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 20^th – 23^rd 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 2^nd – 5^th 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

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