Coffee was one of sixteen food categories for this year’s Good Food Awards, alongside other comestibles such as pickles, charcuterie, spirits, chocolate, cider, fish and oils. All 15 of last year’s winning roasters put forth Ethiopian coffees, highlighting the importance of sourcing rather than roasting in regards to the competition’s quality component. This year, however, some coffees not from Ethiopia were used by winning roasters. Those included: a Carmen Estate (Panama) coffee from Denver’s Commonwealth Coffee; a gesha from San Diego’s Bird Rock Coffee Roasters; an organic coffee from Finca La Mirella in Costa Rica roasted by Bard Coffee in Portland, Maine; a Colombia Granja La Esperanza from Arkansas’ Onyx Coffee Lab; and an espresso blend from Thanksgiving Coffee in Fort Bragg, California. Here are all the 2019 Good Food Awards Winners for coffee:

Source: Ethiopian News January 14, 2019 17:15 UTC