The Brew Blog

The Podium Index aggregates US coffee competition results into a single quality ranking. Here's how the leaderboard works. 

Global Coffee Awards — the international coffee roasting competition spanning categories and continents, and why an international medal adds a distinct quality signal beyond domestic competitions.

Golden Bean Americas — how the largest professionally judged coffee roasting competition in North America works, what its medals signal, and why it matters,

Golden Bean World Series — the global final of specialty coffee roasting competition, why a World Series medal is one of the strongest credentials in the industry, and what it signals for buyers.

A guide to the competitions and awards that define quality in American specialty coffee — from the US Coffee Championships to the Golden Bean, Good Food Awards.

Competition coffee is different. It's a specific, narrow, and verifiable claim: a coffee — or a roaster — that has been judged by a professional panel of judges.