July 04, 2016

CoLab: Antwerp: “EK43 as Espresso Grinder” | Rob Berghmans (Caffènation)

45 minutes

Chances are, you’re not unfamiliar with the EK43

grinder—first seen being used as a coffee grinder in the 2011 World Brewers Cup

(Vienna) and then made a specialty coffee household name thanks to Matt

Perger’s 2012 World Barista Championship routine, the EK43 has been a hot topic

of conversation within the coffee industry and a familiar site both on the WBC

stage and in specialty shops ever since.

In our second video from CoLab: Antwerp, local Rob

Berghmans (Caffènation) shares his thoughts on the benefits of using the EK43

as their main espresso grinder as well as the workflow they’ve put into place

in order to maximise said benefits. This one is for all types: workflow geeks,

EK43 fangirls, Turkish burr skeptics, or even just into the thought-process behind

creating shop systems—get in!

Rob Berghmans founded Caffènation back in 2003 when the

current form of specialty coffee was still largely uncharted territory. Since

then, he and his team have been at the forefront of sourcing, roasting, and

serving excellent coffees from their base in Antwerp. Caffènation is involved

in many Belgian initiatives that push specialty coffee forward, working

constantly to “change the ball game” whilst creating a “second home” for their

customers, and have played host to the community-building Belgian Aeropress

Competitions since 2011. Their approach has proved to be popular, not just at

home in Belgium, but also abroad: Caffènation now has a second shop in

Amsterdam and exports a third of their roasting output all over Europe.

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