Costa Rica 2025

Cup of Excellence: Costa Rica Cup of Excellence 2025 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 recognises 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

International Jury Week:  May 26 – 30, 2025
COE Auction: July 08, 2025

*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.

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Traditional Washed Processes

Rank
Score
Farm
Farmer
Process
Variety
Region
Weight (lb)
1A
90,63
Jhon Alvarado Abarca
Washed
Geisha
Perez-Zeledon
330.69
1B
90,63
Jhon Alvarado Abarca
Washed
Geisha
Perez-Zeledon
264.55
2
90,09
Federico Castro Kahle
Washed
Sl28
Valle-Central
760.59
3
89,59
Jhon Alvarado Abarca
Washed
Geisha
Perez-Zeledon
661.39
4
88,81
Luis Enrique Navarro Porras
Washed
Typica
Los-Santos
496.04
5
88,78
Victor Hugo Romero Madrigal
Washed
Geisha
Los-Santos
760.59
6
88,66
Johel Monge Naranjo
Washed
Geisha
Los-Santos
760.59
7
88,63
Roger Ureña Hidalgo
Washed
Geisha
Los-Santos
760.59
8
87,53
Daito Giken Costa Rica, S.A.
Washed
Gesha
Los-Santos
760.59
9
87,50
José Jaime Cardenas Rojas
Washed
Kenya
Valle-Occidental
1223.56
10
87,22
Carlos Manuel Montero
Washed
Geisha
Los-Santos
462.97

Traditional Honey & Natural Processes

Rank
Score
Farm
Farmer
Process
Variety
Region
Weight (lb)
1A
91,22
Jhonny Alvarado Fonseca
Natural
Geisha
Perez-Zeledon
396.83
1B
91,22
Jhonny Alvarado Fonseca
Natural
Geisha
Perez-Zeledon
330.69
2
89,72
Matias Monge Leiva
Honey
Geisha
Los-Santos
462.97
3
89,53
Luis Ricardo Calderón Madrigal
Honey
Geisha
Los-Santos
793.66
4
89,50
Alessia Mena
Honey
Caturra Black Moon
Valle-Occidental
760.59
5
89,47
Luisa Salazar Vargas
Natural
Geisha
Los-Santos
1223.56
6
88,66
Luis Roberto Jimenez Padilla
Natural
Sl-28
Valle-Occidental
992.08
7
88,63
Alex Ureña Marín
Honey
Geisha
Los-Santos
694.46
8
88,47
Manuel Antonio Barrantes Zuñiga
Natural
San Roque
Valle-Occidental
661.39
9
88,28
Manuel Antonio Barrantes Zuñiga
Natural
San Roque
Valle-Occidental
595.25
10
88,13
Juan Diego Hidalgo Umana
Natural
Geisha
Los-Santos
1223.56

Experimental

Rank
Score
Farm
Farmer
Process
Variety
Region
Weight (lb)
1A
90,47
Café Solís&Cordero S.A
Pending
Catuaí
Los-Santos
396.83
1B
90,47
Café Solís&Cordero S.A
Pending
Catuaí
Los-Santos
330.69
2
89,88
Johel Monge Naranjo
Pending
Geisha
Los-Santos
727.52
3
89,59
Matias Monge Leiva
Pending
Geisha
Los-Santos
562.18
4
88,94
Allan Oviedo
Pending
San Roque Quenya
Valle-Occidental
925.94
5
88,59
Luis Alberto Monge Ureña
Pending
Kenya
Los-Santos
760.59
6
88,44
Banyai Specialty Coffee Sociedad De Responsabilidad Limitada
Pending
Geisha
Valle-Occidental
760.59
7
88,13
Francisco Alejandro Mena
Pending
Villa Sarchi
Valle-Occidental
760.59
8
87,81
Alejo Castro Kahle
Pending
Sl28
Valle-Occidental
727.52
9
87,78
Jose Enrique Romero Chacon
Pending
Geisha
Los-Santos
760.59
10
87,47
Jacob Montero
Pending
Geisha
Los-Santos
661.39

Traditional Washed Processes

1A
90,63
330.69lbs
$80.30/lb
$26554.41
YN coffee for Beanner Coffee(China), Taste Trigger Limited (Hongkong), AllYouWant Coffee (China), Superbeans Import 超级豆子(China), Coffee Me Up Coffee(Korea)
1B
90,63
264.55lbs
$80.20/lb
$21216.91
nam·e Coffee Roaster、Whisper’s Taste饕選咖啡、GeeCoffee、CHG(手多多咖啡)、FISHER COFFEE啡舍 bid by Ecofarm Coffee (China)
2
90,09
760.59lbs
$27.60/lb
$20992.28
0566 珈琲製作所/ 0566 COFFEE 、FISHER COFFEE啡舍、中国武汉铜山里TONGSHANLI COFFEE、有容乃大Small Arms Big Heart、Title coffee、Whisper’s Taste饕選咖啡、穷学生小李LL Roastery&青逸贸易QingYi Trading Co., Ltd bid by Ecofarm Coffee (China)
3
89,59
661.39lbs
$37.10/lb
$24537.57
GESHARY COFFEE
4
88,81
496.04lbs
$27.60/lb
$13690.70
NOZY COFFEE
5
88,78
760.59lbs
$30.20/lb
$22969.82
Brew92 Cafe & Roastery
6
88,66
760.59lbs
$29.10/lb
$22133.17
Angelino’s Coffee
7
88,63
760.59lbs
$27.70/lb
$21068.34
Prodigal Coffee
8
87,53
760.59lbs
$30.71/lb
$23357.72
REC COFFEE, TAOCA COFFEE, GESHARY COFFEE
9
87,5
1,223.56lbs
$18.90/lb
$23125.28
honu加藤珈琲店株式会社
10
87,22
462.97lbs
$23.70/lb
$10972.39
GSC International Co., Ltd.

Traditional Honey & Natural Processes

1A
91,22
396.83lbs
$91.00/lb
$36111.53
Black Knight
1B
91,22
330.69lbs
$90.50/lb
$29927.45
TRUTH ROASTERY
2
89,72
462.97lbs
$30.20/lb
$13981.69
DECAMERON COFFEE 十日谈
3
89,53
793.66lbs
$26.50/lb
$21031.99
Blossom Valley Intl
4
89,5
760.59lbs
$19.40/lb
$14755.45
Brew92 Cafe & Roastery
5
89,47
1,223.56lbs
$37.40/lb
$45761.14
Black Knight
6
88,66
992.08lbs
$25.11/lb
$24911.13
7
88,63
694.46lbs
$25.11/lb
$17437.89
8
88,47
661.39lbs
$15.80/lb
$10449.96
9
88,28
595.25lbs
$19.60/lb
$11666.90
slope roastery
10
88,13
1,223.56lbs
$34.50/lb
$42212.82
Sulalat

Experimental

Rank
Farm
Score
Weight
Bid
Total value
Business Name
1A
90,47
396.83lbs
$68.20/lb
$27063.81
Saerin co.,Ltd (MOGIPOGROUND)
1B
90,47
330.69lbs
$70.10/lb
$23181.37
北京深浅白贸易有限公司 (Beijing Shenqianbai Trading Co., Ltd.)
2
89,88
727.52lbs
$28.00/lb
$20370.56
Ghost Roasters
3
89,59
562.18lbs
$25.90/lb
$14560.46
WOLF ROASTERY
4
88,94
925.94lbs
$19.30/lb
$17870.64
5
88,59
760.59lbs
$22.00/lb
$16732.98
TYSONS&COMPANY
6
88,44
760.59lbs
$32.10/lb
$24414.94
Caffe dal 1927 kft.
7
88,13
760.59lbs
$16.40/lb
$12473.68
8
87,81
727.52lbs
$19.10/lb
$13895.63
Brew92 Cafe & Roastery
9
87,78
760.59lbs
$20.10/lb
$15287.86
10
87,47
661.39lbs
$23.20/lb
$15344.25
C&B coffee roasters

Traditional Honey & Natural Processes

Traditional Honey & Natural Processes

#
Name
Company
Country
1
Stephen Vick (Head Judge)
Bahari Coffee
USA/Kenya
2
Jasmine Jungmin Lee
Marisstella Coffee Lab
South Korea
3
Sungwoo Park
Haemyeong Coffee
South Korea
4
Nan Yan
Yn Coffee
USA/China
5
You Murakoshi
Wataru & Co., Ltd.
Japan
6
Wellington Pereira
Cocarive
Brazil and USA
7
Peter Jones
Idle Hands Roasting Company
United States
8
Sergio Sandoval Wong
Ama El Aroma Co.,Ltd
Taiwan
9
Tetsuji Yamada
Coffee Potohoto
Japan
10
Kristin Junyi Zhao
S.O.E Coffee
P.R.China
11
Shihpan Chuang
Pebble Coffee Co., Ltd.
Taiwan
12
Tadao Taniguchi
Taniguchi Coffee
Japan
13
Juhyung Kim
E.R Corporation
South Korea
14
Sharon Hiu-Kwan Chau
Taste Trigger Limited
Hong Kong
15
Muath Albarrak
Sulalat Company
Saudi Arabia
16
Jennifer Arias
Café Directo
Costa Rica
17
Dylan Aguilera
Aguilera Coffee Traders
Costa Rica
18
Keda Kanye
Cafe Imports
USA
19
Henrik Haavisto
Norrland Coffee Shanghai
China
20
Aaron Rodriguez-Atkinson
Blendin Coffee Club
USA

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.

*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.

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