{"id":80,"date":"2024-06-14T06:04:15","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T06:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/50.28.11.226\/blog\/?p=80"},"modified":"2024-06-19T05:26:45","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T05:26:45","slug":"being-a-cold-brew-championship-judge-coffee-fest-2022-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/charlieroyal.com\/blog\/being-a-cold-brew-championship-judge-coffee-fest-2022-nyc\/","title":{"rendered":"BEING A COLD BREW CHAMPIONSHIP JUDGE @ COFFEE FEST 2022 NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I got the great pleasure of judging the Cold Brew Championships at Coffe Fest 2022 in New York City. Not only did I get to taste some of the best cold brews in the world, I got the meet the people behind them. This is\u00a0\u00a0inspiration for my company Charlie Royal, to be even more innovating in the coffee space.\u00a0

Yes. I had the arduous task of tasting copious amounts of\u00a0cold brew coffee<\/a>\u00a0and deciding what is the best within the competition. I\u2019ve been fortunate & grateful enough to judge in this championship twice now and I must say, it\u2019s way too much fun. But, it\u2019s inspiring to me in regards to Charlie Royal and what we can be doing as a company to stand out & be special in a world full of incredible people and coffee companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I tasted so many incredible cold brews. The 1st place winner was from an individual named, Macarena, from Tio Conejo coffee based in Colombia. Specifically, it was a Colombian Geisha varietal coffee that made my head spin! The taste of this cold brew changes with each sip as the coffee expands in your palette. It was floral-like, it was chocolatey, and it was refreshing all at once. So much passion coming from this coffee farm and making coffee that any kind of coffee drinker would enjoy. Something that Charlie Royal also keeps in mind with every coffee we release. Taking into account everything that is judged – from color & texture, to scent, to process, to approachability – I give every competitor so much respect for being involved in the championship.

It\u2019s exciting to hear & learn about other peoples\u2019 processes in creating cold brew coffee. Their extraction techniques, steep times, specific regional coffees chosen, how it blends with other ingredients in specialty cold brew concoctions – it\u2019s eye-opening for us at Charlie Royal and inspires us for future products, recipes, & content.

Being a part of the cold brew community is important to us. Talking with others within the industry and sharing our journeys. Judging cold brew is such a subjective thing. What tastes great to me, might not be what\u2019s necessarily very tasty to someone else. But, this is what makes what we do fun & exciting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Which brings me to what makes Charlie Royal fun & exciting. We strive to make cold brew & coffee, in general, as approachable as possible. Finding new, fun flavors to enjoy at home. Making the cold brew making process a breeze. Fun packaging & branding that makes Charlie Royal standout in the crowd. Most importantly, a community of like-minded folks that just enjoy great cold brew.

Thank you to Alto Cold Brew for having us at Coffee Fest 2022 in NYC. And also having us on display at their table! Maybe we\u2019ll enter Charlie Royal into the competition at some point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

~ Nick Martin<\/em>
Co-Founder of Charlie Royal<\/p>\n

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I got the great pleasure of judging the Cold Brew Championships at Coffe Fest 2022 in New York City. Not only did I get to taste some of the best cold brews in the world, I got the meet the people behind them. This is\u00a0\u00a0inspiration for my company Charlie Royal, to be even more innovating […]<\/p>\n

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