The first ever coffee king of Belgium was crowned on Monday. Peter Deprez from the West Flemish city of Kortrijk was judged to make the best cup of coffee in Belgium at the Barista Championships, which were held in Antwerp.
34 year old Deprez is the proprietor of the Kortijks Koffiehuis (Kortrijk Coffee House) in West Flanders.
He will represent Belgium at the Barista World Championships in May.
Deprez said that he never uses coffee supplied by one of the big Italian brands.
He says that coffee is only as good as the person making it and that the big brands often install espresso machines in cafes and bars, without training staff how to use them.
"If you don't know how to use the machine, you'll never make a good cup of coffee". Deprez only uses coffee from his family's roasting house Viva Sara.
He says that selecting the perfect blend of coffee beans is as complex as selecting the best grapes to make fine wine.
The quality of the beans and the taste they produce can vary greatly from year to year.
Spice biscuit syrup
Deprez's winning coffee was a combination of a normal cup of his best espresso and a dash of syrup made form Belgium's favourite coffee time biscuit the speculaas (spice biscuit).
He says that the taste of speculaas gives the coffee that extra punch.
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