44.
2013 NATVIA GOLDEN BEAN
WINNERS & GRINNERS Winner
Winner
SINGLE ORIGIN
M I C R O L O G Y C O F F E E RO AS T ER S
ORGANIC
NA T’S COFFEE This is the story of Byron Organic
and it is like my little baby. And
plantation. Three years ago I
now and for a long time into the
decided I wanted to create this
future, I hope to be donating a 25
amazing organically grown coffee
kg bag of this green bean to the
on a certified organic farm just
Golden Bean to give away to an
near the beautiful town of Byron
Australian roaster each year.
Bay. So, over the last few years
Nat’s Coffee has been
I have been experimenting with
operating for 15 years, since Nat
different harvesting methods and
Byron started it while in high
times and different processing
school. In addition to this, Nat’s
methods to get this coffee to
new brand, La savoir, has been
become as amazing as it should
available for the last 12 months,
and could be. Each year I have
providing some of the most
been entering it into the Golden
exotic coffees from around the
Bean competition, and it started
world. At Nat’s Coffee we provide
with no medals, then a bronze
everything needed for cafés to be
and a silver, and then finally this
successful and to give themselves
year I had a great feeling it was
a marketing edge. Fully accredited
going to be good and when I
barista training for your staff, one
cupped it, there was no doubt
on one latte art training for the
Micrology Coffee Roasters
us this award. After roasting and
to me I was definitely going to
cafés that want their baristas to
represents a bunch of passionate,
cupping countless batches, we
enter it. On presentation night I
be just that bit better. We also
overly excitable people who believe
tried to focus on maximising its
held my breath … that little 500
supply all types of equipment and
in showing off the life and unique
sweetness to provide a satisfying
g sample did me very proud when
full service requirements.
flavour profiles of the world’s
clean finish, which can sometimes
Cafés using Nat’s Coffee or La
best coffees. As a young Western
be seen as a little sketchy with
probably my proudest moment,
Savoir will also have access to use
Australian company, our ambition
a natural processed coffee. We
even over previously winning the
Byron Organic Plantation (BOP)
is to raise the expectations of our
honestly believe this is one of those
Golden Bean in 2007, as I had
coffee beans as a alternative
fellow coffee drinkers.
awesome coffees that can change
managed every single part of
coffee in their café.
the processing with this coffee
natscoffee@bigpond.com
it received the gold. I think it was
Photo by @elleborgward
Roasting coffee is undoubtedly a constant learning process, and we are the sort of people who stay up at night always wondering how we can do things better. Credit ultimately needs to go to the communities that have worked to produce the crops we are fortunate enough to work with on a daily basis. What we love and value about each coffee is the result of
At a local level, if we can help increase the demand for speciality coffee, we are another step closer to providing a more educational and rewarding support network for the farmers and their employees. Our belief is that we live on relationships and reputation, so we love to work alongside like-minded
what has happened long before
people who are as proud as us to
it arrives at our warehouse. Our
participate in a part of the extensive
job is to merely highlight those
process coffee goes through before
characteristics and not manipulate
it is served.
them by introducing any adverse
44-45.indd 44
your life for the better.
We are so grateful to have been
flavours during roasting. We
part of the Natvia Golden Bean this
start this process by selecting
year and really value the efforts of
and purchasing high quality
Café Culture in their support of this
coffee, such as the Yirgacheffe
industry.
Aricha from Ethiopia that won
micrology.com.au
20/11/13 8:38:18 AM