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Roast Magazine's
Roaster of the Year
Roast magazine’s Roaster of the Year competition
recognizes the top roasters in the country. The competition begins
with a written questionnaire covering topics range from company
mission statement, sustainable/employee practices to commitment
to the industry. Click here to view the next competition application.
From the written applications three finalists are chosen from
two categories, roasting less than 100,000 lbs. per year and
roasting more than 100,000 lbs. year. The finalists are required
to send in 3 lbs. of roasted coffees. The coffees are cupped
and scored. The cupping scores and the written scores are combined.
The company with the most points is crowned our Roaster of the
Year. The competition is fierce and draws applications from every
part of the country. Could you be our next Roaster of the Year?
Read about past winners (all articles from back
issues of Roast)
2004
winners
2005 winners
2006 winner—Macro
2006
winner—Micro
2007 winner—Macro
2007 winner—Micro
2008 winner—Macro
2008 winner—Micro |
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Davis
Demitassse
Poetry Contest
Coffee and poetry have long gone hand-in-hand. Whether coffee is
the subject of the poems, or the fuel behind the creator, many
a poem owes its incarnation a cup— or six—of java. Even poet
T.S. Eliot once wrote, "I have measured
out my life with coffee spoons." Every year, Roast magazine and
Ambex Roasters host the Davis Demitasse Poetry Contest to honor those coffee
poets who are artists with both beans and words. To read previous winners, or
find out how to enter the upcoming contest, please click
here.
Read the winning entries from previous years
Davis Demitasse Poetry Contest Past Winners
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Zephyr
Essay
Writing Contest
The smell of beans roasting, the way the steam rises from
a cup, the people and places that lend their hands and land to
produce amazing coffee: These are just a few of the elements of
specialty coffee that lend themselves to exploration and reflection
in the form of thoughtful, funny and often moving essays. Join
Roast magazine and Zephyr Green Coffee as we celebrate the many
aspects of coffee with our annual Essay Contest. Click
here to
read winners from previous years or to learn how to enter your
own essay in the contest.
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