Conscious Coffees was awarded 2011 Micro Roaster of the Year by Roast Magazine.

We have been awarded Roast Magazines Micro Roaster of the year! This is the highest honor for a US based micro-roaster and it is presented to the country’s best roaster with an annual output of less than 100,000 pounds.The competition begins with a written application/essay covering topics ranging from company culture and mission statement, employee practices, and commitment to sustainability and the Specialty Coffee industry. From the written applications three finalists are chosen. The finalists are required to send 2 single origin coffees and one blend to two separate US cupping labs for evaluation and scoring. The cupping scores and the written scores are combined. The company with the most points is crowned our Roaster of the Year. (read the PDF article here)