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From the many good entries, Barend Boot has randomly selected the winners of the wonderful coffee prizes made possible in part by Moccamaster. Click here to see if you have won.

As thanks for your participation, you have already received a gift from us. We have extended the discount code: koffiespel#5 until September 30, 2022 for you: so go to the webshop and use the 10% discount on your coffee and tea order on the checkout page.

Each year, we purchase the most special and beautiful specialty coffees from these winning plantations! Coffee farmers Ratibor and Tessie Hartmann, known for the Panama Mi Finquita Natural Espresso - Limited Edition, among others, have won no less than 2 first prizes this year with their Panama Geisha Natural varieties.

At the beginning of the summer Rick Maas, our coffee buyer, traveled to beautiful Panama and on to impressive Colombia. Visiting coffee farmers and searching for beautiful new coffees.

Dragan Bakema is an extraordinary actor. He is also a fan of our coffee. And when I see Dragan with Boot coffee, I see absolute enjoyment. Then I see a momentum of happiness through taste.

When I heard about Dragan's solo role in the theater play Taste about 3-Michelin-starred chef Jonathan Kelvin losing his taste, I wanted to go there. I experienced the final try out last week. The world premiere of Taste in the Amsterdome was Saturday, October 9. *

On Sunday, August 29, the NK blind tasting (wine) will take place in Soesterberg. The importance of this competition is great. 25 teams consisting of 4 wine lovers and sommeliers will compete for a participation in the World Championships blind tasting. Only 1 team will represent the Netherlands. The World Championship will take place on 02 October 2021 in the Palais des Papes in Avignon, France.

After the NK BOOT Koffie will be present to serve filter coffee to the contestants.

Since 2019, we have taken a different path with the Kachalu cooperative with the goal of improving the quality of the coffee and getting a better price for the coffee farmer, based on 84 points or higher. It is a bonus system where the farmer gets more money for his coffee if the quality equals 84 points. The higher the score, the more money the farmer receives. This is how we, together with the cooperative, encourage the coffee farmer to take his coffee to the next level. For two years in a row now, Rick, Barend and Dennis jump 3 meters into the air when tasting the sample. You can clearly taste that the bonus system works and that the coffee is incredibly good as a result.