Webinar:

HOW TO COMPETE IN THE GLOBAL COFFEE AWARDS

LEARN HOW THE COMPETITION WORKS, AND HEAR DIRECTLY FROM TOP-PERFORMING ROASTERS FROM THE 2025 GLOBAL COFFEE AWARDS.

Competing successfully starts long before your coffees reach the judging table. In this webinar, we’ll walk through the Global Coffee Awards process from submission to scoring, while hearing directly from top-performing roasters who will share how they selected, prepared, and positioned their coffees for competition.

This webinar will help you:

• Gain a clear understanding of how the competition works
• Learn how to approach your submission strategically
• Hear directly from experienced competitors
• Understand what judges evaluate during scoring
• Discover how roasters prepare coffees for competition
• Participate in a live Q&A session with the GCA team and guest speakers

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN?

The full GCA competition structure

• Categories, subcategories, and entry strategy

• How scoring and judging work

• The submission process from start to finish

• What judges evaluate during competition

• How roasters select coffees for competition

• Lessons learned from competing at an international level

• How award-winning coffees are prepared and presented

FEATURED GUEST SPEAKERS

Three Top-Performing Roasters from the 2025 Global Coffee Awards

Hear how they:

• Selected coffees for competition

• Chose which categories to enter

• Prepared and submitted their coffees

• Approached the judging process

• Used their participation to strengthen their brand