2017 Australian Aeropress Championship

Overview

There's no denying that everyone loves a themed party, and Single O is hosting a cracker of one. Lining up the best of the best in black brew coffee to compete in the 2017 Australian Aeropress Championship, the event will centre around the theme 'Aussie nasties'. What does that mean? Well, along with coffee, the folks at Single O are buddying up with some talented inner-west legends to bring you native Aussie food and drink.

While the champs behind the machines are brewing some seriously good coffee, Newtown's Rising Sun Workshop will be combining some unusual flavours and deceptively shaping them into classic burger form. The first burger on offer is a match of camel (yes, camel) with pickled cactus, and the second a prickly vegetarian 'shroom' and stinging nettle creation. Add a house-made blood orange soda to the mix and there's a cocktail of flavours to try.

If you thought pickled cactus and stinging nettles would be a mouthful, then the Black Tyrant Ant and guava sorbet made by Cow & the Moon will really challenge your tastebuds. Black Tyrant Ants are native to the east coast of Australia and we're told that they have a citrus zing that bursts in your mouth. The Enmore gelato gurus have capitalised on this unique flavour, folding it through the smooth guava sorbet and serving it all up in the classic waffle cone style that they are known for.

There will be 25 competitors at the event and the champion will win a place in the 2017 World Aeropress Championships held in Seoul, South Korea. So the comp is pretty serious. Spectator tickets are only $5 and this will also get you a 4 Pines beer on arrival — just in case you need help swishing those ants down.

Images: Alana Dimou.