El Salvador 2022

Cup of Excellence: 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: 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.

COE Auction: July 26th
NW Auction: July 18th – 29th

COE Competition Results

RANK	SCORE	FARM	FARMER	REGION	WEIGHT (kg)	VARIETY	PROCESS
1a	91.82	El Conacaste	Choucri, S.A. De C.V.	Alotepec-Metapan	120	Gesha	Natural
1b	91.82	El Conacaste	Choucri, S.A. De C.V.	Alotepec-Metapan	100.3	Gesha	Natural
2a	90.36	Santa Rosa	J.Raul Rivera, S.A. De C.V.	Alotepec-Metapan	120	Pacamara	Natural Honey
2b	90.36	Santa Rosa	J.Raul Rivera, S.A. De C.V.	Alotepec-Metapan	99.7	Pacamara	Natural Honey
3a	90.23	Cueva De La Olla	Jose Efrain Landaverde Flores	Alotepec-Metapan	195.6	Pacamara & Pacas	Washed
3b	90.23	Cueva De La Olla	Jose Efrain Landaverde Flores	Alotepec-Metapan	195.6	Pacamara & Pacas	Washed
4	90,07	La Pacaya	Mav, S.A. De C.V.	Apaneca-Ilamatepec	293.2	Gesha	Natural
5	89,95	Benasque	Exportadora Agricola Comercial, S.A. De C.V.	Tecapa Chinameca	147.4	Kenya	Natural
6	89,63	Peña Redonda	Carlos Mauricio Lemus Landaverde	Alotepec-Metapan	614.3	Pacamara	Honey
7	89,48	La Esperanza	Inversiones Santonano, S.A. De C.V.	Apaneca-Ilamatepec	397.8	Bernardina	Natural Anaerobico
8	89,13	Don Jaime	Jaime Ricardo Guevara Chavez	Alotepec-Metapan	227.3	Gesha	Natural
9	88,79	Las Duanas	J.Raul Rivera, S.A. De C.V.	Alotepec-Metapan	129.7	Pacamara	Natural
10	88,68	La Libertad	Petronilo Antonio Caceres Salguero	Apaneca-Ilamatepec	294.2	Bourbon & Kenya	Natural
11	88,57	Santa Juana	Pacvil S. A. De C.V.	Apaneca-Ilamatepec	328.4	Bernardina	Natural
12	88,48	La Laguna	Gonzalo Antonio Ticas Reyes	Alotepec-Metapan	374.2	Pacamara	Natural
13	88.46	Finca The Sugar Maples	Roxana Yamileth Zelaya Guardado	Alotepec-Metapan	386	Pacamara	Natural
14	88.43	Nejapa	Gloria Mercedes Rodriguez Fontan	Apaneca-Ilamatepec	198.8	Elefante	Natural
15	88.34	Los Morales	Henri Milton Morales Umaña	Alotepec-Metapan	347.5	Pacamara	Natural Anaerobico
16	88.27	Santa Fe	Edith Aracely Rodriguez De Pineda	Alotepec-Metapan	409.2	Pacamara	Washed
17	88.23	El Mirador	Zapotal, Sociedad Anonima De Capital Variable.	Apaneca-Ilamatepec	381.4	Gesha	Washed
18	88.21	La Montañita	Antonio Aguilar Lemus	Alotepec-Metapan	371.5	Pacamara	Natural
19	88.21	Las Ventanas	Elisa Beatriz Aguilar Landaverde	Alotepec-Metapan	400.5	Pacamara	Natural
20	88.13	Helvetia	Carmen Elena Calderon Sol De Escalon	Apaneca-Ilamatepec	251.9	Bourbon	Natural
21	88.09	Los Milagros	Serafin Escobar	Apaneca-Ilamatepec	402.2	Pacas & Pacamara	Washed
22	87.98	La Reforma	El Borbollon, S.A. De C.V.	Apaneca-Ilamatepec	209.9	Kenya Sl28	Natural
23	87.89	Las Brumas	Juan Jose Ernesto Menendez Arguello	Apaneca-Ilamatepec	238.6	Gesha	Natural
24	87.89	Nombre De Dios	Maria Elena Dominguez De Botto	Alotepec-Metapan	346.8	Bourbon & Pacas	Natural
25	87.86	Finca El Pezote	Hugo Alfonso Pineda Rodriguez	Alotepec-Metapan	402.3	Pacamara	Washed
26	87.61	San Andres	Jose Alfredo Recinos Diaz	Alotepec-Metapan	386.9	Pacamara	Natural
27	87.45	Siberia	Rafael Enrique Silva Hoff	Apaneca-Ilamatepec	192	Sl 34	Natural Anaerobico

COE Auction Results

Rank	Farm	Score	Weight (lbs)	High Bid	Total Value	Company Name
1a	El Conacaste	91.82	264.6	$72.10	$19,077.66	Curve Specialty coffee Roastery
1b	El Conacaste	91.82	221.1	$72.20	$15,963.42	Coffee Me Up (Korea), Mad Priest Coffee, Studio Caffeine, Coffee Therapy (Thailand)
2a	Santa Rosa	90.36	264.6	$18.10	$4,789.26	Terarosa (Haksan Co. Ltd)
2b	Santa Rosa	90.36	219.8	$16.80	$3,692.64	CAFFE PASCUCCI
3a	Cueva De La Olla	90.23	431.1	$16.30	$7,026.93	Saza Coffee
3b	Cueva De La Olla	90.23	431.1	$16.30	$7,026.93	Orsir Coffee
4	La Pacaya	90,07	646.4	$40.10	$25,920.64	Saza Coffee
5	Benasque	89,95	325	$65.30	$21,222.50	ONYX COFFEE LAB
6	Peña Redonda	89,63	1354.2	$10.55	$14,286.81	Kaffebrenneriet As
7	La Esperanza	89,48	877	$8.30	$7,279.10	Sarutahiko Coffee Inc.
8	Don Jaime	89,13	501	$9.40	$4,709.40	KAKALOVE CAFE
9	Las Duanas	88,79	286	$25.80	$7,378.80	Curve Specialty coffee Roastery
10	La Libertad	88,68	648.7	$7.80	$5,059.86	Wataru & Co., Ltd.
11	Santa Juana	88,57	724	$11.60	$8,398.40	Campos Coffee
12	La Laguna	88,48	825	$8.00	$6,600.00	TAKAMURA COFFEE ROASTERS And WAVY COFFEE ROASTERS by MARUKAI
13	Finca The Sugar Maples	88.46	851	$9.10	$7,744.10	GSC International Co., Ltd.
14	Nejapa	88.43	438.2	$18.10	$7,931.42	Kyokuto Fadie Corporation
15	Los Morales	88.34	766	$8.00	$6,128.00	Ryans Coffee Roasters. & Mayforest Inc.
16	Santa Fe	88.27	902.2	$6.20	$5,593.64	Wataru & Co., Ltd.
17	El Mirador	88.23	840.9	$7.00	$5,886.30	KAKALOVE CAFE
18	La Montañita	88.21	819	$7.40	$6,060.60	YN Coffee
19	Las Ventanas	88.21	883	$7.10	$6,269.30	Wataru & Co., Ltd.
20	Helvetia	88.13	555.4	$11.10	$6,164.94	Wataru for Voila Coffee
21	Los Milagros	88.09	886.8	$7.10	$6,296.28	Wataru & Co., Ltd.
22	La Reforma	87.98	462.7	$6.70	$3,100.09	Wataru & Co., Ltd.
23	Las Brumas	87.89	526	$8.30	$4,365.80	Kyokuto Fadie Corporation
24	Nombre De Dios	87.89	764.6	$6.60	$5,046.36	Wataru & Co., Ltd.
25	Finca El Pezote	87.86	887	$7.00	$6,209.00	List + Beisler GmbH
26	San Andres	87.61	853	$7.20	$6,141.60	Honu Kato Coffee Inc.
27	Siberia	87.45	423.2	$6.60	$2,793.12	Wataru for OGAWA COFFEE
Totals:			18878.6	Auction Average $/lb $12.93/lb	Total Auction Value $244,162.90

NW Competition Results

Score	Farm	Farmer	Weight (kg)	Region	Process	Variety
86.89	La Pedrera	Jaime Ricardo Guevara Chavez	375.1	Alotepec-Metapan	Natural	Pacas
86.68	Las Duanas	Enrique Mena Gutierrez	281.9	Alotepec-Metapan	Washed	Pacamara
86.68	Colombia	Rafael Gerardo Caceres Chavez	189.9	Apaneca-Ilamatepec	Natural	Gesha
86.34	El Derrumbo	Vicente Rafael Diaz Vasquez	471.4	Alotepec-Metapan	Washed	Pacamara

NW Auction Results

Score	Farm	Weight (lbs)	High Bid	Total Value	High Bidder(s)
86.89	La Pedrera	827	$8.10	$6,698.70	Wataru & Co., Ltd.
86.68	Las Duanas	621.5	$7.10	$4,412.65	Wataru & Co., Ltd.
86.68	Colombia	418.6	$8.20	$3,432.52	Studio Caffeine
86.34	El Derrumbo	1039.35	$5.90	$6,132.17	Wataru & Co., Ltd.
Totals:			Auction Average $/lb $7.33	Total Auction Value $20,676.04

International Jury

Role	Name	Company	Country
ACE Head Judge	Scott Conay
ACE Rep	Gary Urrutia	ACE	Honduras
International Jury	Mars Ng	19 grams	Germany
International Jury	Daniel Contreras	Consejo Salvadoreño del Café	El Salvador
International Jury	Rocio Perez	Consejo Salvadoreño del Café	El Salvador
International Jury	Peter Jones	Idle Hands Roasting Company	USA
International Jury	Charles Fleer	La Boheme	Czech Republic
International Jury	Ava Seonmyeong Lee	Mayforest Inc.	South Korea
International Jury	Nolan Hirte	Proud Mary Coffee	USA
International Jury	Tasos Kodellas	Roasters Kolektiva	Greece
International Jury	Ryan Noh	Ryans Coffee Roasters	South Korea
International Jury	Hajime Konno	Saza Coffee	Japan
International Jury	Shuntarou Ishihara	Saza Coffee	Japan
International Jury	Nara Byun	SNOW BEANS COFFEE	Japan
International Jury	Minseon Kim	Terarosa (Haksan Co.Ltd)	South Korea
International Jury	Yu Murakoshi	Wataru & Co., Ltd.	Japan
International Jury	Nan Yan	YN Coffee	USA
Observer	Ingrid Aas	kaffebrenneriet	Norway
Observer	Michael Rice	Mad Priest Coffee Roasters	USA
Observer	Tom Janssen	OR Coffee	Belgium
Observer	Jina Min	Terarosa	South Korea

National Jury

Name	Company
Francis Rafael López Rivas	Soc. Coop. Cuzcachapa de R.L.
David Enrique Rivera Cartagena	Borgonovo Pohl
Rafael Antonio Díaz Santos	J. Raúl Rivera
Andreas Girón	Highland Coffee
Julio Aguirre	Optimum Coffee
Marjorie Canjura	Independiente
Andrea Trigueros	Marcante
Manuel Vindel	Consejo Salvadoreño del Café
Karla María Boza Carbonell	Finca San Antonio
Daniel Contreras	Exportadora Pacas Martínez
Rocío del Carmen Pérez Castellón	UNEX
William Rafael Castillo Renderos	Consejo Salvadoreño del Café
Gabriela Flores	Belco

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.

Rank	Farmer	Total Value	Commissions
1a	Choucri, S.A. De C.V.	$19,077.66	$4,557.74
1b	Choucri, S.A. De C.V.	$15,963.42	$3,813.98
2a	J.Raul Rivera, S.A. De C.V.	$4,789.26	$985.64
2b	J.Raul Rivera, S.A. De C.V.	$3,692.64	$747.32
3a	Jose Efrain Landaverde Flores	$7,026.93	$1,411.85
3b	Jose Efrain Landaverde Flores	$7,026.93	$1,411.85
4	Mav, S.A. De C.V.	$25,920.64	$5,963.04
5	Exportadora Agricola Comercial, S.A. De C.V.	$21,222.50	$5,045.63
6	Carlos Mauricio Lemus Landaverde	$14,286.81	$2,488.34
7	Inversiones Santonano, S.A. De C.V.	$7,279.10	$1,192.72
8	Jaime Ricardo Guevara Chavez	$4,709.40	$791.58
9	J.Raul Rivera, S.A. De C.V.	$7,378.80	$1,615.90
10	Petronilo Antonio Caceres Salguero	$5,059.86	$817.36
11	Pacvil S. A. De C.V.	$8,398.40	$1,520.40
12	Gonzalo Antonio Ticas Reyes	$6,600.00	$1,072.50
13	Roxana Yamileth Zelaya Guardado	$7,744.10	$1,293.52
14	Gloria Mercedes Rodriguez Fontan	$7,931.42	$1,632.30
15	Henri Milton Morales Umaña	$6,128.00	$995.80
16	Edith Aracely Rodriguez De Pineda	$5,593.64	$848.07
17	Zapotal, Sociedad Anonima De Capital Variable.	$5,886.30	$924.99
18	Antonio Aguilar Lemus	$6,060.60	$966.42
19	Elisa Beatriz Aguilar Landaverde	$6,269.30	$988.96
20	Carmen Elena Calderon Sol De Escalon	$6,164.94	$1,096.92
21	Serafin Escobar	$6,296.28	$993.22
22	El Borbollon, S.A. De C.V.	$3,100.09	$481.21
23	Juan Jose Ernesto Menendez Arguello	$4,365.80	$715.36
24	Maria Elena Dominguez De Botto	$5,046.36	$779.89
25	Hugo Alfonso Pineda Rodriguez	$6,209.00	$975.70
26	Jose Alfredo Recinos Diaz	$6,141.60	$972.42
27	Rafael Enrique Silva Hoff	$2,793.12	$431.66
Totals:		$244,162.90	$47,532.27