This year's Australian and New Zealand Golden Bean Awards took place on Saturday, November 24th and it was a remarkable celebration of our vibrant, innovative and talented Coffee Roasting Industry. Here at Ordermentum, we want to give a big shout-out to all the participants and send our warmest congratulations to the winners in each category.
Overall Golden Bean 2018 Champion
Congratulations to Andy Freeman from Coffee Snobs who took top gong and edged out more than 120 Australian & New Zealand coffee roasting businesses to claim the winner's trophy. With an impressive track record from previous Golden Bean Awards, we are excited to see Coffee Snobs recognised for their exceptional coffee and service to the industry.
RUNNER UP: BELLISSIMO COFFEE

Category Winners
With over 1,400 individual entries in this year's Awards, it's solid proof that Australia and New Zealand's Coffee Roasting Industry is in very good hands. A huge congratulations to the following Gold Medal winners.
Chain Store/Franchise (Filter)
WINNER: BLACK BAG ROASTERS - VIC LAZZIO MEDIUM ROAST
Chain Store/Franchise (Milk Based)
WINNER: LATITUDE COFFEE - QLD TIGER BLEND
. Photo: Instagram Latitude Coffee
Chain Store / Franchise (Espresso)
WINNER: WHITE MOJO - VIC COSIMA
North American Grown (Milk Based)
WINNER: NATS COFFEE - NSW - BOP CARBONIC MASERATION
Decaffeinated (Milk Based)
WINNER: RUSH ROASTING CO - NSW RUSH DECAF
Single Origin (Espresso)
WINNER: BECK AND CALL COFFEE - WA ETHIOPIA WOLICHU WACHU
Photo: Instagram Beck and Call Coffee
Organic (Espresso)
WINNER: PARADOX COFFEE ROASTERS - QLD PURPLE RAIN
Pour over Filter
WINNER: JIBBILITTLE ROASTING CO - NSW VILLAGE 8
Photo: Instagram Jibbi the Little
Milk Based
WINNER: ONA COFFEE - ACT - ‘CM SELECTIONS’ UNICO
Espresso
WINNER: BELLISSIMO COFFEE - QLD PANAMA ESMERALDA
. Photo: Instagram Bellissimo Coffee
You can find a comprehensive list of all the Gold, Silver and Bronze winners in this year's competition here. A big congratulations once again to all participants and winners from all of us at Ordermentum!
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