Costa Rica 2024

Cup of Excellence: Costa Rica Cup of Excellence 2024 is made up of three distinct categories: the *Traditional Washed Processes; the *Traditional Semi Washed, Honey & Natural Processes; and the *Experimental Category 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: The National Winner lots are coffees scoring 85+ points during the International Phase by the Cup of Excellence National Jury and International Jury. These coffees have each been cupped a minimum of five different times during the cupping process

International Jury Week: June 3-7, 2024
COE Auction: July 25, 2024
NW Auction: July 22-26, 2024

The Award Ceremony will occur at FINCA INTEGRAL SAN FRANCISCO on June 7th, located at Copey de Dota. Doña Seidy and her husband run this farm and are proud to bring a farm-to-table style, where agriculture and nature converge.

*Traditional Washed Processes: Lots allowed within this category are exclusively those processed using the traditional washed method, where coffee cherries undergo meticulous washing to remove the outer skin and mucilage. This ensures that only coffees with the distinctive attributes of the washed process, such as clean acidity and clarity of flavour, are considered for evaluation in the competition.

**Traditional Semi-Washed, Honey & Natural Processes: Lots eligible for this category must adhere to traditional processing methods, including semi-washed, honey, and natural processes, ensuring a consistent standard of evaluation. This requirement emphasizes the importance of preserving the authentic characteristics and flavours associated with these traditional processing techniques

***Experimental: Semi Washed, Washed, honey, naturals processes that are differentiated from the traditional processing methods and/or have undergone an innovation at a stage of preparing the lot. Done with the purpose of developing complex or exotic flavours and
aromas in a cup, produced in a biochemically natural way.

Auction Platform Results

COE Results

Traditional Washed Processes

RANK	SCORE	FARM / CWS	FARMER / REPRESENTATIVE	PROCESS	VARIETY	REGION	WEIGHT (Kg)
1A	92.04	Santa Teresa	Roger Ureña Hidalgo	Washed	Geisha	Tarrazú	150.00
1B	92.04	Santa Teresa	Roger Ureña Hidalgo	Washed	Geisha	Tarrazú	150.00
2	90.65	El Cedro – Hacienda San Isidro Labrador	Johel Monge Naranjo	Washed	Geisha	Tarrazú	555.00
3	90.46	Quebrada Grande	Luis Diego Calderon Castillo	Washed	San Roque	Tarrazú	360.00
4	89.5	Hacienda Copey – Itadaki	Daito Giken Costa Rica, S.A.	Washed	Geisha	Tarrazú	345.00
5	88.69	Río Blanco	Alejandra Cordero Solano	Washed	Catuai	Tarrazú	285.00
6	88.62	Don Cayito	Maria Lourdes Castillo Umaña	Washed	Typica	Tarrazú	345.00
7	88.31	Volcan Azul Hacienda Colima	Alejo Castro Kahle	Washed	Otros	Valle Occidental	345.00
8	87.04	San Martín	Lisbeth Venegas Gamboa	Washed	Geisha	Tarrazú	300.00

Experimental

RANK	SCORE	FARM / CWS	FARMER / REPRESENTATIVE	PROCESS	VARIETY	REGION	WEIGHT (Kg)
1A	91.19	Finca Voo	Cafe Solis&Cordero S.A.	Fermentation	Catuai	Tarrazú	105.00
1B	91.19	Finca Voo	Cafe Solis&Cordero S.A.	Fermentation	Catuai	Tarrazú	120.00
2	90.81	Don Dario – Hacienda San Isidro Labrador	Matias Monge Leiva	Fermentation	Geisha	Tarrazú	420.00
3	90.42	Monte Llano Bonito El Kinkajou	Francisco Alejandro Mena Vilchez	Fermentation	San Roque	Valle Occidental	345.00
4	90.08	Fcj Volcan Azul	Fernando Castro Jimenez	Fermentation	Geisha	Valle Occidental	270.00
5	88.62	El Bosque Geisha	Alessia Mena Castro	Fermentation	Geisha	Valle Occidental	300.00
6	87.58	Fcj Volcan Azul – Cipresal	Fernando Castro Jimenez	Fermentation	Geisha	Valle Occidental	270.00

Traditional Honey & Natural Processes

RANK	SCORE	FARM / CWS	FARMER / REPRESENTATIVE	PROCESS	VARIETY	REGION	WEIGHT (Kg)
1A	93.62	Don Cayito	Luis Ricardo Calderon Madrigal	Honey	Geisha	Tarrazú	165.00
1B	93.62	Don Cayito	Luis Ricardo Calderon Madrigal	Honey	Geisha	Tarrazú	165.00
2	92	La Torre	Jhon Alvarado Abarca	Black Honey	Geisha	Brunca	270.00
3	91.42	Don Joel	Allan Alfredo Oviedo Rodriguez	Semi lavado	San Roque	Valle Occidental	405.00
4	91.19	La Esmeralda	Ivan Daniel Gutierrez Ureña	Honey	Geisha	Tarrazú	285.00
5	89.04	La Ele	Alberth Monge Segura	Honey	Geisha	Tarrazú	555.00
6	89.04	Don Elí	Jacob Montero Cordero	Natural	Geisha	Tarrazú	300.00
7	89.04	Don Mayo Tucanes	Luis Pablo Bonilla Solís	Natural	Geisha	Tarrazú	435.00
8	88.96	Quebrada Grande	Lizeth Calderon Castillo	Natural	San Roque	Tarrazú	285.00
9	88.81	La Bandera	Diego Hidalgo Umana	Natural	Geisha	Tarrazú	225.00
10	88.62	Hacienda Copey	Daito Giken Costa Rica, S.A.	Honey	Geisha	Tarrazú	345.00
11	88.58	El Cedro – Hacienda San Isidro Labrador	Johel Monge Naranjo	Honey	Geisha	Tarrazú	555.00
12	88.42	Pie San	Oscar Adolfo Monge Ureña	Honey	Geisha	Tarrazú	345.00
13	88.35	El Chizo	Agricola Chizo	Semi lavado	San Roque	Valle Occidental	405.00
14	88.35	Las Nubes	Roberto Mata Naranjo	Natural	Geisha	Tarrazú	315.00
15	88.35	Don Mayo La Loma	Héctor Bonilla Cruz	Honey	Geisha	Tarrazú	300.00
16	88.31	Finca Voo	Cafe Solis&Cordero S.A.	Natural	Catuai	Tarrazú	285.00

COE Auction Results

Traditional Washed Processes

RANK	FARM / CWS	SCORE	WEIGHT (lb)	FINAL BID ($/lb)	TOTAL VALUE	COMPANY NAME
1A	Santa Teresa	92.04	330.69	$83.00	$27,447.27	KALDI COFFEE FARM (CAMEL COFFEE CO.,LTD.)
1B	Santa Teresa	92.04	330.69	$84.00	$27,777.96	RYU BEANS COFFEE, TXT Coffee (.txt), CLARIMENTO, IDENTITY COFFEE LAB
2	El Cedro – Hacienda San Isidro Labrador	90.65	1223.56	$20.70	$25,327.69	DECAMERON COFFEE
3	Quebrada Grande	90.46	793.66	$18.30	$14,523.98	Angelino’s Coffee
4	Hacienda Copey – Itadaki	89.50	760.59	$40.30	$30,651.78	REC COFFEE, TAOCA COFFEE, GESHARY COFFEE
5	Río Blanco	88.69	628.32	$16.10	$10,115.95	honu加藤珈琲店株式会社
6	Don Cayito	88.62	760.59	$18.60	$14,146.97	KAFFEBRENNERIET AS
7	Volcan Azul Hacienda Colima	88.31	760.59	$16.00	$12,169.44	Brew92
8	San Martín	87.04	661.39	$17.10	$11,309.77	WAVY COFFEE ROASTERS(Japan), GoldenNine(Korea), by UCC

Experimental

RANK	FARM / CWS	SCORE	WEIGHT (lb)	FINAL BID ($/lb)	TOTAL VALUE	COMPANY NAME
1A	Finca Voo	91.19	231.49	$50.80	$11,759.69	Fadie Sasaguri Roastery Corporation
1B	Finca Voo	91.19	264.55	$52.00	$13,756.60	AL QAHWA AL ARABIAH
2	Don Dario – Hacienda San Isidro Labrador	90.81	925.94	$25.20	$23,333.69	C&B coffee roasters, Blossom Valley东莞市宸峄贸易有限公司, 厦门野豆咖啡, OONEX, 不精品咖啡协会 , 捌比特咖啡
3	Monte Llano Bonito El Kinkajou	90.42	760.59	$16.20	$12,321.56	Coffee Me Up (Korea), Coffee Therapy (Thailand), Little City Coffee Roasters, Bean and Bean Coffee (NYC), Coffee Montage, PANDORA COFFEE ROASTERS
4	Fcj Volcan Azul	90.08	595.25	$35.10	$20,893.28	karaz Albun
5	El Bosque Geisha	88.62	661.39	$20.10	$13,293.94	GSC International Co., Ltd
6	Fcj Volcan Azul – Cipresal	87.58	595.25	$17.00	$10,119.25	Brew92

Traditional Honey & Natural Processes

RANK	FARM / CWS	SCORE	WEIGHT (lb)	FINAL BID ($/lb)	TOTAL VALUE	COMPANY NAME
1A	Don Cayito	93.62	$363.76	$82.30	$29,937.45	Angelino’s Coffee
1B	Don Cayito	93.62	$363.76	$80.10	$29,137.18	Orsir International Co., Ltd. Blossom Valley东莞市宸峄贸易有限公司
2	La Torre	92.00	$595.25	$54.00	$32,143.50	Slope Roastery
3	Don Joel	91.42	$892.87	$18.90	$16,875.24	Kawa Coffee, Brulerie du Quai.
4	La Esmeralda	91.19	$628.32	$77.30	$48,569.14	AL QAHWA AL ARABIAH
5	La Ele	89.04	$1,223.56	$14.90	$18,231.04	Wataru & Co., Ltd.
6	Don Elí	89.04	$661.39	$36.00	$23,810.04	MUSEO Co., Ltd / COFFEE HWA / Haewol Coffee (South Korea) / liike coffee
7	Don Mayo Tucanes	89.04	$959.01	$19.20	$18,412.99	karaz Albun
8	Quebrada Grande	88.96	$628.32	$23.10	$14,514.19	BLACK SIP COFFEE
9	La Bandera	88.81	$496.04	$40.00	$19,841.60	ORO ROASTERS (SAUDI ARABIA)
10	Hacienda Copey	88.62	$760.59	$36.10	$27,457.30	TAOCA COFFEE, REC COFFEE
11	El Cedro – Hacienda San Isidro Labrador	88.58	$1,223.56	$20.30	$24,838.27	CHG（手多多咖啡）& BEAM Specialty (MAS)、Fisher Coffee、有容乃大Small Arms Big Heart、武汉铜山里、珈琲豆专门店、il gatto coffee意咖多咖啡、浙江咖豆咖啡有限公司、ALWAYS COFFEE、余温手冲咖啡屋 auctioned by Ecofarm Coffee (China)
12	Pie San	88.42	$760.59	$15.40	$11,713.09	NOZY COFFEE
13	El Chizo	88.35	$892.87	$15.50	$13,839.49	AG COFFEE
14	Las Nubes	88.35	$694.46	$16.10	$11,180.81	elbgold Röstkaffee GmbH
15	Don Mayo La Loma	88.35	$661.39	$30.30	$20,040.12	Takamura Coffee Roasters by Marukai.
16	Finca Voo	88.31	$628.32	$15.20	$9,550.46	Wataru & Co., Ltd.

NW Results

Traditional Honey & Natural Processes

RANK	SCORE	FARM / CWS	FARMER / REPRESENTATIVE	PROCESS	VARIETY	REGION	WEIGHT (Kg)
NW	87.42	Aquiares Estate	Diego Alfonso Robelo Gutiérrez	Natural	Centroamericano o H1	Turrialba	360.00

NW Auction Results

Traditional Honey & Natural Processes

RANK	FARM / CWS	SCORE	WEIGHT (lb)	FINAL BID ($/lb)	TOTAL VALUE	COMPANY NAME
NW	Aquiares Estate	87.42	793.66	$8.50	$6,746.11	Slope Roastery

International Jury

Name	Surname	Company	Location
Yin Ping	Tam	Common Man Coffee Roasters Intl Pte Ltd	Singapour
Tosca	Schuitemaker-Kreike	CoffeeXperts	Nederland
KANG MIN	KIM	ARNIA LIMITED (TOB COFFEE)	New Zeland
Yu	Murakoshi	Wataru & Co., Ltd	Japa
JAEWOONG	SHIN	Coffee Montage	South Korea
Eric	Wolf	Little City Coffee Roasters	USA
Ahmed	Kojok	Punto Cafe KSA	Saudi Aarabia
Kaishun	Saito	Wataru&Co.,Ltd.	Japa
HengYe	Li	Peet’s coffee	Taiwan
Jessie Yonghyun	Yun	Pandora Coffee Roasters	South Korea
LinZong	Jiang	Hangzhou Superbeans Import	China
CHU CHUN	WU	Creation Food Co., Ltd.	Taiwan
Sharon Jinyang	He	AllYouWant Coffee&Cacao	China
Jing-Heng	Lin	DKSH Taiwan Ltd.	Taiwan
Tim	Taylor	Pedestrian Coffee	USA

National Jury

Name	Company
Adrian Ramírez	Independiente
Armando Jara	Aquiares
Francine Ramírez	Aquiares
Diego Robelo	Aquiares
Dylan Aguilera	Aquilera Brothers
Francisco Castro	The Coffee Source
Jennifer Arias	Café Directo
Jose Javier Carmona	Exclusive Coffees
Josué Abarca	Marespi
Lucas Badilla	Marespi
Noel Arrieta	Independiente

Organizing Country Commissions

The Organizing Country Commissions is the commission that goes to the in country partner host organization to pay for operational expenses of hosting the event.

LOT NUMBER	SCORE	FARM	POUNDS (lb)	HIGHEST BID	COMMISSION
1a	92.04	SANTA TERESA	330.69	$83.00	$6,597.27
1b	92.04	SANTA TERESA	330.69	$84.00	$6,679.94
2	90.65	El Cedro – Hacienda San Isidro Labrador	1223.56	$20.70	$5,353.08
3	90.46	QUEBRADA GRANDE	793.66	$18.30	$2,996.07
4	89.5	HACIENDA COPEY – ITADAKI	760.59	$40.30	$7,054.47
5	88.69	Río Blanco	628.32	$16.10	$2,026.33
6	88.62	DON CAYITO	760.59	$18.60	$2,928.27
7	88.31	VOLCAN AZUL Hacienda Colima	760.59	$16.00	$2,433.89
8	87.04	San Martín	661.39	$17.10	$2,298.33
1a	91.19	Finca VOO	231.49	$50.80	$2,754.73
1b	91.19	Finca VOO	264.55	$52.00	$3,227.51
2	90.81	Don Dario – Hacienda San Isidro Labrador	925.94	$25.20	$5,092.67
3	90.42	Monte Llano Bonito El Kinkajou	760.59	$16.20	$2,471.92
4	90.08	FCJ VOLCAN AZUL	595.25	$35.10	$4,747.12
5	88.62	El Bosque Geisha	661.39	$20.10	$2,794.37
6	87.58	FCJ VOLCAN AZUL – CIPRESAL	595.25	$17.00	$2,053.61
1a	93.62	DON CAYITO	363.76	$82.30	$7,193.35
1b	93.62	DON CAYITO	363.76	$80.10	$6,993.29
2	92.00	La Torre	595.25	$54.00	$7,559.68
3	91.42	Don Joel	892.87	$18.90	$3,504.51
4	91.19	La Esmeralda	628.32	$77.30	$11,639.63
5	89.04	La Ele	1223.56	$14.90	$3,578.91
6	89.04	Don Elí	661.39	$36.00	$5,423.40
7	89.04	Don Mayo Tucanes	959.01	$19.20	$3,836.04
8	88.96	QUEBRADA GRANDE	628.32	$23.10	$3,125.89
9	88.81	La Bandera	496.04	$40.00	$4,563.57
10	88.62	HACIENDA COPEY	760.59	$36.10	$6,255.85
11	88.58	El Cedro – Hacienda San Isidro Labrador	1223.56	$20.30	$5,230.72
12	88.42	Pie San	760.59	$15.40	$2,319.80
13	88.35	El Chizo	892.87	$15.50	$2,745.58
14	88.35	LAS NUBES	694.46	$16.10	$2,239.63
15	88.35	Don Mayo La Loma	661.39	$30.30	$4,480.92
16	88.31	Finca VOO	628.32	$15.20	$1,884.96
NW	87.42	Aquiares Estate	793.66	$8.50	$674.61
				TTOTAL:	$144,759.91