October 14, 2008

Fresh on the heels of their 8th or 9th (we've lost count) win as the Best Cofeehouse in Charlottesville, Mudhouse won First Place in a Cville Weekly blind tasting of coffees from each of the city's 10 coffeehouses. Each shop was invited to submit their best coffee. "The longtime standard bearer", as Cville referred to Mudhouse, won with our new Organic Ethiopia Harrar Oromia. Congratulations to owners John and Lynelle Lawrence and the entire Mudhouse team.

July 15, 2008

Arlington, Virginia customer Java Shack  is making news in The Washington Post yet again. Focusing on organic coffees, Java Shack's sales are up dramatically, despite the faltering economy. What's his secret? Click on http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/13/AR2008071301463.html?hpid=moreheadlines to find out.

May 6, 2008

Lexington Coffee Roasting Co. is now the only roaster in the country to place among the top 10 finalists of the annual Roasters Guild of America Roasters' Choice Tasting Competition for 3 years in a row.  Our Rwanda Bufcafe placed 7th overall in the 2008 event, held May 2 - 5 at the Specialty Coffee Association of America annual conference in Minneapolis.  Our Ikubyu Blend placed 5th in 2007, and our Organic Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Oromia and Guatemala La Tacita took 4th and 5th, respectively, in the 2006 competition.

Celebrating the art of roasting specialty coffee, Roasters' Choice features exceptional coffees from some of the finest coffee roasters in the country.  Each year the approximately 370 members of the Roasters Guild of America are invited to submit their best coffees.  Ten finalists are chosen in a blind tasting by a panel of industry professionals.  SCAA conference attendees then vote for their favorite in a second blind tasting.  The theme of this year's Roasters' Choice Tasting Competition was "Single Origin Coffees".

February 10, 2008

Arlington, Virginia customer Java Shack was featured in Gene Weingarten's Washington Post Magazine humor column on Sunday, February 10.  It seems the cozy little cottage that houses this wonderful Clarendon neighborhood coffeehouse has a, well, colorful past.  You can read about it at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/05/AR2008020502676.html

For more years in a row than we can count, our friends at Mudhouse have again been named Best Coffee in Charlottesville, Virginia. Joining them in the winner's circle is Bodo's Bagels, named Best Fast Food and Best Meal Under $10 as well as Runner-Up for Best Lunch and Best Take Out. Congratulations!