Coffee of the Year Awarded to Some Familiar Faces
On Sunday April 19th, Alejandro and Giancarlo (founders of Virmax Cafe in Colombia) were presented with quite possibly one of the highest honors in specialty coffee : Coffee of the Year. We have Virmax to thank for the Las Mingas Program, which brings quality coffee growers together with quality roasters. They work tirelessly to educate growers on how to overcome the many obstacles that get in the way of outstanding quality. It seems like all of their hard work has paid off.
The coffee that won was a microlot from finca Los Naranjos, which is in San Augustin, Huila. It beat over 130 coffees from all over the world, including Ethiopia, Hawai'i, Indonesia and other Central Americans. In fact, Virmax had 4 coffees in the top 60 and 2 in the top 10, including the number 1 coffee of 2009! So many numbers! So many beautiful coffees!
If you missed the Up Close event with Alejandro and Giancarlo, you should be smacking the palm of your hand to your forehead right about now. Attendees learned almost everything about the journey of a coffee from its point of origin to your coffee cup. Virmax was fielding just about every question imaginable and really put the troubles of commodity coffee into perspective. The whole night was heated with discussion and accessible information. We were really kicking it with some stand up guys!
Congratulations Virmax!
If you missed the Up Close event with Alejandro and Giancarlo, you should be smacking the palm of your hand to your forehead right about now. Attendees learned almost everything about the journey of a coffee from its point of origin to your coffee cup. Virmax was fielding just about every question imaginable and really put the troubles of commodity coffee into perspective. The whole night was heated with discussion and accessible information. We were really kicking it with some stand up guys! Congratulations Virmax!
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erin Apr 25, 2009 – 10:00 PM
Woo hoo!
Scott May 1, 2009 – 11:51 AM
The Up Close events were awesome! Congratulations on serving up the coffee of the year.
Colleen May 1, 2009 – 12:38 PM
Scott,
While I'd like to say we are serving the coffee of the year... it's just not so. We're roasting and serving beautiful coffee from the winners of the Coffee of the Year.
Virmax won, Las Mingas evolves and Gimme! Coffee is part of the solution.
Scott May 5, 2009 – 11:46 AM
Ahhh, thanks for the correction Colleen !
Your coffee is the best I have ever tasted so for what it is worth I fell like I am drinking the coffee of the year all the time.