The best coffees and teas of the year have been selected.
Again, the best coffees have been selected. Paavo Pykäläinen Photography
At the largest coffee festivals in Northern Europe, the Helsinki Coffee Festival was chosen on Friday 22 April. year filter coffees, espressos and black and green teas.
The winners were Edilson Mamian (Pink Bourbon natural), a Colombian coffee from the Pori roastery. Halo Beriti, an Ethiopian from the Lappeenranta small roastery, was chosen as the espresso of the year.
Winners in group photo. Helsinki coffee festival
– The winning filter coffee is sweet, fruity and sophisticated. All the fruitiness of the coffee berry is obtained from this coffee bean, it has a fruit candy-like character, describes the Pori roastery Teijo Villa their winning coffee.
Sweet Coffeen Visa Tuovinen evaluates the winning espresso as follows:
– It is very lightly toasted, but extremely versatile. It is rich in flavor, milk chocolate flavor, wild berry, tropical fruit and rum.
The jury selected the filter coffees of the year from 13 different roasteries and the espressos of the year from 13 different roasteries.
Filter coffee of the year
1. Edilson Mamian, (Pink Bourbon natural), Pori Roastery, Pori
2. El Salvador Cacahuatique, Kahwe Roastery, Tampere
3 Bomba de Fruta, Rost CO, Helsinki
Espresso of the year
1. Halo Beriti, Sweet Coffee, Lappeenranta
2. Edilson Mamian, Pirkanmaa Roastery, Tampere
3. Limited Las Lajas Costa Rica, Lehmus Roastery, Lappeenranta
The jury evaluated the sweetness, balance and aftertaste of the coffees and gave all coffees an overall rating.
The judges tasted the coffee blindly. The jury consisted of coffee professionals and influencers in the food industry. It included a restaurateur Markus Hurskainen, barista master and a specialty coffee consultant Jarno PeräkyläThe creator of the newcomer blog Juuso Viljanenand a restaurateur Maiju Åstedt.
Most of the coffee beans came from Colombia and Ethiopia. Paavo Pykäläinen Photography
All participating roasters made filter coffees in the way they chose in their wards.
– The filter coffee competition was even. There were many differences in the quality of coffee, ie the raw material, and its production, ie extraction. There was a lot of scatter in the espresso competition from dark to light toast. The winning coffees did best within the competition criteria, ie sweetness, balance and aftertaste, says judge Jarno Peräkylä.
In addition to coffee, the best black and green tea of the year was also chosen.
Black tea of the year
1.Cha Assam, Pirkanmaa roastery
2.Dear Tea Society – Daring Dorothy, Johan & Nyström
3.Cha Nilgiri, Pori Roastery
Green tea of the year
1.Dear Tea Society – Cool Miss Green, Johan & Nyström
2.Head Tea, Ginger Eucalyptus, Lehmus Roastery
3.Japan Fukamushi Sencha TOKUJO, Theater Room
Theme tasting in progress. Helsinki coffee festival
– The winner of the black tea category is high-quality organic tea from the Assam area, which is suitably strong and strong and malty, says Pekka Heinonen From the Pirkanmaa roastery.
– The winner of green tea is a fresh organic tea, whose captivating character is complemented by mango and sea buckthorn, describes Ville Salo Johan & From Nyström.
8 different teas competed in black tea of the year and 7 different company teas competed in green tea.
– The evaluation of the tea was challenging and the tastes varied greatly, says Judge Peräkylä.
Filter coffee, espresso, black and green tea for 2022 were chosen among the roasters and tea companies that participate in the Helsinki Coffee Festival and whose products are available on the Finnish market.
The filter coffee of the year was chosen for the sixth time and the espresso of the year for the fourth time, the black tea of the year for the second time and the green tea for the first time.