Category Archive for ‘Awards’
Salmon Work Party (Get Involved)
We are proud to support NSEA by providing Tony’s Coffee to the Spring Community Volunteer Work Parties at restoration sites throughout Whatcom County. These work parties will provide local community members with an opportunity to get involved with the restoration of the streams in their neighborhoods and to work cooperatively in the effort to restore
Continue reading »Gold Award from Northwest Clean Air Agency
Partners for Clean Air Awards are presented annually by the Northwest Clean Air Agency to business in Island, Skagit and Whatcom counties that are working to reduce emissions and improve air quality in our communities. Gold and Platinum awards are given to only those businesses that have consistently gone above and beyond of what is
Continue reading »Las Mercedes Cup of Excellence
Cup of Excellence Colombia 2011, Second Place Winner, International Jury Score 92.62 This coffee is a Taste of Place selection, an ongoing program to promote single-origin coffees. COFFEE STATS Producer: Eladio Ossa Farm: Las Mercedes Region: Acevedo, Huila Altitude: 1750 meters Varietal: 59% Caturra, 36% Castillo, 5% Colombia Processing: Fully washed, patio dried Country: Colombia
Continue reading »Roasters Guild Retreat 2011
Roanoke, West Virginia, home to the pepperoni roll and the razor sharp teeth of the giant Muskie, can now also lay claim to the 2011 Roasters Guild Retreat. Tony’s roasters, Andrew Bowman, Justin Freeman, and I had the privilege of attending this year. Wendy De Jong further represented Tony’s as immediate past chair of the
Continue reading »Tony’s Competes in Fourth SCAA Tasting Competition
The annual Roasters Guild Roaster’s Choice Tasting Competition is held every year during SCAA’s Expo and is designed to highlight the art and craft of coffee roasting. Tony’s roasters have participated every year since the inception of the competition. Our coffee placed in the top ten the first three years as follows: 2008 — 6th
Continue reading »Ganesha Espresso Wins 92 Points
Coffee Review is a bi-monthly newsletter with a simple concept: “Conduct blind, expert cuppings of coffees and report the findings in the form of 100-point reviews, much like those that exist in the wine industry.” Ken Davids founded Coffee Review in 1997 with Ron Walters with this stated goal, from their Web site, “To entertain
Continue reading »Updates
The 2010 Western Regional Barista Championship was held in Los Angeles in late February. Tony’s sponsored Veronica Ruckman, who trained with Heather Perry, a two-time US Barista Champion, to prepare for the competition. Veronica did a fantastic job placing in the top ten in the most competitive region of the country. The Roaster’s Guild’s official
Continue reading »Tony’s Sulawesi Toarco Peaberry Wins Award at SCAA Expo
Our new season of Sulawesi Toarco Peaberry has arrived and we couldn’t be more pleased with the quality of this year’s crop. In April we submitted it as our entry into the 2010 Roasters Guild Roaster’s Choice Competition at the SCAA Exposition & Symposium in Anaheim, California. The theme of this year’s competition was fully
Continue reading »Cup of Excellence Celebrates 10 Years
The Cup of Excellence is an award given to top-scoring coffees in competitions held around the world each harvest season. Currently there are Cup of Excellence competitions held in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Rwanda. Local support agencies work with coffee producers to make them aware of the competition,
Continue reading »Organic India Balmaadi Estate
Award-winning coffee makes a debut. One of our favorite offerings this year is a very special coffee from the Balmaadi Estate. Balmaadi is located in the Blue Mountains of southern India, within the Nilgiris District, where elevations reach levels as high as 6,000 feet. This elevation, combined with excellent terroir and shade from the native
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