TANZANIAN SPECIALTY COFFEE
Private Collection Auction with
NGORONGORO COFFEE GROUP
The Alliance for Coffee Excellence, in partnership with Portland Global Initiatives and the Ngorongoro Coffee Group is pleased to host the 2022 Tanzania Ngorongoro Private Collection Auction. The Ngorongoro Coffee Group has been producing the Cupping at the Crater since 2012 to encourage the regions farms to communicate and share knowledge and varieties to produce some of the most amazing coffees possible. The group shares knowledge on processing options and has over 18 known varieties in production.
This auction took place on March 29, 2022.
Auction Results
Rank |
Score |
Farmer |
VARIETY |
PROCESS |
Weight (lbs) |
High Bid |
Total Value |
Company |
1 |
88.22 |
Finagro Plantantions |
N39 Bourbon |
Carbonic |
661.39 |
$7.00 |
$4,629.73 |
Pebble Coffee Co., Ltd. |
2 |
88.09 |
Acacia Hills Coffee |
Gesha |
Honey |
337.31 |
$9.56 |
$3,224.68 |
Orsir Coffee Co., Ltd. |
3 |
87.88 |
Acacia Hills Coffee |
Gesha |
Washed |
661.39 |
$11.23 |
$7,427.41 |
Campos Coffee |
4 |
87.65 |
Acacia Hills Coffee |
Gesha |
Washed |
661.39 |
$6.40 |
$4,232.90 |
Pebble Coffee Co., Ltd. |
5 |
87.6 |
Finagro Plantantions |
N39 Bourbon |
Carbonic |
416.67 |
$5.00 |
$2,083.35 |
Bokkum & GIL coffee Roasters |
6 |
87.46 |
Acacia Hills Coffee |
Pacamala & Gesha |
Washed |
145.5 |
$5.00 |
$727.50 |
SUPREMO COFFEE |
7 |
87.44 |
Acacia Hills Coffee |
Pacamala & Gesha |
Honey |
654.77 |
$5.00 |
$3,273.85 |
SUPREMO COFFEE |
8 |
87.35 |
Ngila Estate |
Kent |
Natural |
460.77 |
$6.00 |
$2,764.62 |
Bokkum & GIL coffee Roasters |
9 |
87.35 |
Finagro Plantantions |
Kent |
Carbonic |
70.55 |
$5.00 |
$352.75 |
Bokkum & GIL coffee Roasters |
10 |
87.21 |
Edelweiss Estates |
Blue Mountain & N39 Bourbon |
Carbonic |
434.31 |
$6.00 |
$2,605.86 |
Pebble Coffee Co., Ltd. |
11 |
86.75 |
Acacia Hills Coffee |
Pacamara |
Washed |
661.39 |
$4.00 |
$2,645.56 |
Bokkum & GIL coffee Roasters |
12 |
86.72 |
Acacia Hills Coffee |
Gesha |
Washed |
279.99 |
$6.08 |
$1,702.34 |
Knockbox Coffee |
13 |
86.69 |
Finagro Plantantions |
Typica & SL28 |
Washed |
661.39 |
$4.00 |
$2,645.56 |
Pebble Coffee Co., Ltd. |
14 |
86.63 |
Edelweiss Estates |
Kent |
Washed |
216.05 |
$4.00 |
$864.20 |
Bokkum & GIL coffee Roasters |
15 |
86.5 |
Finagro Plantantions |
Kent & Bourbon |
Carbonic |
661.39 |
$4.00 |
$2,645.56 |
Blooms Ltd |
16 |
86.5 |
Acacia Hills Coffee |
Pacamara |
Honey |
167.55 |
$4.00 |
$670.20 |
SUPREMO COFFEE |
17 |
86.12 |
Ngila Estate |
Kent |
Honey |
132.27 |
$4.00 |
$529.08 |
Robert Kao & Company, LTD |
18 |
86.06 |
Edelweiss Estates |
Typica & SL28 |
Washed |
518.09 |
$4.00 |
$2,072.36 |
SUPREMO COFFEE |
19 |
85.72 |
Edelweiss Estates |
Typica & SL28 |
Washed |
401.24 |
$4.00 |
$1,604.96 |
SUPREMO COFFEE |
20 |
85.47 |
Ngila Estate |
Ndege |
Washed |
189.6 |
$4.00 |
$758.40 |
Aroma Coffee Ltd |
Totals: |
8393.01 |
$5.65/lb |
$47,460.87 |
GCC Judges
These coffees are scored and evaluated by our Global Coffee Centers (GCC). You can learn more about GCCs here.
Judge |
Company |
Miguel Meza |
Paradise Roasters
|
Max Maemori |
Paradise Roasters
|
Juli Burden |
Paradise Roasters
|
Joe Hsu |
Orsir Coffee |
Atin Lee |
Orsir Coffee |
Aidan Delaney |
Chromatic Coffee
|
Aaron Coleman
|
Chromatic Coffee
|
Hiver van Geenhoven
|
Chromatic Coffee
|
Michael Montante
|
Chromatic Coffee
|
Milorad Sekulovic
|
Cypher Roastery |
Jommalyn Angeles
|
Cypher Roastery |
Levin Paul Partosa
|
Cypher Roastery |
Adam Matheson |
Campos Coffee |
Lloyd Thom |
Campos Coffee |
Jeff Chean |
Groundwork Coffee
|
Philp Hand |
Groundwork Coffee
|
Charles Fleer |
La Boheme Cafe s.r.o.
|
Jakub Hartl |
La Boheme Cafe s.r.o.
|
Peter Ebdrup. |
Coffee Collective
|
Søren Sylvest |
COOP Danmark |
Bidding Times
The online auction will be on at March 29, 2022. The opening times for around the world are listed below.
- 6:00 am PDT Los Angeles, USA
- 9:00 am EDT New York, USA
- 14:00 pm BST London, United Kingdom
- 15:00 pm CEST Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 16:00 pm MSK Moscow, Russia
- 17:00 pm GST Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- 21:00 pm HKT Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- 22:00 pm JST Tokyo, Japan
- 00:00 am AEDT Sydney, Australia
By pinpointing exceptional producers with the Private Collection program, ACE will curate auctions with organizations and farmers who best exemplify ACE’s standards with its Cup of Excellence programming and hopes to expand its reach with these curated auctions.
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