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Skipton coffee company celebrates top Great Taste award

Great Taste Award winners: Coffee Care in Skipton.

Skipton-based Coffee Care is celebrating after receiving a coveted three-star Great Taste award for the third time.

The second-generation speciality coffee company received the top accolade for Espresso Lorenzo, its bestselling blend, following a blind-tasting assessment by a panel of food and drink experts.

Coffee Care also picked up two stars for its Montana Arabica, while Lorenzo Blonde, Rift Valley and Three Peaks Espresso Capsules each received one star.

The latest success marks Coffee Care's 11th award-winning year at the Great Taste Awards and takes its overall tally to 31 awards.

The company, which has been supplying coffee and related services for more than 40 years, has now achieved the prestigious three-star rating on three occasions.

Espresso Lorenzo was first developed in the 1990s by Coffee Care founder Rennick Hodgson specifically for the growing UK espresso market.

Great Taste judges described the blend as "a clever bean collaboration that results in a very fine, mature coffee."

They added:

"On the palate it is rich, dark, fruity, nutty and powerful."

Sarah McCaughan, Operations Director at Coffee Care, said: "We're thrilled when our coffees win awards.

"It's not just recognition for our team, it's news that our customers can celebrate and proudly share with their own customers too.

"With only 28% of products achieving 1 Star, 10% receiving 2 Stars and an impressive 2% receiving 3 Stars, what better endorsement of our coffees could we ask for?"

The company's Montana Arabica was described by judges as "simply delicious", while Lorenzo Blonde was praised for its "delicate but complex flavour profile".

Rift Valley was described as "generously aromatic and enticing", while the Three Peaks Espresso Capsules were hailed as "a complex and delightful espresso".

Coffee Care's award-winning coffees are available from The Coffee House in Skipton, as well as through the company's online shop and a number of farm shops and cafés across the North of England.

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