![]() ![]() Thanks to all of our coffee roasters for making this another highly competitive year for the Golden Mugs, and bringing us coffee that raised the bar in this industry. We then looked at more than 150,000 data points to find the winners in 10 categories. In 2020, more than 24,300 reviews were submitted of 1,153 coffees. Our 2020 Golden Mug awards recognize the roasters and coffees who went through it with us while continuing to safely deliver happiness, comfort and wonder to our doorsteps.Įvery year we analyze the data collected throughout the previous year from all of the coffee reviews and ratings to determine a shortlist of the standouts. ![]() These were tiny details in the context of the year, but they made all the difference. Many of us looked for small moments of joy to look forward to like enjoying a cup of truly excellent coffee. We all did our best and sometimes that meant trying harder to stay connected to our friends and family virtually, and sometimes it meant holding ourselves together the best we could. Bob received his PhD in Geography from the University of California, Berkeley in 1990.2020 was something else altogether. He began his lifelong interest in sustainable coffee farms while living on a coffee farm for eight months after his undergraduate years at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is also director of the Bird Friendly® Coffee program at the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center (SMBC), part of the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute.Īn independent coffee roaster himself, Bob works within the specialty coffee community to promote economic benefits related to silvo-pastoral systems-combining traditional forests with grazing-and the potential habitat characteristics of a variety of managed lands.īob enjoys spreading the word about how we can help protect migratory bird habitats and create sustainable farms for coffee growers. He researches agroforestry systems and their impacts on and benefits to the environment and human communities.īob works with Smithsonian fellows and international partners to study the sustainability dimensions of a range of production systems. Robert Rice studies agroecology and land-use practices and policy in Central and South America and the U.S. ![]()
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