Draft:First Ascent Coffee

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Declined by CNMall41 14 days ago. Last edited by Citation bot 12 days ago. Reviewer: Inform author.

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Comment: Possibly notable, but not as written or sourced. Please see WP:ORGCRIT. You will need to remove the "notable awards" because they are, in fact, not notable for Wikipedia purposes. Also see WP:FORBESCON. CNMall41 (talk) 21:46, 16 May 2025 (UTC)

Comment: In accordance with Wikipedia's Conflict of interest policy, I disclose that I have a conflict of interest regarding the subject of this article. 2603:8001:CBF0:9420:C0EC:5D90:B5C7:FC83 (talk) 17:30, 16 May 2025 (UTC)

First Ascent Coffee was founded in Crested Butte, CO in 2014 by previous owners Mark & Alison Drucker.^[1] Originally, this started as a cafe in conjunction with Mountain Oven where First Ascent roasted their own coffee & provided baked goods. In 2018, the cafe closed ^[2] and the business shifted to focus on roasting beans and in-house production of instant coffee. ^[3] The business experienced success scaling back through this strategic shift on providing high quality beans & instant coffee. It had such a huge success, NASA astronauts requested the product during a mission to the international space station. ^[3] Today, First Ascent Coffee has transferred ownership from the prior owners & now focuses on providing high quality, award winning instant coffee.^[4]

Notable Awards

Something Independent's 2019 Wright Award^[5]
Forbes Six Instant Coffees to seek out^[4]
Gear Lab Review Tested^[6]

References

^ "Crested Butte's First Ascent seeks to revolutionize instant coffee – Top o' The World". topotheworld.org. Retrieved 2025-05-16.
^ www.happycow.net https://www.happycow.net/reviews/first-ascent-coffee-roasters-crested-butte-53355. Retrieved 2025-05-16. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ ^a ^b Blevins, Jason (2022-10-05). "A Crested Butte couple just wanted better backpacking coffee. They made something so good NASA came calling". The Colorado Sun. Retrieved 2025-05-16.
^ ^a ^b Mowery, Lauren. "Six Instant Coffees To Seek Out". Forbes. Retrieved 2025-05-16.
^ "First Ascent Coffee Roasters among 13 award finalists". The Crested Butte News. Retrieved 2025-05-16.
^ "First Ascent Instant Review". GearLab. Retrieved 2025-05-16.

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