El Salvador 2024

Cup of Excellence: El Salvador Cup of Excellence 2024 is made up of three distinct categories: the *Traditional Washed & Honey Processes; the **Traditional 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: May 20-24, 2024
COE Auction: July 18, 2024
NW Auction: July 15-19, 2024

*Traditional Washed & Honey Processes: This category encompasses lots processed through both the washed and honey methods, showcasing the diversity of flavors derived from these distinct processing techniques. Producers employ meticulous washing for the washed lots, emphasizing clarity and acidity, while the honey-processed lots retain some mucilage for a sweeter, more complex flavor profile, offering judges a broad spectrum of coffee experiences to evaluate.

**Traditional Natural Processes: Lots included in this category exclusively feature coffees processed through the natural method, where cherries are dried with their fruit intact before being hulled. This category highlights the rich, fruity flavors and heavy body characteristic of natural-processed coffees, providing judges with a unique tasting experience focused on the distinct profiles achieved through this processing technique.

***Experimental: 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 flavors and
aromas in a cup, produced in a biochemically natural way.

Auction Platform Results

Nicaragua National Winner Auction

COE Results

Washed + Honey

RANK	SCORE	FARM / CWS	FARMER / REPRESENTATIVE	PROCESS	VARIETY	REGION	WEIGHT (Kg)
1	92.00	La Bendicion	Ismael Recinos Flores	Honey	Pacamara	Alotepec-Metapan	625
2	91.02	Los Naranjos	David Velasquez Gomez	Lavado	Geisha	Apaneca-Ilamatepec	370
3	90.09	Finca El Portezuelo	Rolando Melvi Huezo Escobar	Honey	Pacamara	Alotepec-Metapan	488
4	89.50	La Montaña	Francisco Alexander Ochoa Romero	Honey	Pacamara	Alotepec-Metapan	219
5	89.18	San Antonio De Alejandria	Jose Elias Escobar Romero, S.A De C.V.	Honey	Pacamara	El Balsamo-Quezaltepeque	327
6	88.05	San Jose	[w] Terra Unlimited. S.A. De C.V.	Lavado	Pacamara	Apaneca-Ilamatepec	221
7	87.77	Plan Del Hoyo	Monserrate, S.A. De C.V.	Lavado	Geisha	Apaneca-Ilamatepec	191
8	87.14	San Luis De Los Recuerdos	Roberto Samuel Ulloa Rusconi	Honey	Geisha	Apaneca-Ilamatepec	498

Natural

RANK	SCORE	FARM / CWS	FARMER / REPRESENTATIVE	PROCESS	VARIETY	REGION	WEIGHT (Kg)
1	91.80	Los Morales	Henri Milton Morales Umaña	Natural	Geisha	Alotepec-Metapan	208
2	91.45	El Angel	Rafael Gerardo Silva Esteves	Natural	Sl28	Apaneca-Ilamatepec	228
3	90.43	Campo Bello	Tre Inversiones, S.A. De C.V.	Natural	Geisha	Apaneca-Ilamatepec	444
4	89.34	Don Octavio	Jose Octavio Umaña Valdivieso	Natural	Pacamara	Alotepec-Metapan	238
5	88.95	Los Naranjos	David Velasquez Gomez	Natural	Pacamara	Apaneca-Ilamatepec	442
6	88.30	Mirador	Roberto Samuel Ulloa Vilanova	Natural	Sl28	Apaneca-Ilamatepec	434
7	88.30	Plan Del Hoyo	Monserrate, S.A. De C.V.	Natural	Sl28	Apaneca-Ilamatepec	221
8	88.14	Finca El Pital Coffee Estate, S.A. De C.V..	El Pital Coffee Estate, S.A. De C.V.	Natural	Geisha 50% / Tipica 50%	Alotepec-Metapan	216
9	87.45	Holanda	Carlos Mauricio Alberto Escalon Pacas	Natural	Pacamara 50% / Anacafe 50%	Apaneca-Ilamatepec	256
10	87.27	El Angel	Carlos Alfredo Mendez Florez Cabezas	Natural	Pacamara	Apaneca-Ilamatepec	335

Experimental

RANK	SCORE	FARM / CWS	FARMER / REPRESENTATIVE	PROCESS	VARIETY	REGION	WEIGHT (Kg)
1	91.09	Las Brumas	Juan Jose Ernesto Menendez Arguello	Natural / Anaerobico	Bourbon 60% / Pacamara 40%	Apaneca-Ilamatepec	272
2	91.02	Finca Ethiopia	Sandra Xiomara Velasquez Moreno	Natural / Maceracion Carbonica	Geisha	Apaneca-Ilamatepec	404
3	90.45	Los Pirineos	[w] Agricafe, S.A. De C.V.	Natural / Anaerobico	Pacamara	Tecapa Chinameca	547
4	90.23	Noruega	Los Naranjos Cafe, S.A. De C.V.	Natural / Anaerobico	Geisha	Apaneca-Ilamatepec	450
5	88.68	La Perla	Walter Vladimir Pineda Rodriguez	Lavado / Anaerobico	Pacamara	Alotepec-Metapan	357
6	88.32	Las Delicias	Cafescal, S. A. De C. V.	Honey / Anaerobico	Sl28	Apaneca-Ilamatepec	238
7	88.32	El Angel	[w] Rafael Gerardo Silva Esteves	Natural / Maceracion Carbonica	Sl28	Apaneca-Ilamatepec	261
8	88.20	Puerto Arturo	[w] Karla Patricia Quiros De Moises	Natural / Anaerobico	Pacamara	Apaneca-Ilamatepec	244
9	88.07	El Manantial	Noe Aquiles Chacon Murcia	Lavado / Anaerobico	Pacamara	Alotepec-Metapan	358
10	88.02	El Izotal	Aserradero Y Venta De Madera El Pinar, S.A. De C-.V.	Lavado / Anaerobico	Geisha	Alotepec-Metapan	211
11	87.91	Las Duanas	Enrique Mena Gutierrez	Lavado / Anaerobico	Pacamara	Alotepec – Metapan	659
12	87.75	Finca El Pezote	Hugo Alfonso Pineda Rodriguez	Lavado / Anaerobico	Pacamara	Alotepec-Metapan	362

COE Auction Results

Washed + Honey

RANK	FARM / CWS	SCORE	WEIGHT (lb)	FINAL BID ($/lb)	TOTAL VALUE	COMPANY NAME
1A	La Bendicion	92.00	661.38	$31.60	$20,899.61	Snow Beans Coffee, Bean & Bean Coffee, Cultivar Coffee, Idle Hands Roasting. Co. RYANS COFFEE ROASTERS
1B	La Bendicion	92.00	716.50	$30.90	$22,139.85	KALDI COFFEE FARM (CAMEL COFFEE CO.,LTD.)
2	Los Naranjos	91.02	815.70	$20.20	$16,477.14	DECAMERON COFFEE
3	Finca El Portezuelo	90.09	1075.84	$13.50	$14,523.84	Dabov Specialty Coffee, Coffee Me Up
4	La Montaña	89.50	482.81	$13.20	$6,373.09	Kawa Coffee, Brulerie du Quai.
5	San Antonio De Alejandria	89.18	720.90	$10.30	$7,425.27	M.I.Coffee Corporation
6	San Jose	88.05	487.22	$10.60	$5,164.53	Boqueron火萨 for CHG（手多多咖啡）
7	Plan Del Hoyo	87.77	421.08	$28.10	$11,832.35	Prodigal Coffee
8	San Luis De Los Recuerdos	87.14	1097.89	$13.60	$14,931.30	Brew92

Natural

RANK	FARM / CWS	SCORE	WEIGHT (lb)	FINAL BID ($/lb)	TOTAL VALUE	COMPANY NAME
1A	Los Morales	91.80	198.41	$122.00	$24,206.02	Angelino’s Coffee
1B	Los Morales	91.80	260.14	$114.00	$29,655.96	AL QAHWA AL ARABIAH
2	El Angel	91.45	502.65	$36.10	$18,145.67	Angelino’s Coffee
3	Campo Bello	90.43	978.84	$16.60	$16,248.74	karaz Albun
4	Don Octavio	89.34	524.69	$12.80	$6,716.03	Taresso Artisan Coffee Roasters
5	Los Naranjos	88.95	974.43	$10.00	$9,744.30	Brew92
6	Mirador	88.30	956.80	$11.00	$10,524.80	AL QAHWA AL ARABIAH
7	Plan Del Hoyo	88.30	487.22	$13.00	$6,333.86	TOB COFFEE( ARNIA LIMITED), Zi Zi, Q Lab, Pual’s Way Coffee, Stolen Summer and Ugly Coffee
8	Finca El Pital Coffee Estate, S.A. De C.V..	88.14	476.19	$13.30	$6,333.33	Saza Coffee
9	Holanda	87.45	564.38	$11.10	$6,264.62	Brew92
10	El Angel	87.27	738.54	$10.10	$7,459.25	honu加藤珈琲店株式会社

Experimental

RANK	FARM / CWS	SCORE	WEIGHT (lb)	FINAL BID ($/lb)	TOTAL VALUE	COMPANY NAME
1A	Las Brumas	91.09	264.55	$55.00	$14,550.25	AL QAHWA AL ARABIAH
1B	Las Brumas	91.09	335.10	$53.80	$18,028.38	Shrub Coffee, Time’s Club
2	Finca Ethiopia	91.02	890.66	$17.75	$15,809.22	NOZY COFFEE
3	Los Pirineos	90.45	1205.92	$9.60	$11,576.83	Fadie Sasaguri Coffee Roastery
4	Noruega	90.23	992.07	$10.20	$10,119.11	Taresso Artisan Coffee Roasters
5	La Perla	88.68	787.04	$9.50	$7,476.88	Fadie Sasaguri Coffee Roastery
6	Las Delicias	88.32	524.69	$12.75	$6,689.80	Wataru & Co., Ltd.
7	El Angel	88.32	575.40	$12.70	$7,307.58	Boqueron火萨 for OONEX / 不精品咖啡协会 / 捌比特咖啡
8	Puerto Arturo	88.20	537.92	$10.10	$5,432.99	Shrub Coffee, Glams Coffee Roastery, Base Coffee, So Good Coffee, Coffee Roastery 101, Fourth Dimension Coffee and cafetia′m coffee roaster by Marukai
9	El Manantial	88.07	789.25	$9.00	$7,103.25	Wataru & Co., Ltd.
10	El Izotal	88.02	465.17	$26.40	$12,280.49	karaz Albun
11	Las Duanas	87.91	1452.83	$8.60	$12,494.34	Wataru & Co., Ltd.
12	Finca El Pezote	87.75	798.07	$8.80	$7,023.02	List & Beisler

NW Results

Washed + Honey

Natural

RANK	SCORE	FARM / CWS	FARMER / REPRESENTATIVE	PROCESS	VARIETY	REGION	WEIGHT (Kg)
NW	86.95	Finca Ethiopia	Sandra Xiomara Velasquez Moreno	Natural	Bourbon	Apaneca-Ilamatepec	477
NW	85.86	La Esperanza	[w] Inversiones Santonano, S.A. De C.V.	Natural	Sl28	Apaneca-Ilamatepec	307

Experimental

RANK	SCORE	FARM / CWS	FARMER / REPRESENTATIVE	PROCESS	VARIETY	REGION	WEIGHT (Kg)
NW	87.36	Helvetia	Carmen Elena Calderon Sol De Escalon	Honey / Anaerobico	Pacamara	Apaneca-Ilamatepec	555

NW Auction Results

Natural

RANK	FARM / CWS	SCORE	WEIGHT (lb)	FINAL BID ($/lb)	TOTAL VALUE	COMPANY NAME
NW	Finca Ethiopia	86.95	1051.59	$5.10	$5,363.11	Nozy Coffee
NW	La Esperanza	85.86	676.81	$5.00	$3,384.05	Karaz Albun

Experimental

RANK	FARM / CWS	SCORE	WEIGHT (lb)	FINAL BID ($/lb)	TOTAL VALUE	COMPANY NAME
NW	Helvetia	87.36	1223.55	$5.10	$6,240.11	Wataru & Co., Ltd.

International Jury

Name	Surname	Company	Country
Ipsae	Kim	DNU coffee	South Korea
(Joy) yu chiao	Liu	Joy Coffee & Cacao	Taiwan
Jordan	Dabov	DABOV Specialty Coffee	Bulgaria
Yuki	Nomura	Shrub Coffee	Japan
James	Combs	Combs Coffee	USA
Vasilis	Tartaris	Taresso Artisan Coffee Roasters	Greece
Jonathan	Meadows	Cultivar Coffees	USA
Yuko	Itoi	TIMESCLUB.INC	Japan
Jiyoon	Han	Bean and Bean Coffee	USA
Nara	Byun	Snow Beans Coffee	JAPAN
Angus/ Ihsuan	Ho	StillCoffee	China
Yoshimi	Tane	Shrub Coffee	Japan
Naoto	Yasuda	Wataru & Co., Ltd.	Japan
Yui	Park	Ugly Coffee	New Zealand
DAEHYEON	NAM	PAULSWAYCOFFEE	SOUTH KOREA
SUNG HWAN	KIM	ZIZIQUE COFFEE LAB	SOUTH KOREA
Erwin	Mierisch	COE – Executive Director	USA
Stephen	Vick	COE – Head Judge	USA

National Jury

Name	Company
Mario Salinas Mojica	Pirómano Coffee
David Enrique Rivera Cartagena	BORGONOVO POHL
Oscar Alberto Machuca	Independiente
Marjorie Canjura	Espressiva
Andreas F Giron Dalmas	Highland Coffee
Alex Botto	Independiente
Francis Rafael López	COOPERATIVA CUZCACHAPA
Josselyn María Albanez González	Santein Café
Manuel Vindel	ISC
Gabriela Flores	Belco
Mario Roberto Martínez Umaña	Propio
Jorge Luis Arevalo Artero	Agrícola San Agustín S.A DE C.V

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 / CWS	TOTAL VALUE	COMISSION
1A	92.00	La Bendicion	$20,899.61	$4,695.80
1B	92.00	La Bendicion	$22,139.85	$4,961.76
2	91.02	Los Naranjos	$16,477.14	$3,466.73
3	90.09	Finca El Portezuelo	$14,523.84	$2,770.29
4	89.50	La Montaña	$6,373.09	$1,207.03
5	89.18	San Antonio De Alejandria	$7,425.27	$1,279.60
6	88.05	San Jose	$5,164.53	$901.36
7	87.77	Plan Del Hoyo	$11,832.35	$2,621.22
8	87.14	San Luis De Los Recuerdos	$14,931.30	$2,854.51
1A	91.80	Los Morales	$24,206.02	$5,892.78
1B	91.80	Los Morales	$29,655.96	$7,205.88
2	91.45	El Angel	$18,145.67	$4,134.30
3	90.43	Campo Bello	$16,248.74	$3,279.11
4	89.34	Don Octavio	$6,716.03	$1,259.26
5	88.95	Los Naranjos	$9,744.30	$1,656.53
6	88.30	Mirador	$10,524.80	$1,865.76
7	88.30	Plan Del Hoyo	$6,333.86	$1,193.69
8	88.14	Finca El Pital Coffee Estate, S.A. De C.V..	$6,333.33	$1,202.38
9	87.45	Holanda	$6,264.62	$1,114.65
10	87.27	El Angel	$7,459.25	$1,273.98
1A	91.09	Las Brumas	$14,550.25	$3,425.92
1B	91.09	Las Brumas	$18,028.38	$4,239.02
2	91.02	Finca Ethiopia	$15,809.22	$3,239.78
3	90.45	Los Pirineos	$11,576.83	$1,953.59
4	90.23	Noruega	$10,119.11	$1,736.12
5	88.68	La Perla	$7,476.88	$1,259.26
6	88.32	Las Delicias	$6,689.80	$1,252.70
7	88.32	El Angel	$7,307.58	$1,366.58
8	88.20	Puerto Arturo	$5,432.99	$927.91
9	88.07	El Manantial	$7,103.25	$1,183.88
10	88.02	El Izotal	$12,280.49	$2,697.99
11	87.91	Las Duanas	$12,494.34	$2,063.02
12	87.75	Finca El Pezote	$7,023.02	$1,165.18
NW	86.95	Finca Ethiopia	$5,363.11	$536.31
NW	85.86	La Esperanza	$3,384.05	$338.41
NW	87.36	Helvetia	$6,240.11	$624.01
			TOTAL:	$82,846.27