricks on the day of the competition, some have their own bean grinders, or use coffee powder with different grinding degrees, and so on. He adheres to the personality of "sawing a big tree" and uses up all the utensils provided by the conference, but only brings his own water and an ice bag to ice coffee beans, because frozen coffee beans can make the grinding degree more consistent. He rushed slowly unhurriedly, "if you take one more step, you will have one more chance to make a mistake." As a result, he won the championship on his first competition, better than many full-time baristas: "AeroPress is very personal, and everyone can stand on the stage."

However, there are still fewer people drinking Philharmonic coffee in Hong Kong coffee shops because people think that it is coffee made at home. He believes that the Philharmonic is light and easy to use, has few variables, and does not need to be watched all the time, or it is more suitable to take it to the bazaar, allowing baristas to communicate with guests at the same time.

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