Good Food Awards Finalists Announced

Now in its sixth year, the Good Food Awards has once again picked leading tastemakers from around the country as finalists of its renowned competition

The Good Food Awards finalists of 2016 have been announced! Out of 1,938 entries, 263 finalists have been chosen in the categories of beer, charcuterie, cheese, chocolate, cider, confections, honey, oils, pantry, pickles, preserves, spirits, and of course, coffee.

The winners of the 2016 Good Food Awards will be announced at the Good Food Awards Ceremony and Gala Reception on January 15 at Fort Mason Center for the Art & Culture. And be sure to pencil the Good Food Awards Marketplace into your calendar for Sunday, January 17. Tickets available here.

Here are the finalists in the Coffee Category. To view all finalists, follow this link.

Abundancia Coffee, Kenya AA Blue Mt,  Oregon
Bird Rock Coffee Roasters, Panama Esmerelda Estate, Lino Lot Natural,  California
Blue Bottle Coffee, Guatemala El Injerto,  California
Commonwealth Coffee, Kenya Nyeri Gachatha Lot #160 AA & Panama Carmen Estate Washed Geisha,  Colorado
Equator Coffees & Teas, Panama Finca Sophia Gesha,  California

Good Food Awards Finalists Announced
Equator Coffees’ Panama Finca Sophia Gesha is a 2016 Good Food Awards finalist, which is like a double honor for the San Francisco-based company: Finca Sophia is owned by Equator’s Helen Russell and Brooke McDonnell, along with Willem Boot of Boot Coffees, and Equator’s former Director of Coffee, David Pohl.

Evans Brothers Coffee, Kenya Gatundu Karinga AB,  Idaho
JBC Coffee Roasters, Finca La Mula Panama Geisha,  Wisconsin
Joe Coffee Company, Ethiopia Guji Yabitu Koba,  New York
Kickapoo Coffee Roasters, Organic Ethiopian Yirgacheffe Idido Cooperative,  Wisconsin
Klatch Coffee, Kenya Karatu,  California

Good Food Awards Finalists Announced
Klatch Coffee in San Dimas, Calif., has made the final round of the Good Food Awards with its Kenya Karatu, which is comprised of SL 28, SL 34, Ruiru 11 varieties, and is from Ngarugu, Gatundu.

Mudhouse Coffee Roasters, Finca La Mula CAC Reserve Geisha,  Virginia
NEAT Coffee, Kenya Gachatha,  Connecticut
Noble Coffee Roasting, Ethiopian ˜Hama’,  Oregon
Oak Cliff Coffee Roasters, Panama Carmen Geisha,  Texas
Olympia Coffee Roasting Company, Ethiopia Adame Garbota,  Washington
Onyx Coffee Lab, Colombian Granja la Esperanza Margaritas Natural,  Arkansas
Red Whale Coffee, Elida Geisha,  California
Ruby Coffee Roasters, Ethiopia Guji Uraga,  Wisconsin
Speckled Ax Wood Roasted Coffee, Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Hafursa,  Maine
Spyhouse Coffee Roasting Co., Suke Quto “ Ethiopia,  Minnesota
Square One Coffee, Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Adado,  Pennsylvania

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