The Golden Bean 2013 - Coffee Roaster Competition

[moo]

Congrats to all the medal winners. All the hard work has paid off. Well done to Sarah and Tiana for their dedication at such a young age. A great win, well done

[Andy]

Wow, can you imagine my excitement and shock when Tiana's name was read out as the milk based winner, that was shortly followed by Sarah winning the Espresso.
I was gobsmacked as was most of the room. It was amazing to have so many pro Roasters and Baristas come up and congratulate me for having such great kids. Sarah, Zed and Tiana spent a day of the school holidays rotating for the comp. They picked their own beans, did 4 roasts each and blended between them to create not one but two gold medals.
I'm so proud of my kids, they are great little people and now they can add great roasting to their CV one day.
Huge congrats to all those that stood up in the judging.
Big shout to Proud Mary, the whole team responsible should stand tall, to have two coffees score that high you must have blown the judges away.... Nice!

I'm excited that the kids did so well, stoked that the Behmor roaster did so well and proud that standard CS beans that everyone has access to are good enough to take out first place.

For those wondering....
Sarah's espresso
350g Rwanda Nyungwe
350g Sulawesi Blue
1lb P1 Start
at first crack reset the time to 2:30

Tiana's Milk Based
350g Sulawesi Blue
Twice. Same technique as Sarah.

Wow. What a night! I'm looking forward to finding out the rest of the scores when they are released. Silver and bronze will be announced by cafe culture soon I hope.
Well done everyone who poured, judged and ran such an awesome event.

[sidewayss]

Amazing stuff!

Congrats to the winners of the Golden Bean 2013.

Now your younguns have equal bragging rights and the media will be at your door step soon. Well done Sarah and Tiana.

And a big shout to Essence of Coffee for their Yirgacheffe. Congrats to my colleagues Dale and Wayne. Love your work guys.
Silver last year and Gold this year!

[lemoo]

grats sarah and tiana!

Andy, looks like more competition eyeing that golden bean trophy in the snobbery!

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

Congratulations to the winners... my chances (I entered the home roaster espresso comp twice) for being the dud just increased...

Don't worry mate....I think someone suggested that the Coffee Snobs Booby Prize the Home Roaster Espresso section was a Has Garanti 5kg roaster to help out with future roasts.

[TC]

It was amazing to have so many pro Roasters and Baristas come up and congratulate me for having such great kids.

Great kids have great parents. Stand tall Andy!

[Tango]

Congrats to Sarah and Tiana - amazing job! And honestly, the Sulawesi Blue is one of my all time favourite beans - going to have to try Sarah's blend!

[chokkidog]

Congratulations to Sarah and Tiana, the Freeman household trophy cabinet looking very democratic!!
One more space to fill? Next year?
Great bean selection and further testimony to how good the Behmor is. Closest roasting result to a commercial drum roaster
on the home roast market.

Well done Andy, not only an inspiration to your children, you're an inspiration to us all!
Looking forward to more CS results.

[fatboy_1999]

Big congrats to Sarah and Tiana. What a fantastic result for them and further proof of just how involved the whole Freeman family is with the CoffeeSnobs process.
They should be very proud of themselves.

And to Paula and Andy, I reiterate what Chris said above - great kids have great parents!

Brett.

[TC]

Full results are now up

[Javaphile]

Hhhhmmmm......Seems like they're missing a few on that list. Like all the silver and bronze medal Home Roasters.


Java " " phile

[TC]

Hhhhmmmm......Seems like they're missing a few on that list. Like all the silver and bronze medal Home Roasters.


Java " " phile

Not sure as I wasn't there. I guess Andy will know how many entries there were and what was awarded...

[Kev_Chilvers]

Home Roaster Golden Bean result have been posted on the Cafe Culture facebook page

[malliemcg]

Natvia Golden Bean Home Roaster Espresso Category Results

Gold
- Sarah Freeman

Silver
- Richard Davies
- Shane Buswell
- Zed Freeman
- Richard Davies
- Richard Davies

Bronze
- Brett Campbell
- Christopher Tan
- Jordan Smith
- Lucio Zentilin
- Malcolm McGrath
- Paul Jennings
- Richard Davies
- Shane Buswell
- Terrance Kwan
- Tiana Freeman


Natvia Golden Bean Home Roaster Milk Category Results

Gold Medal
- Tiana Freeman

Silver Medal
- Gary Choe
- Zed Freeman
- Stephen Long
- Paul Jennings
- Malcolm McGrath

Bronze Medal
- Sarah Freeman
- Richard Davies
- Amanda Wynne
- Christopher Tan
- Richard Davies
- Shane Buswell
- Richard Davies
- Steven Abrey
- Brett Campbell
- Richard Davies



Happy to have kept a similar position in the milk based (Ag), and chuffed with the result (albeit surprised) with the espresso (CuSn). Looks like I need to work on espresso tasting.

[Steve82]

Excellent, can I brag now?? Got myself a silver medal, well done to all those that entered.

I was not going to enter, but after Andy's last post a few days prior to the closing date I thought I would chuck one entry in for some feedback. A blend that I have been playing with for the last couple of months that I have really enjoyed as espresso and in milk, hmm maybe enter the espresso next year.

At least now I know I don't have to go and by a Behmor roaster to compete with the best! One for the corretto club!