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Who’s Got The Best Brew In DFW? A Java Taste Test

Let the roast begin: Five North Texas coffee shops have been nominated for the 2014 KRUPS Best Brew Awards: Crooked Tree Coffeehouse, Cultivar Coffee & Tea Co., White Rock Coffee, Avoca Coffee Roasters and Oddfellows.

Last year, White Rock Coffee took home the gold. Which one deserves “Best Brew” this year? 

Voting for the “KRUPS Best Brew Awards 2014” will be open from Tuesday, February 4 through Friday, February 28, 2014. Winners will be announced the week of Monday, March 3, 2014.

Cast your vote (there’s also a spot to write in your favorite if it isn’t on the list) on the KRUPS USA Facebook page.

Lauren Silverman was the Health, Science & Technology reporter/blogger at KERA News. She was also the primary backup host for KERA’s Think and the statewide newsmagazine  Texas Standard. In 2016, Lauren was recognized as Texas Health Journalist of the Year by the Texas Medical Association. She was part of the Peabody Award-winning team that covered Ebola for NPR in 2014. She also hosted "Surviving Ebola," a special that won Best Long Documentary honors from the Public Radio News Directors Inc. (PRNDI). And she's won a number of regional awards, including an honorable mention for Edward R. Murrow award (for her project “The Broken Hip”), as well as the Texas Veterans Commission’s Excellence in Media Awards in the radio category.