Great Taste Award Winning Coffee Blends
Sussex independent coffee roaster Edgcumbes Tea & Coffee Co. Ltd is among the Great Taste winners of 2019
Great Taste, the world’s most coveted food and drink awards, has announced its stars of 2019. Out of 12,772 products sent in from over 100 different countries, Edgcumbes of Arundel, West Sussex was awarded
TWO 2-star Great Taste awards, which means judges dubbed their coffees above and beyond delicious for their ‘Sussex Barn’ and ‘Dark Side of the Edge’ speciality grade coffee bean blends!
Judged by over 500 of the most demanding palates, belonging to food critics, chefs, cooks, restaurateurs, buyers, retailers and producers, as well as a whole host of food writers and journalists, Great Taste is widely acknowledged as the most respected food accreditation scheme for artisan and speciality food producers. As well as a badge of honour, the unmistakeable black and gold Great Taste label is a signpost to a wonderful tasting product, which has been discovered through hours and hours of blind tasting by hundreds of judges.
Alice Rendle, Director explains: “We believe that FRESH is BEST and by choosing the best speciality grade beans and carefully roasting them fresh every day at our Sussex Roastery, means our customers can enjoy coffee at its very best! Customers recognise the Great Taste award as a mark of quality and to have TWO winners this year is especially welcome for our team and for so many of our customers - both the home-user and our many hospitality customers who want to offer something special .”
The award-winners:
Sussex Barn
Back in 2015 Edgcumbes roasted a coffee and called it Sussex Barn, named after the lovely Dutch barn in which all the roasting and blending takes place. They sent it to the Great Taste Guild of Fine Food competition for the first time in 2016 and have been rewarded with stars ever since! It is their house speciality blend and served at their on-site EDGE Café at the roastery near Arundel to their many happy customers!
Hear what the judges had to say: “A really good example of a light roast that has developed with lots of body and a great finish. This begins with just the right acidity without any sourness. Light and breezy with layers of flavour that just keep changing into something else: cranberries, walnuts, chocolate. Really clean, well-balanced and evidences clever blending.”
Dark Side of the EDGE
Life on the dark side! This blend was developed for those seeking intensity – a blend of three different beautiful darker roasted speciality coffees hailing from Brazil, Colombia and Indonesia. Dark Side of the EDGE has been freshly roasted for espresso but can be equally enjoyed slow brewed for filter or cafetière.
Hear what the judges had to say: “Well roasted with chocolate on the nose. Good bright notes on the palate with a balanced acidity. Tried with warm milk we found pleasant chocolate notes, rounded and we agree there is a pleasing intensity on the finish.”