Brazil 2023

CUP of EXCELLENCE: Brazil Cup of Excellence 2023 is made up of three distinct categories: the Dry Process Category which highlights Naturals; the Wet Process Category which includes any method where cherries undergo de-pulping such as Washed, Honey, Pulped Naturals, and semi-washed; and the Experimentals Category which includes both wet and dry processes with unique treatments, ensuring no additives other than water are introduced. The Cup of Excellence recognizes the top 10 coffees of each category that have been deemed exceptional by our International Jury, each scoring 87 and above and undergoing a minimum of five distinct cupping sessions. Coffees are packaged in 30kg boxes, each containing two 15kg vacuum-packed bags.

NATIONAL WINNERS: Brazil 2023 are also separated by process. These are coffees that achieved a score of 85+ points during the International Phase, evaluated rigorously by both the Cup of Excellence National and International Juries. These coffees have been cupped a minimum of 5 times during the cupping process.

COE Auction: December 6, 2023
NW Auction: December 4 – 8, 2023

COE Competition Results

Experimental

RANK	SCORE	FARM NAME	FARMER	REGION	WEIGHT (KG)	ALTITUDE (masl)	VARIETY	PROCESS
1	91.32	Fazenda Rio Verde	Ipanema Agrícola S/A	Mantiqueira de Minas	150.00	1260	Geisha	Anaerobic Fermentation
2	89.88	Ecoagricola Cafe	Ecoagricola Cafe	Chapada de Minas	360.00	1100	Catucai 2sl	Anaerobic Fermentation
3	89.85	Fazenda Campo ALegre	Jair Brás	Café da Canastra	150.00	965	Paraiso 2	Pedro Bras Top
4	88.79	Fazenda Santo Antonio	Luiaz Dias Pereira Lobo	Mantiqueira de Minas	180.00	1050	SL28	Fermented
5	88.76	Fazenda Irmãs Pereira II	Maria Valeria Costa Pereira E Outros	Mantiqueira de Minas	165.00	1150	Starmaya	Fermented
6	87.62	Paiolinho	Abex Exportação e Comércio de Café LTDA	Cerrado Mineiro	180.00	1200	Yellow Catuai	Anaerobic
7	87.41	Sitio Aguas Claras	Getulio Vilela Martins	Mantiqueira de Minas	360.00	1100	Yellow Bourbon	Fermented Honey
8	87.38	Fazenda Bela Vista	Sebastiana Vicentina De Oliveira Sandi	Mantiqueira de Minas	360.00	1250	Yellow Catuai	Fermented Natural
9	87.38	Fazenda Lagoa Dos Estulanos	Vitor Marcelo Queiroz Barbosa	Cerrado Mineiro	180.00	1070	Catuai 99	Experimental
10	87.24	Fazenda Agua Limpa	Flávio Márcio Ferreira da Silva	Cerrado Mineiro	180.00	1100	MGS Paraíso 2	Aerobic Fermentation

Dry

RANK	SCORE	FARM NAME	FARMER	REGION	WEIGHT (KG)	ALTITUDE (masl)	VARIETY	PROCESS
1	91.38	Fazenda Rainha	Fazenda Sertãozinho Ltda	Região Vulcânica	180.00	1570	Geisha	Natural
2	90.12	São Geraldo	Geraldo Alves de Souza	Sul de Minas	240.00	1050	Red Catuai	Natural
3	90.06	Sitio Santa luzia	Ronaldo da silva	Mantiqueira de Minas	180.00	1100	Cutucaí 2sl	Natural
4	89.38	Fazenda Recreio	Homero Teixeira De Macedo Junior	Região Vulcânica	150.00	1300	Geisha	Natural
5	88.94	Casa Bras	Pedro Brás	Café da Canastra	180.00	1310	Geisha	Natural
6	88.21	Santuário Sul	Santuario Sul Participacoes LTDA	Mantiqueira de Minas	180.00	1200	Geisha	Natural
7	88.15	Ecoagricola Cafe	Ecoagricola Cafe	Chapada de Minas	360.00	1100	Catucaí 2sl	Natural
8	88	Pedra Branca	Benefício Pedra Branca	Mantiqueira de Minas	180.00	1150	Yellow Bourbon	Natural
9	87.85	Morada do Sol	Elen Lorencini Moraes	Cerrado Mineiro	150.00	1200	Catucai 2SL	Natural
10	87.47	Santiago	Elmiro Alves do Nascimento	Cerrado Mineiro	300.00	1234	Catigua	Natural

Wet

RANK	SCORE	FARM NAME	FARMER	REGION	WEIGHT (KG)	ALTITUDE (masl)	VARIETY	PROCESS
1	92.15	Fazenda Rio Verde	Ipanema Agrícola S/A	Mantiqueira de Minas	150.00	1260	Geisha	Pulped Natural
2	91	Sítio Três Barras	Horácio Antônio De Moura	Matas de Minas	360.00	1040	Red Catuai	Pulped Natural
3	89.71	Casa Brás	Pedro Brás	Café da Canastra	180.00	1310	Geisha	Honey
4	89.26	Fazenda Rochedo	Jose Maria Martins	Matas de Minas	360.00	1150	Yellow Catuai	Washed
5	88.88	Corrégo da Liberdade	Jeremias Lietig Braga	Montanhas do Espírito Santo	345.00	1000	Catucaí 785	Pulped Natural
6	88.03	Fazenda Jr	Jose Flavio Ferraz Reis / Outro	Mantiqueira de Minas	360.00	1200	Red Catucaí	Pulped Natural
7	88	Sítio Liberdade	Luciano Dutra Pimenta	Montanhas do Espírito Santo	180.00	1050	Catucai 785/15	Pulped Natural
8	87.82	Sítio Sr. Niquinho	Luiz Paulo Dias Pereira Filho	Mantiqueira de Minas	180.00	1200	Geisha	Pulped Natural
9	87.79	Chácara Ponto Alto	Ataide Maria Assunção	Chapada Diamantina	150.00	1415	Catuai	Pulped Natural
10	87.65	Fazenda Agua Limpa	Sandra Maria Vilela Martins	Mantiqueira de Minas	360.00	1100	Yellow Bourbon	Pulped Natural

COE Auction Results

Experimental

Ranking	Score	Farm	Weight – lbs	Price per lb	Total Price	Winner	Origin
1	91,32	FAZENDA RIO VERDE	330,69	$50,50	$16.699,85	DECAMERON COFFEE	China
2	89,88	ECOAGRÍCOLA CAFE	793,66	$11,70	$9.285,82	Dabov Specialty Coffee. Coffee Me Up (Korea), Coffee Therapy (Thailand)	Bulgaria
3	89,85	FAZENDA CAMPO ALEGRE	330,69	$16,05	$5.307,57	Campos Coffee	Australia
4	88,79	FAZENDA SANTO ANTÔNIO	396,83	$12,45	$4.940,53	Idle Hands Roasting Co., Casa Brasil, Lucca Cafés Especiais, One to Two Coffee	United States of America
5	88,76	FAZENDA IRMÃS PEREIRA II	363,76	$12,10	$4.401,50	REHM SPECIALTY COFFEE IMPORTERS	Germany
6	87,62	PAIOLINHO	396,83	$18,10	$7.182,62	Kyokuto Fadie Corporation	Japan
7	87,41	SÍTIO AGUAS CLARAS	793,66	$11,60	$9.206,46	KALDI COFFEE FARM (CAMEL COFFEE CO.,LTD.)	Japan
8	87,38	FAZENDA BELA VISTA	793,66	$11,45	$9.087,41	Wataru & Co., Ltd.	Japan
9	87,38	FAZENDA LAGOA DOS ESTULANOS	396,83	$11,70	$4.642,91	Brew92	Saudi Arabia
10	87,24	FAZENDA ÁGUA LIMPA	396,83	$11,65	$4.623,07	Wataru & Co., Ltd.	Japan

Dry

Ranking	Score	Farm	Weight – lbs	Price per lb	Total Price	Winner	Origin
1	91,38	FAZENDA RAINHA	396,83	$130,30	$51.706,95	SARUTAHIKO COFFEE	Japan
2	90,12	SÃO GERALDO	529,11	$19,00	$10.053,09	REHM SPECIALTY COFFEE IMPORTERS	Germany
3	90,06	SÍTIO SANTA LUZIA	396,83	$33,30	$13.214,44	Proud Mary	Australia
4	89,38	FAZENDA RECREIO	330,69	$24,30	$8.035,77	KALDI COFFEE FARM (CAMEL COFFEE CO.,LTD.)	Japan
5	88,94	CASA BRÁS	396,83	$20,10	$7.976,28	Xiamen Doowell Ocean Biotechnology Co., Ltd.	China
6	88,21	SANTUÁRIO SUL	396,83	$28,40	$11.269,97	Proud Mary, Supremo Coffee	Australia
7	88,15	ECOAGRÍCOLA CAFE	793,66	$13,25	$10.516,00	Kyokuto Fadie Corporation, Coffee Libre, Time’s Club	Japan
8	88,00	PEDRA BRANCA	396,83	$11,80	$4.682,59	BPC for Coffee Fie	South Korea
9	87,85	MORADA DO SOL	330,69	$12,00	$3.968,28	Adachi Coffee, Sugi Coffee Roasting, THOTH COFFEE, Japan Roasters’ Network.	Japan
10	87,47	SANTIAGO	661,39	$11,10	$7.341,43	honu加藤珈琲店株式会社	Japan

Wet

Ranking	Score	Farm	Weight – lbs	Price per lb	Total Price	Winner	Origin
1	92,15	FAZENDA RIO VERDE	330,69	$62,70	$20.734,26	Grupo CAFEZA	Brazil
2	91,00	SÍTIO TRÊS BARRAS	793,66	$25,50	$20.238,33	SARUTAHIKO COFFEE	Japan
3	89,71	CASA BRÁS	396,83	$33,40	$13.254,12	Kyokuto Fadie Corporation	Japan
4	89,26	FAZENDA ROCHEDO	793,66	$13,00	$10.317,58	TAKAMURA COFFEE ROASTERS by MARUKAI	Japan
5	88,88	CORRÉGO DA LIBERDADE	760,59	$11,40	$8.670,73	Wataru & Co., Ltd.	Japan
6	88,03	FAZENDA JR	793,66	$10,35	$8.214,38	BPC for Coffee Fie	South Korea
7	88,00	SÍTIO LIBERDADE	396,83	$11,70	$4.642,91	Wataru for Towa Food Service CO., LTD.	Japan
8	87,82	SÍTIO SR. NIQUINHO	396,83	$11,90	$4.722,28	MUSEO Co., Ltd.	South Korea
9	87,79	CHÁCARA PONTO ALTO	330,69	$11,90	$3.935,21	Wataru for Ogawa Coffee	Japan
10	87,65	FAZENDA ÁGUA LIMPA	793,66	$11,50	$9.127,09	KAFFEBRENNERIET AS	Norway

NW Competition Results

Experimental

SCORE	FARM NAME	FARMER	REGION	WEIGHT (KG)	ALTITUDE (masl)	VARIETY	PROCESS
86.97	Sítio da Lagoa	Elcimar Cristiano da Silva	Mantiqueira de Minas	180	1250	Black Honey	Yellow Catucaí 24 137

Dry

SCORE	FARM NAME	FARMER	REGION	WEIGHT (KG)	ALTITUDE (masl)	VARIETY	PROCESS
86.82	Fazenda Samambaia	Henrique Dias Cambraia	Campo das Vertentes	150	1070	Natural	Geisha

Wet

SCORE	FARM NAME	FARMER	REGION	WEIGHT (KG)	ALTITUDE (masl)	VARIETY	PROCESS
87.32	Sítio Diamantina Coffee	Jeffson Silva Santana	Chapada Diamantina	180.00	1345	Red Catuai 144	Pulped Natural
87.15	Sitio Da Serra	Marcio De Souza Franqueira	Mantiqueira de Minas	240.00	1245	Yellow Bourbon	Pulped Natural
86.35	Fazenda Santo Antonio	Luiza Dias Pereira Lobo	Mantiqueira de Minas	180.00	1050	Geisha	Pulped Natural
85.76	Fazenda Primavera	Ronaldo Morais Pena Filho	Chapada de Minas	315.00	1000	Geisha	Honey

NW Auction Results

Experimental

Score	Farm	Weight – lbs	Price per lb	Total Value	Buyer	Origin
86,97	SÍTIO DA LAGOA	396,83	$5,10	$2.023,83	Co.Seekers Roasters	China

Dry

Score

Farm

Weight – lbs

Price per lb

Total Value

Buyer

Origin

86,82

FAZENDA SAMAMBAIA

330,69

$8,60

$2.843,93

Adachi Coffee, Sugi Coffee Roasting,THOTH COFFEE.

Japan

Wet

Score	Farm	Weight – lbs	Price per lb	Total Value	Buyer	Origin
85,76	FAZENDA PRIMAVERA	694,46	$6,00	$4.166,76	Wataru & Co., Ltd.	Japan
86,35	FAZENDA SANTO ANTÔNIO	396,83	$6,10	$2.420,66	Tov Studio	South Korea
87,15	SÍTIO DA SERRA	529,11	$ 7,10	$3.756,68	Nozy Coffee	Japan
87,32	SÍTIO DIAMANTINA COFFEE	396,83	$7,50	$ 2.976,23	Nozy Coffee	Japan

International Jury

National Jury

Organizing Country Commissions

*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.