The Golden Bean Coffee Roasters Australia and New Zealand coffee roasting competition slurped its way through the scenic town of Port Macquarie, for the 14th time from Wednesday 21st to Saturday 24th of November, crowning an overall champion for 2018, and a runner up.
Castaway® has been one of the major Golden Bean sponsors for the last eight years. Fine food, beer, coffee and more coffee were a huge part of the event. Golden Bean Roasters Competition & Conference provides a great bonding and networking opportunity – it was very refreshing to catch up with roasters and suppliers from Canada, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.
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| The medieval themed-awards evening gave us an opportunity to whip out our knight costume. We’ll admit… the many beers also helped keep the espresso jitters at bay! | |
Overall Golden Bean 2018 Champion
Congratulations go to Coffee Snobs who took the top gong and edged out more than 120 Australian and New Zealand coffee roasting businesses to claim the Championship trophy. With an impressive track record from previous Golden Bean awards (2017 Overall 2nd runner up), it’s great to see these guys recognised for their excellent coffee and service.
Equal Congratulations to the Runner Up, Bellissimo Coffee!
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| You know it’s a good day when your only worry is “coffee or tea?” | Judging, day two at 2018 Golden Bean. ?credit @quistscoffee |
Coffees were judged in 10 different main categories, three of which were divided into sub-categories for smaller and larger companies. Roughly 210 delegates were in attendance, which is a new record compared to last year.
 The calibre of coffee at this year’s Golden Bean was exceptional, we tasted some incredible coffee. |
Category Winners
With over 1,400 individual entries in this year’s Awards, it’s solid proof Australia and New Zealand’s Coffee Roasting Industry is remarkably vibrant, innovative and ever growing.
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| 2018 Golden Bean Winner | Huge congratulations to all Gold Medal winners! |
Overall 2018 Golden Bean Champion
Coffee Snobs
Espresso
Bellissimo Coffee, QLD – Panama Esmeralda
Milk Based
ONA Coffee, ACT – ‘CM Selections’ Unico
Pour Over Filter
Jibbilittle Roasting Co, NSW – Village 8
Organic (Espresso)
Paradox Coffee Roasters, QLD – Purple Rain
Single Origin (Espresso)
Beck and Call Coffee, WA – Ethiopia Wolichu Wachu
Decaffeinated (Espresso)
Rush Roasting Co, NSW – Rush Decaf
Australia/ New Zealand Grown (Milk Based)
Nats Coffee, NSW – BOP Carbonic Maseration
Chain Store/ Franchise (Espresso)
Small Franchise/ Chain: White Mojo, VIC – Cosima
Large Franchise/ Chain: Nine Bars, WA – Aroma Café
Chain Store/ Franchise (Milk Based)
Small Franchise/ Chain: ONA Coffee, ACT – Black Betty
Large Franchise/ Chain: Latitude Coffee, QLD – Tiger Blend
Chain Store/ Franchise (Filter)
Small Franchise/ Chain: ONA Coffee, ACT – Thuti Natural
Large Franchise/ Chain: Black Bag Roasters, VIC – Lazzio Medium Roast
Overall Small Franchise/ Chain Champion
ONA Coffee Roasters
Overall Large Franchise/ Chain Champion
Nine Bars
The complete results, including all Gold, Silver and Bronze medallists across all categories is available on the Golden Bean Facebook page.
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