El Salvador 2020

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

• Preselection stage:  May 11^th – 15^th with the 7 National Judges in Santa Tecla, El Salvador with Silvio Leite as head judge guide and Ernesto Velásquez and Manuel Vindel as substitute head judges.
• National stage:  May 25^th – 28^th with the 7 National Judges in Santa Tecla, El Salvador with Silvio Leite as head judge guide and Ernesto Velásquez and Manuel Vindel as substitute head judges.
• International stage:  Completed on different dates with the judges Kentaro Maruyama, Miyoko Watanabe, Mitsunori Shono, Keita Matsumoto, Yunson Lee, Minseon Kim, Lloyd Thom, Adam Matheson, Thomas Pulpan, Synove Neseon, Darrin Daniel, Erin Wang and Alex Pond in their respective labs around the globe.

Cup of Excellence: 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: 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.  The coffee is packaged in 69kg hermetic bags.

COE Auction: July 30th
NW Auction: July 27th – August 14th