Specialty coffee · Worth knowing

Afterglow by Jamison Savage, a natural Gesha from Morgan Estate in Panama, exemplifies specialty coffee craft through meticulous processing rather than complex fermentation. Producer Jamison Savage employs slow drying of whole cherries on multi-level raised beds—a carefully managed technique that develops ripe fruit intensity while preserving the variety's floral elegance, moving away from the carbonic maceration experiments Savage is known for toward emphasis on exceptional cherries and their natural expression. The coffee showcases a sophisticated cup profile of white florals, strawberry, peach, and red grape with a champagne-like quality. Standout Coffee's roasting philosophy targets both filter and competition-style espresso, positioning their coffees in the space between specialty and competition formats with precision and expressiveness.

The Tanzania Coffee Awards results show competition outcomes across barista, cupping, and roasting categories with both public voting and professional judge assessments. In the barista category, Anderson Mtawa of Kaffe Koffee Limited led public voting with 175 votes, while Jackson Kennedy Mkilindi from Zanzibar topped professional judges' scoring with 78.03/100. For cupping, George Mwaipopo of Mbozi Coffee Curing Co. Ltd won public votes with 148 votes, and Vicent Binamungu Mulungwana achieved the highest judge score at 77.00/100 in the roasting category.