A field from the Podium Espresso Membership. All photographs courtesy of Podium Espresso Membership.

A brand new on-line specialty espresso subscription service known as Podium Espresso Membership is sending prospects roasts completely from firms which have received nationwide roasting awards from one among three completely different sources. 

Launched on January 14, Podium Espresso Membership guarantees one curated month-to-month espresso chosen by Podium Espresso Membership Co-Founder Sam LaRobardiere, an authorized Q Grader and founding father of Principle Espresso Roasters. Coffees are shipped routinely inside 24 hours of roasting, and the Membership requires no contract for membership nor any early discover of cancellation.

“Our aim is to take the guesswork out of discovering superb coffees from the perfect roasting expertise within the U.S.,” LaRobardiere informed Every day Espresso Information. “The phrase ‘finest’ is usually used very subjectively and largely based mostly on choice, so Podium makes use of outcomes from essentially the most respected espresso roasting competitions within the U.S. to pick roasters that may, with confidence, be known as the ‘finest.’”

At present Podium limits its alternatives to roasters which have received: both an “total” title, gold or silver medal within the Golden Bean North America roasting competitors; a primary via sixth place end in a US Roaster Championship (USRC); or a Good Meals Award.

“We’re additionally open to partnering with roasters which have received Roast Journal’s Roaster of the Yr award, in addition to roasters which have been featured in Espresso Overview’s high coffees of the yr,” LaRobardiere informed DCN.

The coffees despatched to subscribers won’t essentially be the award-winning espresso, though the alternatives aren’t random. All are cupped by LaRobardiere for each high quality and categorization. Podium Espresso Membership displays the shared imaginative and prescient of LaRobardiere and Podium’s co-founder, digital media and advertising and marketing skilled Paul Piggott.

Subscribers to the Podium Gold sequence obtain what Podium considers “crowd pleasers,” that are coffees of a extra basic, chocolatey or caramely comfort-oriented character. Podium Platinum alternatives delve additional into experimental processing strategies, prized varieties and fruitier, extra floral and sophisticated taste profiles.

The platform plans to broaden additional this yr with a service known as Podium Flash, which is able to supply buy alternatives for uncommon and restricted coffees through textual content message. Coffees for this service usually tend to be the precise award-winning roasts, or coffees utilized in different barista competitions. 

Mentioned LaRobardiere, “Our mission is to be a powerful and optimistic voice for specialty espresso and produce consciousness to the unbelievable roasting expertise within the U.S. that won’t have a mainstream following but.”

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