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As an industry, when we talk about coffee championships, our focus is often towards the competitors. And rightly so – these coffee professionals can end up investing months of their time in training and preparation. Every coffee competition, however, needs a group of highly skilled and experienced judges to assess performance, and ultimately determine the rankings and overall winner. Judges not only need to stay sharp, but they also have to be transparent, honest, and thorough when providing their scores and feedback. In short, we often don’t realise just how challenging it can be to judge competitions. So is there a way to minimise this pressure and ensure a fairer process for both competitors and judges? In today’s article, Bhavi Patel speaks to Trent Rollings, a certified World Coffee Championships sensory judge, and Sonja Björk Grant, a pioneering figure in creating the World Barista Championship’s judging format and procedures, to find out more. #PerfectDailyGrind #CoffeeCompetitions #WorldCoffeeChampionships

Huge news! We’ve won a Gin “Master” Award at The Global Spirits Masters Competitions | GSMC 🥳 Out of roughly 400 x Gins tasted blind, Master’s medals were only awarded to entries HIGHER than Gold. We’re 1 of just 36 in the WORLD 😳 Organised by the The Spirits Business - Judges were given a numbered glass & tasked with rating each entry in terms of botanical balance, distillation quality & overall character of the liquid 🧐 Judges described our contribution as a Gin with “so much interesting curry spice on the nose. Well-balanced cumin, ginger, turmeric & anise alongside fresh vegetal notes create a lot of very exciting complexity. Slightly dry, the palate is really well done - complex with a great finish” ✍️ After fighting our way into the top 5% of all Gins in the world this year at the IWSC - Club Oenologique, we were eager to know whether we could match this result with another stellar performance … … and just by following our normal recipe, here’s the answer! 🍸 These results are the ultimate “tonic” (if you’ll pardon the pun) for the now “multi award-winning” Gin I spent several boozy months creating from scratch during lockdown 🙏 Exciting times ahead - the start of another new chapter! 🙌 #iwsc #globalspiritsmasters #spiritsmasters #master #award #gin #spiritsbusiness #thespiritsbusiness #thinklocal #dorset

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿SCOTSTOBERFEST 🇩🇪 I’ve turned on the news this morning and the first thing the BBC news have reported about Scotland fans drinking the pubs dry in Munich. Undoubtedly, us Scots like a drink…. Drinking Munich DRY though…? Was that a case of poor planning from the pubs, overindulgence by our travelling 200,000 strong Tartan Army? I looked up some stats on Scotland v Germany. 46% of Scottish adults drink at least once a week, lower than 50% across the UK. And there is evidence of an increasing number of adults in the country never or rarely (less often than monthly) drinking: 36% in 2021, up from 32% in 2018. German beer sales were down 4.5% in 2023 compared to the previous year, resuming a long-term trend of the nation famous for Oktoberfest, drinking less. Interestingly, the country that drinks the most beer in the world per capita is the Czech Republic, which consumes 184.1 litres per capita annually… not Germany! Munich bars may just be following their national market trend, but they certainly weren’t prepared for Steve Clark’s Barmy Army. Mon the Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #SCOvGER #Euro2024 #Statistics #ScotToberfest #SimplyMunich #Hockdiher #unitedbyfootball #NoScotlandNoParty https://lnkd.in/eU79_eQH https://lnkd.in/e3bhD5Gi

As the #coffee competition circuit grows, #roasting championships are seemingly becoming more prominent – which is pushing more of a stripped back approach that favours pure skill over flair. Tomas Serra, an Authorized Specialty Coffee Association Trainer from Argentina, and I share some insights into how roasting championships are becoming more popular and the potential impact this could have on coffee competitions at large. https://lnkd.in/eG65pN2Z

Who doesn't love melted cheese?! The Swiss have always known the magic of raclette, and now the cheese is growing in popularity among consumers worldwide. Learn more from expert judge John Jaeggi of the Center for Dairy Research about this new class in the 2024 Contest.

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"Competition medals don't mean anything; everyone has medals." That's a common sentiment we often hear. Most of the time, it's true. Many competitions give distinctions to whoever pays, with judging criteria that don't solely focus on taste. However, the San Francisco World Spirits Competition appears to be different. It is a blind competition where only taste matters, judged by an extraordinary panel of experts. "Many consider a Double Gold at San Francisco to be the highest medal one can receive in the spirits world, but there’s something even more prestigious: a Platinum Medal." We are proud that our Rum 0.0% has been awarded Double Gold every year since its creation and is now the first non-alcoholic spirit to receive the Platinum Medal. Our dedication to crafting the finest non-alcoholic spirits from real spirits is paying off, and we couldn't be prouder.Check out the full list of platinum medal winners at SFWSC here https://lnkd.in/dkx7AxjT #SFWSC #Competition #PlatinumMedal #DoubleGold #NoAlcohol #AlcoholFree #NonAlcoholicSpirits San Francisco World Spirits Competition The Tasting Alliance

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Learn about Oktoberfest events around the Valley in my Frontdoors Media / Frontdoors Magazine article