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Great Taste Awards

The Great Taste Awards have always been very important to Dark Woods. Not just because over 14,000 products a year are entered, or because they are judged by a wide range of food lovers - deli owners, chefs, food critics etc, but because all the products are blind tasted. The quality of the products have to stand up for themselves, with only the best winning the highly acclaimed stars, and only a handful going on to win the "Golden Forks" each year.

It's testimony to the quality of coffee our farmer partners supply, that we have been grateful to win numerous stars over the years.

The 2023 Awards have just been announced and we are completely overwhelmed to have received 16 Awards (including four 3 Star Awards). Even better, the awards represent a broad range of what we roast, from our Core range espressos to unusual single estate coffees from our Producer and Reserve ranges.

We are also incredibly proud to be listed in BCorps "Best For the World 2022 List", for our work in the community.

2023


Colombia

"El Pacer"
Yellow Fruits

Arboretum

Colombia

"El Pacer"
100% Pink Bourbon IPA

Colombia Mikava

100% Red Bourbon

Driftwood

Common Grounds

Yemen Fawaz Ali Wahab Natural

Colombia Mikava

100% Geisha Carbonic Maceration

Panama La Huella

"Cafe de Panama"
Red Honey

Panama La Huella

"Cafe de Panama"
100% Geisha Natural

Costa Rica

Las Lajas
Micro-Mill Natural

Ethiopia

Ardent Yirgacheffe
Sidama Natural

Colombia

"El Pacer"
100% Pink Bourbon "Session Culturing"

Crow Tree

Deer Hill

Panama La Huella

"Cafe de Panama"
Natural

2022


Panama La Huella

"Cafe de Panama"
100% Geisha Natural

Panama La Huella

"Cafe de Panama"
Red Honey

Colombia

"El Pacer"
100% Pink Bourbon

Ethiopia

Ardent Yirgacheffe
Carbonic Maceration

Under Milk Wood

Yemen Fawaz Ali Wahab Natural

Common Grounds

Panama La Huella

"Cafe de Panama"
100% Gesha (Terroir Honey)

Colombia Mikava

100% Red Bourbon

Colombia Mikava

100% Geisha Carbonic Maceration

Crow Tree

Arboretum

Deer Hill

Snow Stone

Panama La Huella

"Cafe de Panama"
Natural

Panama La Huella

"Cafe de Panama"
Black Honey

Colombia

"Finca San Luis"
Wild Fermentation

Honduras

"Finca La Fortuna"
Honey

2021


Panama La Huella

"Cafe de Panama"
Natural

Colombia Mikava

100% Geisha Carbonic Natural

Under Milk Wood

Crow Tree

Panama La Huella

"Cafe de Panama"
Red Honey

Black Hill Espresso Coffee Pods

Common Grounds

Panama La Huella

"Cafe de Panama"
100% Geisha Natural

Panama La Huella

"Cafe de Panama"
100% Geisha Honey

Ethiopia

Ardent Yirgacheffe
Carbonic Maceration

Panama La Huella

"Cafe de Panama"
Black Honey

Arboretum

Costa Rica

Las Lajas
Natural

Deliciously Yorkshire
Taste Awards



Common Grounds

Best Beverage

Shortlisted for the
BBC Food & Farming Awards

Best Drinks Producer

Fine Food Digest

Best Coffee Brand

2020


Panama La Huella

"Cafe de Panama"
Red Honey

Panama La Huella

Good Morning Sunshine

Panama La Huella

"Cafe de Panama"
Natural

Panama La Huella

"Cafe de Panama"
100% Geisha Honey

Arboretum

Deer Hill

La Bottega Milanese

"La Classica"

Yemen

Hasan Al Salool
Anaerobic

Costa Rica

Las Lajas
Natural

2019


Panama La Huella

"Cafe de Panama"
Natural

Arboretum

Snow Stone

Brazil Fazenda Cachoeira

(Fermented Natural)

Brazil

Fazenda Cachoeira
(Fermented Natural)

Common Grounds

Barrel-Aged Coffee
(Bourbon Barrel Edition)

Panama La Huella

"Cafe de Panama"
100% Geisha Honey

Under Milk Wood

Golden Fork



Panama La Huella

"Cafe de Panama"
Natural

2018


Common Grounds

Barrel-Aged Coffee

Crow Tree

Deer Hill

Good Morning Sunshine

Panama La Huella

"Cafe de Panama"
100% Gesha (Honey)

Panama La Huella

"Cafe de Panama" (Natural)

Panama La Huella

"Cafe de Panama"
Geisha (Natural)

Under Milk Wood

Arboretum

2017


Panama La Huella

Catuai & Bourbon
Natural

Panama La Huella

Geisha Natural

Common Grounds

Barrel-Aged Coffee

Panama La Huella

Honey processed Geisha

Brazil

Sitio Serra E Leite
Yellow Bourbon, Natural

Aboretum

Under Milk Wood

Crow Tree

Colombia

Finca El Tormento

Good Morning Sunshine

Top 50 Foods



Panama La Huella

Catuai & Bourbon Natural

Panama La Huella

Geisha Natural

Core Range

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Producer Series

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Dark Woods Reserve

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