Costa Rica 2020

Cup of Excellence competition: Due to COVID-19 the Cup of Excellence Costa Rica competition was completed in the following way with the designated coffees blindly cupped through the following process:

  • Preselection stage:  May 20th – 23rd with the 9 National Judges in San Jose, Costa Rica with Erwin Mierisch as head judge guide and Victor Cadena as substitute head judge.
  • National stage:  June 2nd – 5th with the 9 National Judges in San Jose, Costa Rica with Erwin Mierisch as head judge guide and Victor Cadena as substitute head judge.
  • International stage:  Completed on different dates with the judges Kentaro Maruyama, Miyoko Watanabe, Shinji Sekine, Mitsunori Shono, Yunson Lee, Minseon Kim, Will Young, Adam Matheson, Thomas Pulpan, Synove Neseon, Darrin Daniel, Erin Wang and Alex Pond in their respective labs around the globe.

Cup of Excellence auction: The winning lots are the top 30 coffees that scored above an 87 by the Cup of Excellence International Jury. These coffees have each been cupped a minimum of five different times during the cupping process. The coffee is packaged in 30kg boxes containing two 15kg vacuum-packed bags.

National Winners auction: The National Winner lots are coffees scoring 85+ points during the International Week by the Cup of Excellence International Jury. These coffees have each been cupped a minimum of five different times during the cupping process.

COE Auction: August 5th
NW Auction: August 3rd – 21st

RANK
WEIGHT (kg)
FARM
FARMER
REGION
SCORE
VARIETY
PROCESS
1a
180
Josue Bonilla Solis
Tarrazú
90.27
Gesha
Honey
1b
180
Josue Bonilla Solis
Tarrazú
90.27
Gesha
Honey
2a
210
Johel Monge Naranjo
Tarrazú
90.14
Typica
Honey
2b
210
Johel Monge Naranjo
Tarrazú
90.14
Typica
Honey
3
480
Luis Ricardo Calderon Madrigal
Tarrazú
89.55
Gesha
Washed
4
360
Fernando Castro Jimenez
Occidente
89.18
SL 28
Anaerobic
5
420
Roger Ureña Hidalgo
Tarrazú
89.14
Gesha
Natural
6
450
Cooperativa Agrícola Industrial R.L
Occidente
88.66
Gesha
Natural
7
420
Jose Jaime Cardenas Rojas
Occidente
88.59
KENYA
Natural
8
630
Erasmo Aguilera Gonzalez
Occidente
88.57
Gesha M2
Honey
9
300
Iván Daniel Gutierrez Ureña
Tarrazú
88.55
Gesha
Honey
10
540
Jiménez y Padilla Sociedad Anínima
Occidente
88.5
Kenia SL28
Honey
11
480
Bernabe Aguilera Gonzalez
Occidente
88.23
San Roque
Anaerobic
12
360
Fernando Castro Jimenez
Occidente
88
Gesha
Anaerobic
13
345
Dagoberto Aguilera Gonzáles
Occidente
87.95
KENYA SL28
Honey
14
360
Maybel Barrantes Zuñiga
Occidente
87.86
kenia
Anaerobic
15
420
María Lizeth Calderón Castillo
Tarrazú
87.82
KENYA SL28
Washed
16
480
Francisco Alejandro Mena Vilchez
Occidente
87.77
San Roque
Washed
17
480
Carlos Eduardo Barrantes Zúñiga
Occidente
87.73
Kenya
Honey
18
480
Juan Ramon Alvarado Rodrigues
Central
87.64
Gesha
Anaerobic
19
480
Alturas de Lourdes P.D.E. S.A.
Occidente
87.59
San Roque.
Washed
20
480
Hearty Coffee Sociedad
Occidente
87.5
San Roque Kenia
Washed
21
480
Juan Ramon Alvarado Rodrigues
Tarrazú
87.36
Gesha
Natural
22
390
Josue Bonilla Solis
Tarrazú
87.32
catuai rojo
Anaerobic
23
360
Alejo Castro Kahle
Central
87.32
Typica
Anaerobic
24
360
Luis Enrique Navarro Granados
Tarrazú
87.25
Typica
Honey
25
570
Marlene Brenes Morera
Occidente
87.23
PACAMARA – ANACAFE 14
Honey
26
360
Alejo Castro Kahle
Central
87.05
Gesha
Honey
Score
Farm
Farmer
Weight (kg)
Region
Process
Variety
86.73
Juan Aguilera Gonzalez
626.5
Occidente
Honey
San Roque
86.55
Karla Dayanna Barrantes Molina
487.8
Occidente
Honey
Kenya
86.5
Esteban Zamora Picado
489.6
Tarrazú
Natural
Villalobos-Catuaí
86.41
Esteban Zamora Picado
690
Tarrazú
Honey
Villalobos-Catuaí
86.27
Esteban Emilio Ureña Rojas
512.6
Brunca
Honey
Catuai
86.27
Heinz Ferdinand Hoffmann
340.8
Central
Natural
Centroamericano (F1)
85.82
Juan Carlos Valerio Quesada
690
Occidente
Washed
San Roque
85.77
Luis Arturo Bonilla Chacón
350.4
Tarrazú
Honey
Catuaí
GCC lab
Company
First Name
Last Name
Maruyama
Maruyama Coffee Co., Ltd.
Kentaro
Maruyama
Maruyama
Maruyama Coffee Co., Ltd.
Miyoko
Watanabe
Wataru
Wataru & Co., Ltd.
Shinji
Sekine
Wataru
Wataru & Co., Ltd.
Mitsunori
Shono
Terarosa
Terarosa (Haksan Co.Ltd)
Yunson
Lee
Terarosa
Terarosa (Haksan Co.Ltd)
Minseon
Kim
Campos
Campos Coffee
Will
Young
Campos
Campos Coffee
Adam
Matheson
Kaffebrenneriet
Kaffebrenneriet as
Thomas
Pulpan
Kaffebrenneriet
Kaffebrenneriet as
Synove
Neseon
ACE Lab
Alliance for Coffee Excellence
Darrin
Daniel
ACE Lab
Alliance for Coffee Excellence
Erin
Wang
ACE Lab
Alliance for Coffee Excellence
Alex
Pond
national-jury-1
  1. José Javier Carmona, Exclusive Coffee
  2. Mario Salas, Independiente
  3. Esdras Vega, ICAFE
  4. Kattia Barrantes, Kabba Coffee Center
  5. Abraham Castro, CECA
  6. Adrián Ramírez, Independiente
  7. Andrés Navarro, Independiente
  8. Leonel Seo, J&B Café Internacional
  9. Victor Cadenas, SCACR

*The winning coffees have been selected and scored in blind cuppings. The winning farm and the specific coffee lot information is submitted by each farmer and is not known to the public until the awards ceremony.  ACE assumes the farm information is correct and up to date but is not responsible should some information change before or after the auction.   Bidders should assess the value of each coffee based on quality in the cup and its appropriateness for their company. Farm information is for educational purposes only but can be used to help sell the winning coffees.

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