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Interesting reading, was totally surprised how many Aussie grown coffees there was. Also the franchise/chain section gives the game away who roasts for whom.
I see what you mean mate. Pages upon pages of Bronze Awards seems odd.
How do they determine the various class winners, using a Bell Curve based on individual scores, statistical analysis??
Sure seems out of balance what ever method is used.
I see what you mean mate. Pages upon pages of Bronze Awards seems odd.
How do they determine the various class winners, using a Bell Curve based on individual scores, statistical analysis??
Sure seems out of balance what ever method is used.
Mal.
Someone once told me that unless it's an absolute clanger, you get a Bronze. Many companies consider it cheap advertising ($100/medal) and Joe Average thinks you came third, when in fact you may actually have come 103rd.. Silver and Gold do actually mean something.
No, not even the wine shows use that system these days.
Now it's 95, 90 and 85 and the splits are usually about 5% gold, about 10% Silver and anywhere from 20 - 40% Bronze.
Don't forget there is a degree of self selection before the show even starts: entries are expensive so you only put in things that might get a gong. As an example there were around 3000 entries to Royal Melbourne this year, that's an average of a bit over 1 wine per winery (there are far too many wineries in Australia) and even that number is skewed by the big guys putting in lots of entries.
There are scoring sheets for the Golden Bean readily available via Googling but they only give a score per aspect but not in the context of others. http://goldenbean.com.au/go/scoresheet
Just to help clarify ...... and in fairness to the nature of the competition.....
Golden Bean has a logistical problem dealing with the sheer numbers of entries, available judges and available time.
They award 1 Gold, 5 Silver, and 15 Bronze medal scores in each category...... which seems reasonable, yes? But there's the rub for the discussion above.
What happens when you have 100 coffees scoring the same points? Join the dots.
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