{"id":157928,"date":"2021-11-01T13:44:34","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T18:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailycoffeenews.com\/?p=157928"},"modified":"2021-11-01T13:44:34","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T18:44:34","slug":"23-us-coffee-roasters-named-2022-good-food-awards-finalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailycoffeenews.com\/2021\/11\/01\/23-us-coffee-roasters-named-2022-good-food-awards-finalists\/","title":{"rendered":"23 US Coffee Roasters Named 2022 Good Food Awards Finalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycoffeenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/coffee-roasters.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-157933\" src=\"https:\/\/dailycoffeenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/coffee-roasters.jpg\" alt=\"coffee roasters\" width=\"1240\" height=\"827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailycoffeenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/coffee-roasters.jpg 1240w, https:\/\/dailycoffeenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/coffee-roasters-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailycoffeenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/coffee-roasters-620x414.jpg 620w, https:\/\/dailycoffeenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/coffee-roasters-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dailycoffeenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/coffee-roasters-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1240px) 100vw, 1240px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The<a href=\"https:\/\/goodfoodfdn.org\/\">\u00a0Good Food Foundation<\/a> has unveiled the list of finalists for 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/goodfoodfdn.org\/awards\/about\/\">Good Food Awards<\/a>, including 23 United States-based coffee roasting companies.<\/p>\n<p>The awards program, now in its 12th year, celebrates food products and their makers in 17 specialty food and drink categories not merely for quality, but for sustainable sourcing and social impact.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside categories such as cheese, fish, pickles, beer and preserves, coffee is a bit of an outlier in that it is composed of a single ingredient that is most commonly sourced outside the country. In years past, the coffee category had been <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycoffeenews.com\/2017\/11\/07\/27-us-roasters-named-good-food-awards-finalists-in-ethiopia-dominated-list\/\">dominated by new crop Ethiopian coffees<\/a>, although the past three years have seen far <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycoffeenews.com\/2020\/11\/11\/25-coffee-roasters-named-finalists-for-2021-good-food-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more diversity in terms of coffee origins<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s finalists in the coffee category also reflect U.S. regional diversity, with the top three coffees in each of six U.S. regions guaranteed a finalist spot.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Related Reading<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycoffeenews.com\/2021\/01\/25\/here-are-the-14-winners-of-the-2021-good-food-awards-for-coffee\/\">Here Are the 14 Winners of the 2021 Good Food Awards for Coffee<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycoffeenews.com\/2020\/10\/21\/18-first-time-competitors-win-2020-colombia-cup-of-excellence-awards\/\">18 First-Time Competitors Win 2020 Colombia Cup of Excellence Awards<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycoffeenews.com\/2021\/10\/28\/glitter-cat-barista-is-back-with-the-three-round-digi2tion\/\">Glitter Cat Barista is Back with the Three-Round DiGi2TiON<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The GFF\u2019s coffee committee was co-chaired this year by Sandra Elisa Loofbourow of <a href=\"https:\/\/royalcoffee.com\/the-crown\/\">The Crown<\/a> and Tovara Salley, owner of the holistic health studio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tovarasalley.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wild Poppy Wellness<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Judges conducting cuppings from throughout the Bay Area identified coffees that moved onto a second round of judging, which involved 29 experienced professional coffee tasters using common equipment, SCA cupping protocols and the Roasters Guild roast evaluation form.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The winners of the Good Food Award for coffee will be distinguished by exemplary flavor \u2014 sweet, clean, well developed body, balanced acidity and phenomenal aromatics,&#8221; GFA states on the coffee category page. &#8220;To qualify for entry, roasters and coffee farmers must emphasize fairness and transparency from seed to cup. This year\u2019s entry criteria seeks to accommodate the enormous cultural diversity of coffee production.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Two of this year&#8217;s finalist roasters \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.highergroundstrading.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Higher Grounds Trading Co.<\/a> of Traverse City, Michigan, and <a href=\"https:\/\/mrespresso.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mr. Espresso<\/a> of Oakland, California \u2014 had multiple coffees named as award finalists.<\/p>\n<p>Single-origin coffees in the finalist category hailed from coffee farms or producer groups in Ethiopia (8 finalists), Colombia (5), Kenya (3), Costa Rica (2), Mexico (1), Honduras (1), Guatemala (1), Panama (1) and Yemen (2). Two of the submissions were blends.<\/p>\n<p>Beginning today and running through Sunday, Nov. 14, the Good Foods Foundation is hosting a <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.goodfoodfdn.org\/collections\/coffee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">virtual pop-up store for GFA-finalist coffees<\/a> and other products.<\/p>\n<p>Winners of the 2022 Good Food Awards will be announced at an in-person gala on <a href=\"https:\/\/goodfoodfdn.org\/event\/good-food-awards-ceremony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Friday, Jan. 14, in San Francisco<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Following is the full list of 2022 Good Food Awards finalists, including the coffee name and the home state of the roaster.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acorncoffeeclub.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Acorn Coffee Club<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Las Lajas \u2013 Yellow Honey, Costa Rica, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Minnesota<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bardcoffee.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Bard Coffee<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Ethiopia Duromina, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maine<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/beanstockcoffee.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Beanstock Coffee Roasters<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Mexican Marco Cadena, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Massachusetts<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cirquecoffee.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Cirque Coffee<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Weirdo Blend, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oklahoma<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudcitycoffee.com\/\">Cloud City Coffee Roasting<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Ethiopia Lecho Torka Fully Washed, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Washington<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coffeebydesign.com\/\">Coffee By Design<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Kenya Nyeri Kiandu AA, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maine<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cutbowcoffee.com\/\">Cutbow Coffee Roastology<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Costa Rica Natural Process, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New Mexico<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/givcoffee.com\/\">Giv Coffee<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Ethiopia, Keramo, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Connecticut<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hscoffeeroasters.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>H+S Coffee Roasters<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Colombia Ernedis Rodriguez, Finca El Paraiso, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wyoming<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.highergroundstrading.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Higher Grounds Trading Co.<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Cari\u00f1o, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Michigan<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.highergroundstrading.com\/\">Higher Grounds Trading Co.<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Karla Portillo, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Michigan<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jbccoffeeroasters.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>JBC Coffee Roasters<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Las Margaritas Sudan Rume, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wisconsin<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lineacaffe.com\/\">Linea Coffee<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Organic Ethiopia Bire Forest, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">California<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mikava.coffee\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Mikava<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Santuario Gesha, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oregon<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mrespresso.com\/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwiNSLBhCPARIsAKNS4_eJITr9EwHrMy5KdM9dv_MgHySR7029CPPT5KeKKnIN-jYEem7t7GsaAueKEALw_wcB\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Mr. Espresso<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Organic Ethiopia Shantewene, Natural Process, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">California<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mrespresso.com\/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwiNSLBhCPARIsAKNS4_eJITr9EwHrMy5KdM9dv_MgHySR7029CPPT5KeKKnIN-jYEem7t7GsaAueKEALw_wcB\">Mr. Espresso<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Organic Guatemala CODECH \u2013 Women\u2019s Lot, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">California<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/noblecoffeeroasting.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Noble Coffee Roasting<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Kenyan \u2018Muiri Estate\u2019 {Peaberry}, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oregon<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.noblecoyotecoffee.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Noble Coyote Coffee Roasters<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Panama Bambito Estate Typica, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Texas<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drinkperla.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Per\u2019La Specialty Roasters<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Ethiopia Bombe, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Florida<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/progenycoffee.com\/\">Progeny Coffee<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Pi\u00f1ita, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">California<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skytopcoffee.com\/\">SkyTop Coffee<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Finca Santa Maria, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New York<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/madpriestcoffee.com\/\">The Mad Priest Coffee Roasters<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Yemenia Bait Alal Special Reserve, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tennessee<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/threekeyscoffee.com\/\">Three Keys Coffee<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, \u201cEmbracing Boldness\u201d \u2013 Ethiopia Goraa Natural, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Texas<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wesleyandrews.cc\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Wesley Andrews Coffee<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Kenya Othaya Chinga, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Minnesota<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><a 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