Here are the nom­i­nees for the Best Local Cof­fee Beans cat­e­go­ry for the 2nd Annu­al Welling­ton­ista Awards (2AWA)

Hook it straight into my vein:

The Wom­en’s Peti­tion Against Cof­fee, in 1674, declared:

Only a Pimp to the Tav­ern, a rel­ish­ing soop prepar­a­tive to a fresh debauch: For when peo­ple have swill’d themelves with a morn­ing draught of more Ale than brew­ers horse can car­ry, hith­er they come for a pen­ny­worth of Set­tle-brain … and after an hours imper­ti­nent Chat, begin to con­sid­er a bot­tle of Claret would do excel­lent well before Din­ner; where­upon to the Bush they all march togeth­er, till every one of them is Drunk as a Drum, and then back again to the Cof­fee-House to drink them­selves sober.

We, on the oth­er hand, don’t say any­thing at all until we’ve had our dai­ly fix. It’s Welling­ton, it’s cof­fee that pumps through our hearts and our minds thick­er than blood.

(nom­i­nees after the jump)

A. Ripe

How can you not love Ripe, their cof­fee is a love­ly mel­low blend that makes you feel all dreamy. They’ve only been around since 2002, but it’s quite stun­ning how many places stock them. If you drink cof­fee in the Hutt and Petone, you drink Ripe. Their cutie Zoom Cof­fee to-go spots are mak­ing a dent in the Fuel empire and hard­ened cof­fee fans are even known to trav­el into the misty realms of Moera to vis­it their roast­ing empire.

B. Havana

Deluxe cupHavana is pret­ty much the epit­o­me of Cuba St, and that’s a very cen­tral part of the life of the Welling­ton­ista. Try to imag­ine Welling­ton icons Mid­night Espres­so, Deluxe, the Maranui Surf Cafe and Havana Bar — not to men­tion Fidel’s and Ernesto with­out Havana beans and it’s like­ly you’ll give your­self a seri­ous brain injury.

WINNER!!!
C. Mojo

Flat White, Mojo State Insurance BuildingMojo seems set to become the new Star­bucks, but one that’s actu­al­ly real­ly real­ly tasty, and one that’s real­ly real­ly sexy. We appre­ci­ate that their stores vary in design to suit their envi­ron­ments, and that their baris­tas are so expert­ly trained we’ve nev­er had a bad cof­fee any­where that car­ries the Mojo label.

D. Peoples coffee

Despite their apos­tro­phe cat­a­stro­phe, we real­ly dig on the fact that Peo­ples sup­plies fair­trade cof­fee. It’s the brand of choice for envi­ron­men­tal­ly-friend­ly Kapai, and it’s a way to make your­self feel like a good human being. It’s smug­ness in a cup!

E. Supreme

We love the Supreme cards with tips on the back (Hic­cup reme­dies, remem­ber­ing names and so forth) The art­work on the cards is real­ly cool. Some of the Welling­ton­istas have their morn­ing cup at the Fac­to­ry on Hop­per St near­ly every day. And Supreme offer a Fair Trade blend as well.

For a handy map of the roas­t­er­ies of these nom­i­nees, use the “best­cof­fee­beans” tag on Zoomin. Get your­self caf­feinat­ed before vot­ing opens on Novem­ber 19.