Nordic Roaster Competition 2014 – Results

We are happy to announce that the winner of the 2014 Nordic Roaster Competition is:

da Matteo from Sweden.

Congratulations!

The Nordic Roaster 2014 was held in Copenhagen during the Nordic Roaster Forum on the 30th of October – 1st of November.

There were 10 participating roasters and for the first time in the competition’s history they were all from the Nordic Countries.

This might be because the competition format was changed in 2014. The new rules can be read in full here.

Each roaster had to submit two coffees for the competition. One of the coffee had to be a washed coffee of traditional cultivar / variety (not Geisha)  produced in Central America. The second coffee had to be produced in either Kenya or Ethiopia and had to be washed. All coffees had to be traceable to one farm or a cooperative.

The coffees were  cupped blind in two rounds by the 45 attendees at the Nordic Roaster Forum . The attendees had to score the coffees based on the Cup of Excellence system from 0 to 100 points where 100 was the best score. All the scores given by the attendees for each coffee was added together and then averaged. The average from the two rounds were added together and the roaster with the highest average score after the two cuppings won the 2014 Nordic Roaster Competition and earned the title 2014 Nordic Roaster.

Below are the full results and the results from each round.

 Total average score and competition results:

Ranking

 

Roaster

 

Total average score

 

 

1

 

da Matteo

 

85,92460317

2

 

Tim Wendelboe

 

85,72202381

3

 

Drop Coffee

 

85,34642857

4

 

Love Coffee Roasters

 

84,80138889

5

 

Solberg & Hansen

 

83,88730159

6

 

Johan & Nyström

 

83,39761905

7

 

Koppi

 

82,99444444

8

 

Kaffe & Co

 

82,56388889

9

 

The Coffee Collective

 

81,73531746

10

 

Kaffitar

 

81,02222222

 Results and coffee code from the Central-America category:

Roaster

Coffee

Coffee no

Average score

 

Tim Wendelboe Honduras, Nacimiento. Red Bourbon.

8

86,57738095

Drop Coffee Costa Rica, Helsar de Zarcero. Villa Sarchi

6

85,14285714

da Matteo Costa Rica, Los Angeles. Red Catuaí

10

85,07142857

Kaffe & Co Costa Rica, Granitos Ortiz 2000 lot 17. Rec Catuaì

9

83,08333333

Solberg & Hansen El Salvador, La Hondurita. Pacamara

1

82,95238095

Love Coffee Roasters Costa Rica, Los Angeles. Red Catuaí

3

82,79166667

Johan & Nyström Guatemala, Finca de Dios Lot 18.

5

82,76190476

Koppi Costa Rica, Santa Rosa. Red Catuaí

2

81,91666667

The Coffee Collective Guatemala, Finca Vista Hermosa.

4

80,64285714

Kaffitar Guatemala, El Injerto. Bourbon

7

79,41666667

Results and coffee code from the Kenya and Ethiopia category:

Roaster

Coffee

Coffee no

Average score

 

Love Coffee Roasters Kenya, Karinga. SL 28/SL 34

10

86,81111111

da Matteo Ethiopia, Kochere. Heirloom.

8

86,77777778

Drop Coffee Kenya, Gikirima. SL28/SL 34

4

85,55

Tim Wendelboe Kenya, Mutheka. SL 28/SL 34

5

84,86666667

Solberg & Hansen Kenya, Kagere. SL 28/SL 34 (Arabica)

7

84,82222222

Koppi Kenya, Kabingara. SL 28/SL 34

6

84,07222222

Johan & Nyström Kenya, Karinga. SL 28/SL 34

3

84,03333333

The Coffee Collective Kenya, Kieni. SL 28/SL 34

9

82,82777778

Kaffitar Kenya, Gathaiti.Ruiru 11, SL 28 / SL 34

1

82,62777778

Kaffe & Co Kenya, Karatu. SL 28/ SL34

2

82,04444444