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Cafe Kreyol Earns Silver at Global Coffee Awards World Championship, Recognized Among the World’s Top Coffee Roasters
MANASSAS, VA – Cafe Kreyol has been awarded Silver in the Espresso Category Overall at the Global Coffee Awards World Championship, an international competition recognizing excellence in coffee roasting and bringing together award-winning roasters from around the world.
The recognition places Cafe Kreyol among the world’s leading coffee roasters and highlights the company’s ongoing commitment to quality, research, and producer partnerships.
The Global Coffee Awards World Championship brings together top-performing roasters from regional competitions across North America, Europe, and coffee-producing countries, with coffees evaluated through blind tasting by panels of industry professionals. The competition recognizes excellence across multiple brewing methods and categories, including espresso, filter coffee, milk-based beverages, and omni-roast profiles.
In addition to earning Silver in the Espresso Category Overall, Cafe Kreyol received multiple awards across several categories:
• Silver – Espresso Overall
• Silver – Espresso Single Origin (Geisha Spirit)
• Silver – Espresso Decaf (Decaf Colombia)
• Silver – Filter Honey Process (Geisha Spirit)
• Silver – Filter Single Origin (Geisha Spirit)
• Silver – Filter Decaf (Sugarcane Decaf)
• Bronze – Espresso Blend (Alchemy)
• Bronze – Flat White Alternative Milk Blend (Dark Pegasus)
• Bronze – Omni Roast Blend (Alchemy)
• Honorable Mention – Espresso Single Origin Experimental (El Rio 2nd)
• Honorable Mention – Flat White Dairy Single Origin (Guji Espresso)
• Finalist – Filter Blend (Alchemy)
“This recognition reflects the work of our entire team, from the producers we partner with at origin to our quality control staff, educators, and roasting team here in Virginia,” said Joseph Stazzone, Founder of Cafe Kreyol. “While awards are never the goal, they provide validation that our long-term investments in producer relationships, post-harvest processing, quality systems, and coffee education are producing exceptional results.”
Founded on the belief that coffee can create opportunity, Cafe Kreyol works directly with producers across multiple countries to improve quality, develop innovative processing methods, and create sustainable economic opportunities through specialty coffee. The company maintains a rigorous quality control program that includes pre-shipment evaluations, arrival assessments, production quality checks, and ongoing sensory analysis.
The Global Coffee Awards recognition adds to a growing list of accomplishments for Cafe Kreyol, including being named Roast Magazine’s 2023 Roaster of the Year and earning multiple placements in Coffee Review’s Top 30 Coffees rankings.
Beyond roasting, Cafe Kreyol has become increasingly recognized for its contributions to coffee education and research. The company has published industry research, participated in international coffee competitions and educational initiatives, and continues to invest in advancing coffee quality both at origin and in the roasting process.
“This award belongs not only to our team, but also to the producers who trust us with their coffees,” said Stazzone. “The coffees recognized by the judges represent years of collaboration, experimentation, and commitment to quality. We’re honored to see that work recognized on a global stage.”
About Cafe Kreyol
Cafe Kreyol is a specialty coffee roaster based in Manassas, Virginia. The company works directly with coffee producers around the world to develop exceptional coffees while creating sustainable economic opportunities through long-term producer partnerships. Cafe Kreyol was named Roast Magazine’s 2023 Roaster of the Year and has earned multiple national and international recognitions for quality, innovation, and coffee education.
