Lizzy’s Fresh Coffee in Ketchum, Idaho, was named Overall Champion at the 2026 Golden Bean Americas competition. The title was announced October 3 at the awards night closing the conference in Denver, Colorado.
The Roastery
Lizzy’s Fresh Coffee is a small-batch specialty roaster in Ketchum, Idaho, in the Wood River Valley. The roastery sources from farms in East Africa and South America and offers a mix of single-origin coffees and house blends, all roasted to order and sold in 12-ounce bags. Their current lineup includes coffees from Tanzania, Rwanda, and Colombia alongside several rotating and signature blends.
Where to Buy
The full Lizzy’s Fresh Coffee lineup ships direct from their online store.
The Win
Golden Bean Americas is the North and South American edition of the Golden Bean competition series, billed as the world’s largest coffee roasting competition. Roasters submit coffees as roasted samples and judges evaluate them blind across three categories: Espresso, Filter, and Milk. Medals go to the top percentile of entries in each category, with Gold reserved for roughly the top 1 percent of submissions. An Overall Champion is then named from the highest combined scores across all three categories.
The 2026 Americas conference ran September 30 through October 3 at The Art Hotel Denver. Lizzy’s Fresh Coffee was named Overall Champion on the final evening of the event.