The Golden Bean North America 2019 in Nashville Tennessee was a huge success for event organiser Cafe Culture International. The world’s largest coffee roasting competition had a total of 1,300 entries from 450 roasters from all around North America. The competition took place at the Cambria Hotel in Downtown Nashville. The hotel catered for 200
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Congratulations to all 2019 Winners Congratulations on your win at 2019 Golden Bean North America Coffee Roasters Competition! We know you will be excited to let the world know how fantastic your coffee is so we have the LOW RESOLUTION (200pixel) Champion sticker and Golden Bean Logo artwork available for you to download and use
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Click here for full list of 2017 Winners Congratulations on your win at 2019 Golden Bean North America Coffee Roasters Competition! We know you will be excited to let the world know how fantastic your coffee is so we have the LOW RESOLUTION (200pixel) Champion sticker and Golden Bean Logo artwork available for you to
Read MoreCongratulations to all 2018 Winners Click for full list of winners for 2018 Congratulations on your win at 2018 Puqpress Golden Bean North America Coffee Roasters Competition! We know you will be excited to let the world know how fantastic your coffee is so we have the LOW RESOLUTION (300pixel D) Champion sticker and Golden
Read MoreCongratulations on your win at this year’s Pentair Everpure Golden Bean North America Coffee Roasters Competition! We know you will be excited to let the world know how fantastic your coffee is so we have the LOW RESOLUTION (300pixel D) Champion sticker and Golden Bean North America Logo artwork available for you to download and
Read MoreAt Rancilio, we take the science and craft of espresso extraction seriously, and are focused on giving baristas control over important variables that impact the flavor of the shot the most. This is why we have conducted scientific research with the University of Barcelona to test on a molecular level how coffee reacts in an
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Q – How do you win the Overall Pentair Everpure Golden Bean? A – You must enter a coffee in the Espresso category #1, Milk Based category #2 and for the first time in 2017 Filter category #3. The highest scoring entries you submit from each of these categories will be added together for your
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Café Culture International is proud to present the Pentair® Everpure® Golden Bean Coffee Roasters Competition & Conference. This annual international event will once again be held in the following locations:
Read MoreFirday, October 14, 2016, East Bay Times newspaper – nice work Pacific Bay Coffee!
Read MoreCongratulations to all who entered this year’s competition. A full list of competition winners can be found at the link below:
Read MoreMobile really is starting to look like a place where you can get a premium cup of Joe: Two different coffee houses have combined to take three awards at this year’s North American Golden Bean Awards. Organizers of the Compak Golden Bean Awards describe it as “the world’s largest coffee roasters competition and conference.” Founded
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Press Release – September 21st Compak Golden Bean North America Conclusion! Coffee vapours drifted over Portland last week as year two of the North American Compak Golden Bean Competition took place. Over 700 coffees were entered and judged from 244 North American Roasters. The Compak Golden Bean is now the largest global coffee roasting competition
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TIP #10 – Read the rules and please do not be shy to ask questions of the organizers. Think outside the square, be creative, well organized and treat this competition competitively if you want to be a winner. That’s tip number 10. Good luck in the competition and keep in mind how valuable attending the
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Click the image to download a printable pdf. Program subject to change without notice.
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TIP #9 – Open your mind to global coffee trends. The Compak Golden Bean is a global competition that automatically sifts through high quality entries in its unique judging process to find the best of the best. What is on trend in our current marketplace is quality of the complete bean to cup process, so
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Navigating Women’s Coffee | Perspectives from Cafe Femenino Open to all Compak attendees interested in this lunchtime session – RSVP required (see below) Lunch Session: Thursday 15th Setpember, 12pm Presenters: Connie Kolosvary, Café Femenino Program Director, OPTCO Katherine Oglietti, General Manger & Coffee Buyer, OPTCO
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TIP #8 – Try and make a big effort to participate as a delegate at a Golden Bean event. You will reap the benefits of learning new skills, networking with fellow roasters and have better insights into industry trends. You will also improve your tasting skills by learning to judge competition coffees. Keep an eye
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We have picked a fun, dress-up ‘Speakeasy’ theme for this year’s Compak Golden Bean Coffee Roasters Competition awards ceremony. Get your best gangster, show girl or jazz musician outfit out of the attic and dust it off for our big gig at the Melody Ballroom on Friday the 16th.
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TIP #7 – People love winners. Make sure you enter a coffee that you can access for the next 12 months and is the perfect vehicle to market yourself. It’s definitely worth including medals with stickers on your packaging. This competition has followed the successful wine industry awards model with the industry practice being to
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Launching this month, Groundswell Roasters is a Vancouver based social enterprise funding students of their not-for-profit school, Groundswell, through the sale of specialty coffee.
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We just finished our Midwest road trip – aka the Wild West Adventure with my travelling companion and excellent driver Brendo Schack hitting the back roads hard in our rental Dodge Charger. We covered plenty of miles in a week that saw us draw in to the grand city of Minneapolis, a place blessed with
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TIP #6 – The rules allow you to enter as many coffees in each category as you want – the more entries, the more chances of winning. Make sure you enter Category 1 (Espresso) and Category 2 (Milk Based) as these combined scores can win you the overall Golden Bean. Keep an eye out for
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At last we are on the ground again after getting the starting mechanisms sorted for this year’s Compak Golden Bean North America. I arrived in Portland last week and had a chance to catch up with the guys from the American Barista School to plan for this year’s fun awards. We put together some great
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TIP #5 – For single origin categories, pick a bean origin that is on trend, as the competition has noticed that there will be a preferred flavor profile for that year. E.g. In 2014 it was Panama Beans, while in 2015 Ethiopian Yirgacheffe was preferred. Keep an eye out for another 5 tips to come!
Read MoreWe would like to congratulate Ian Picco from Topeca Coffee in Tulsa Oklahoma on being the first to use our online booking system. Ian was a Medal winner last year and missed out on coming to the event as a delegate. We are rewarding Ian for being the first to enter the competition by giving
Read MoreFirst Sneak Peak! We have finalized our bag design with our Bag Sponsor Roastar and will be sending bags out to over 1,500 roasters in late August. We love the new bright colours of the bags and the metallic highlights that Roastar coffee bags are famous for in their unique customer coffee bag designs.
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TIP #4 – Check what is current nationally in roast profile (colour). If the trends are for lighter roasted coffees, this is where the judge’s palate will be (all coffees are blind cupped so judges do not see beans). Keep an eye out for another 6 tips to come!
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