LUX Restaurant & Bar Awards 2019

Page 30 www.lux-review.com LUX Restaurant & Bar Awards 2019 Located in a small alley just 10 meters away from a busy shopping pedestrian street in the old town of Annecy, BRUMES is focused on quality, as Julien highlights. “Before opening my shop, I learned and trained to be a barista and tried many different coffees from various roasters all over Europe. I started my business with a clear idea of the kind of coffee excellence I wanted to offer. I have passed various certifications from the Specialty Coffee Association including the Barista, Brewing, Sensory and Green Coffee courses, and I put all of these skills and my industry knowledge into always serving the best coffee possible. Today, quality control, tests, cuppings are a daily duty. We source the best beans from European roasters in order to offer top quality coffee each time. Our high-end equipment is carefully maintained and cleaned to ensure the best results possible and consistency is key. We weigh every dose of grounds and every shot of espresso. The temperature of our filtered water is controlled. Every manual pour-over coffee is made with the utmost care by adjusting the dose and grind and the brewing time. The milk we use is pasteurised fresh whole milk from Normandy, a cooperative of small farmers who are paid the right price for their work. As a result of this focus on quality, we are able to provide our clients the very highest possible standard of service and delicious dishes and drinks that they will enjoy each and every time they visit.” This focus on quality is extended beyond just the coffee that BRUMES serves, as Julien is eager to emphasise. BRUMES Specialty Coffee Shop is a coffee shop focused on providing its valued guests with quality coffee and delicious light meals. We invited Owner Julien Latil to tell us more about the establishment and how it has come to gain the reputation for excellence it enjoys currently. BRUMES Specialty Coffee Shop Best Specialty Coffee Shop - Haute Savoie “With regards to our other products, we sourced the best drinks and ingredients available. For example, our hot chocolate is handmade with 100% pure cocoa powder from Barry with a hint of brown sugar. Combined with our perfectly steamed milk it gives a very comforting drink with a real taste of chocolate and just the right sweetness. We also sourced a high-quality Chai powder from HelloGoodSip (London) which is all natural. Combined with our milk it is a very demanded drink. For espresso, we use a blend from Brûlerie Belleville that we always have in our main grinder. It is a mix of 3 different origins that will change depending on the season and the harvests but with a consistent flavour profile all year long. Beside this, we serve 2 single origin coffees (one for espresso, one for filter) that we source from French or European guest roasters. We have a new guest roaster every 4 to 6 weeks maximum. These coffees are also available for retail during the same period. “Our loose leaves teas come from a small company based in Lyon with a shop in Annecy. We do the small bags ourselves and adjust the filtered water temperature depending on the tea we brew. Our iced teas are fair-trade and organic from Germany and our bottled juices come from an artisan in the South of France. We only chose fruits harvested in France (Apple, Grape, Tomato and Apricot). “Regarding the food we serve, having no kitchen we source products from local artisans which use the best ingredients. We serve a vegetarian lunch every day with a single offer (1 first course, 1 main dish and 1 dessert). We check everything we buy and resell on a regular basis and have really good relationships we our producers in order to maintain the quality of the products we buy from them. As such, clients always enjoy the very best of everything when they visit BRUMES.” Looking to the future, the specialty coffee scene in France is growing rapidly, and as such BRUMES will remain focused on quality over the coming years to ensure its continued success. Company: BRUMES Specialty Coffee Shop Name: Julien Latil Address: 2 passage des Bains, 74000 Annecy - France Telephone Number: 0033457097789 Web Address: www.brumes-annecy.fr