Twenty seven coffee roasting companies from all over the United States have been named finalists for the 2020 Good Food Awards. The awards program, now in its 10th year, celebrates food products and their makers in numerous specialty food categories not merely for quality, but for sustainable sourcing and social impact. While still highly favoring Ethiopian selections and/or Gesha varieties, this year’s list of GFA finalists shows notably more diversity as it relates to coffee locations of origin. Specifically, the 2020 list includes far more representation in Latin America, with selections coming from farmers or producer groups in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, El Salvador and Colombia. Despite the persistent bias in the specialty coffee community towards the West Coast, most all U.S. regions are well represented, although five of the 27 finalists do hail from California.

Source: Ethiopian News November 05, 2019 18:11 UTC