We’ve Done It Again: 6 Silver Medals at the 2025 Golden Bean Awards
We’re proud to share that The Wood Roaster has taken home six Silver Medals at this year’s Golden Bean Awards, the world’s largest coffee roasting competition. A huge congratulations to Andrew, our talented head roaster, whose passion and dedication brought home these incredible results.
With over 300 roasters from across Australasia entering up to six coffees per category, competition is fierce. Yet, year after year, The Wood Roaster continues to hold its own in the biggest and most competitive categories: Milk and Espresso.
In 2025, we kept it focused with a smaller number of entries and walked away with a quarter of all silver medals awarded in Milk and Espresso. Yep, 25% of the Silver Medals in these categories went to us, and every coffee we entered in these two categories won a silver medal.
So, what does a medal at Golden Bean actually mean?
The Golden Bean Awards are the world's largest roasting competition. It’s a blind tasting judged by industry professionals across four criteria: sweetness, acidity, body, and overall taste balance. Coffees are brewed to strict standards and scored independently, with only the best earning a place on the podium.
Unlike many other competitions, this one is open to any roaster, from boutique specialty shops to large-scale commercial operators, so a win here is truly earned.
Our 2025 Award-Winning Coffees You Can Sip Today
Here’s the lineup of our 2025 Silver Medal winners:
Espresso Category
Lex Blend: A light roast with fruity and floral flavours, bright acidity and a silky body. Enjoyed black or for more complex and nuanced flavours in milk.
Choc Berry: Forward notes of blueberry and strawberry, with a subtle and sweet, milk chocolate base.
Milk Category
Choc Berry: Yes, it medalled twice. Enough said.
Caffè Classico: Our newest dark roast blend, inspired by Italian espresso bars. Big, bold, and balanced, now a Silver Medal winner.
Winter Blend: Rich, comforting, and created for cooler days. This blend brings together the delicate sweetness of muscat raisins with the rich complexity of brown butter and finishes with a subtle, chest-warming hint of rum.
White Bag: A contract roast we crafted for a client and a perfect example of how we bring excellence to every roast, even behind the scenes.
Why it matters
We don’t roast for awards. We roast for high-quality coffee that's full of flavour, and because we genuinely love the craft. But winning these medals is a powerful reminder that we truly are roasting some of the best coffee out there.
Whether you're stocking up for home, the office, or your café, you’re choosing coffee that stands up on the global stage. And if you're new here? There’s never been a better time to taste the blends everyone’s talking about.
Shop our award-winning coffees today.
Curious about last year's winners? Take a look at the beans that won awards at the 2024 Golden Bean Competition.