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World Coffee Roasting Championship 2016
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World Coffee Roasting Championship 2016

Following the Italian Roasting Championship, we are heading to the World Coffee Roasting Championship, a Hotelex show in Shanghai, China. 

Processing for Exceptional Coffee Quality
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Processing for Exceptional Coffee Quality

This is a co­-venture of two world coffee roasters and brewers, Rubens Gardelli and Ivica Cvetanovski.

Italian Coffee Championship 2016
Championship Stories

Italian Coffee Championship 2016

On request to assist and coach the Italian brewer Eddy Righi and roaster Rubens Gardelli in Rimini, Italy. 

Kenya – Batian on the Horizon
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Kenya – Batian on the Horizon

Named after the highest peak of Mount Kenya, I first encountered the Batian variety in 2011. Seedlings were planted in Meru to give harvest within...

Kenya – A will for Change
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Kenya – A will for Change

During our recent visit to Kenya, mainly Nyeri and Meru, the newspaper Daily Nation exposed the shameful impoverishment of the Kenyan farmers.

Swedish Coffee Roasting Championship 2015
Roasting Stories

Swedish Coffee Roasting Championship 2015

Due to the absence of no planned coffee roasting championship in Norway, we are joining the Swedish competition. 

World Coffee Roasting Championships 2014
Championship Roasting Stories

World Coffee Roasting Championships 2014

We are representing Norway in the World Coffee Roasting Championships 2014 in Rimini, Italy. Traveling light with “Il tricolore” of Italy. In-flight aeropressing. It begins. Green...

Norwegian Coffee Roasting Championships 2014
Championship Roasting Stories

Norwegian Coffee Roasting Championships 2014

This year's roasting competition gathered 13 competitors from various roasteries in Norway over 3 days of intensive green grading, roasting and cupping. We fared very...

Norwegian Coffee Roasting Championships 2013
Championship Roasting Stories

Norwegian Coffee Roasting Championships 2013

We were very fortunate to earn the 3rd place in the first official SCAE Norwegian Coffee Roasting Championships.