Guatemala 2018

Cup of Excellence: The winning lots are coffees scoring 86 points and above in each cupping by both the National Jury and the Cup of Excellence International Jury. These coffees have each been cupped a minimum of five different times during the cupping process. The lot size indicates the number of 30kg boxes. Each box contains two 15kg vacuum-packed bags.

National Winners: The National Winner lots are coffees scoring 84-85.99 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. The lot size indicates the number of 30kg boxes. Each lot is packed in GrainPro bags.

Winning Farms

Rank	Size	Farm / CWS	Farmer / Representative	Region	Score	Variety	Processing
1a	8	La Reforma y Anexos	La Reforma y Asociados, S.A.	Huehuetenango, Cuilco	90.73	Geisha	Washed
1b	7	La Reforma y Anexos	La Reforma y Asociados, S.A.	Huehuetenango, Cuilco	90.73	Geisha	Washed
2a	8	El Zapote y Anexos	Perez Perez, Wilfrido Hernán	Huehuetenango, Cuilco	90.7	Geisha	Washed
2b	7	El Zapote y Anexos	Perez Perez, Wilfrido Hernán	Huehuetenango, Cuilco	90.7	Geisha	Washed
3a	7	El Morito II	Monterroso Pineda José Roberto	Jalapa, Mataquescuintla	90.53	Pacamara	Washed
3b	7	El Morito II	Monterroso Pineda José Roberto	Jalapa, Mataquescuintla	90.53	Pacamara	Washed
4	21	La Soledad y Anexo	Perez Melendez, Henio Raúl	Chimaltenango, Acatenango	89.97	Geisha	Washed
5	14	Rio Dorado	Monterroso Pineda José Roberto	Jalapa, Mataquescuintla	89.8	Pacamara	Natural
6	14	El Morito I	Monterroso Pineda José Roberto	Jalapa, Mataquescuintla	89.67	Pacamara	Washed
7	16	Plan de la Vega	Argueta Herrera, Erwin Humberto	Huehuetenango, Unión Cantinil	89.27	Caturra, Pache, Bourbon	Washed
8	15	Los Aguacatones	De La Peña Illescas, Rosa María	Huehuetenango, Huehuetenango	89.23	Caturra, Catuaí, Villa Sarchi, Bourbon	Washed
9	19	Villaure	Villatoro Castillo, Aurelio	Huehuetenango, Cuilco	88.87	Pacamara	Washed
10	16	El Socorro	Cercol, S.A.	Guatemala, Palencia	88.5	Pacamara	Washed
11	12	Chualax	Agrocomercial Santa Felisa, S.A.	Chimaltenango, Acatenango	87.83	Geisha	Natural
12	19	Los Cimientos	Morán Solares, Julio Roberto	Santa Rosa , Casillas	87.80	Bourbon	Honey
13	21	Linda Vista	Valladares Rodriguez, Inmer Abel	Jalapa, Monjas	87.77	Geisha	Honey
14	15	Las Macadamias	Las Macadamias, S.A.	Huehuetenango, La Libertad	87.73	Pacamara	Washed
15	15	Guatalón	Juarez Solares, Guillermo Antonio	Santa Rosa, Santa Rosa de Lima	87.63	Pacamara, Maragogype	Washed
16	16	Jauja y Anexos	Operadora Santa Clara, S.A.	Sacatepequez, Antigua Guatemala	87.57	Pacamara	Washed
17	12	El Limonar	Ovalle Mont, Rosa María	Huehuetenango, La Libertad	87.43	Pacamara	Natural
18	27	El Zapote	Melendez Perez, Julio Roberto	Chimaltenango, Acatenango	87.33	Geisha	Washed
19	17	Calahute Alto	Café Don Alfonso, S.A	Huehuetenango, La Democracia	87.23	Pacamara, Maragogype	Washed
20	24	El Líbano	Perez Liquidano, Herbert Estuardo	Chimaltenango, Acatenango	87.23	Geisha	Washed
21	13	Rio Arriba	Cercol, S.A.	Guatemala, Palencia	87.20	Maracaturra	Honey
22	18	La Esperanza	Villatoro Castillo, Pedro	Huehuetenango, La Libertad	87.17	Bourbon	Washed
23	19	San Antonio de Esquipulas y Anexo	Corporación Mil, S.A.	Huehuetenango, La Democracia	87.17	Catuaí	Washed
24	12	Santa Clara	Operadora Santa Clara, S.A.	Sacatepequez, Antigua Guatemala	87.07	Geisha	Washed
25	12	San Guayabá	Cercol, S.A.	Guatemala, Palencia	86.67	Pacamara	Natural
26	32	El Porvenir	Mooney Del Carmen, Joseph Daniel	Chimaltenango, Chimaltenango	86.57	Caturra	Washed
27	13	La Hermosa	Perez Ríos, Max Fernando	Chimaltenango, Acatenango	86.53	Pacamara, Geisha	Natural
28	42	San Rafael Urias Valdes	Felix Valdés Q. y Hnas. Sucesores	Sacatepequez, Ciudad Vieja	86.40	Bourbon	Washed
29	15	San Agustin Las Cañas	Operadora Santa Clara, S.A.	Sacatepequez, Antigua Guatemala	86.17	Bourbon	Washed
30	18	El Muro	Valladares Rodriguez, Inmer Abel	Jalapa, Monjas	86.17	Geisha	Honey
31	12	El Injerto I	El Injerto, S.A.	Huehuetenango, La Libertad	86.13	Pacamara	Natural
32	15	Antigua Buena Vista y Anexos	Entre Caminos, S.A.	Sacatepequez, Jocotenango	86.13	Geisha	Washed
33	15	La Montañita	Gonzalez Morales, José Humberto	Jalapa, Mataquescuintla	86.13	Catuaí	Washed
34	27	Santa Cecilia y Anexos	Castillo Herrera, Mariano	Huehuetenango, San Pedro Necta	86.10	Caturra, Catuaí, Bourbon	Washed

National Winners

RANK	LOT LBS	FARM / CWS	FARMER / REPRESENTATIVE	REGION	SCORE	VARIETY	PROCESSING	SIZE	HIGH BID	TOTAL VALUE	HIGH BIDDER(S)
37	1054.7	Santa Sofia	Pablo Ferrigno	Alta Verapaz, Tactic	85.57	Caturra, Typica, Catimor	Lavado	7	$5.00/lb	$5,273.40	Wataru & Co., Ltd.
38	2135.8	La Villa	Alberto Reyes	Guatemala, Palencia	84.93	Catimor	Lavado	14	$4.70/lb	$10,038.03	Cafe DAZAC, Coffee Sallim Factory, Juk-dong Cafe D, Crema Costa, Beanstore, Eungubiro Roasters
39	1140.9	Flor del Café	ADONY OSVALDO, PEREZ RAMIREZ	Huehuetenango, Cuilco	84.93	Maragogype	Honey	8	$5.10/lb	$5,818.49	Cafe DAZAC, Coffee Sallim Factory, Juk-dong Cafe D, Crema Costa, Beanstore, Eungubiro Roasters
40	1140.9	Entre Volcanes	Jesus Gerardo Recinos	Jutiapa, Moyuta	84	Geisha	Lavado	8	$9.10/lb	$10,382.01	Wataru for Nozy Coffee

National Jury

Name	Company
Brayan Cifuentes	Anacafé
Betty Leiva	Counisa
Diego del Águila	Anacafé
Juan Carlos Quevedo	Bicafé
Elmer Orellana	Anacafé
Héctor González	Café Divino
Jonathan Lopez	El Coyote
Jaquelín Medinilla	Anacafé
Alejandro Molina	Anacafé
Erik Rosales	Counisa
Edwin Ambrocio	Ambrocio CA
María Inés Leal	Urias
Nilton Pérez	Finca Monte Nuevo

International Jury

Name	Country	Company
Head Judge
John Thompson	UK	COE
Asia
Shinya Sakaguchi	Japan	Wataru & Co., Ltd.
Jenny Tong	China	Seng Pan Food Company Limit
Ryan Noh	Korea, Republic of	Ryans Coffee Roasters
Jane Cho	Korea, Republic of	Lowkey coffee
Hidekazu Odake	Japan	Toa Coffee Co., Ltd.
Yosuke Nagata	Japan	TIMESCLUB
Jones Huang	Taiwan	Linking Coffee Co., Ltd.
Minseon Kim	South Korea	Terarosa (Haksan Co.Ltd)
Europe
Karlheinz Rieser	Germany	COFFEE STAR
Katalina Shkola	Russian Federation	Kafema
North America
Blake Trafton	United States (US)	Onyx Coffee LLC
Tim Taylor	United States (US)	Ipsento Coffee
Andrew Barnett	United States (US)	Linea Caffe
Central America
Brayan Cifuentes	Guatemala	Anacafé
Betty Leiva	Guatemala	Counisa
Edwin Ambrocio	Guatemala	Ambrocio CA
Nilton Pérez	Guatemala	Finca Monte Nuevo
Oceania
Adam Matheson	Australia	Campos Coffee
Observers
Eleanor Hsiao-Ling Wu	Taiwan	Taiwan Coffee Laboratory
Sergio Sandoval Wong	Taiwan	Ama el Aroma Co., LTD
Kristin Zhao	China	Square of Eight Coffee Roasters
Emily Zielinski	New Zealand	Ozone Coffee Roasters
Joel Edwards	United States of America	Red Fox Coffee Merchants

COE Auction Results

Rank	Farm	Boxes	High Bid	Pounds	Total Value	Company Name
1a	La Reforma y Anexos – La Reforma y Asociados, S.A.	8	$55.60/lb	520.73	$28,952.59	Maruyama Coffee(Japan), Sarutahiko Coffee(Japan), Coffee A Go! Go!(Japan), Mesh Coffee(South Korea), Orsir Coffee(Taiwan)
1b	La Reforma y Anexos – La Reforma y Asociados, S.A.	7	$60.00/lb	462.97	$27,778.20	BREW & BREAD COFFEE ROASTER
2a	El Zapote y Anexos – Perez Perez, Wilfrido Hernán	8	$24.20/lb	527.83	$12,773.49	Ecom Japan Limited
2b	El Zapote y Anexos – Perez Perez, Wilfrido Hernán	7	$24.50/lb	462.97	$11,342.77	Orsir Coffee Co., Ltd.
3a	El Morito II – Monterroso Pineda José Roberto	7	$25.20/lb	462.97	$11,666.84	Coffee Libre, El Café Coffee Roasters
3b	El Morito II – Monterroso Pineda José Roberto	7	$25.30/lb	448.72	$11,352.87	HAYDEN
4	La Soledad y Anexo – Perez Melendez, Henio Raúl	21	$15.10/lb	1,367.03	$20,642.15	MOMOS COFFEE, BLACKUP COFFEE, IN EARTH COFFEE, MAVIS COFFEE, VUENUS COFFEE, Intelligentsia Coffee(U.S.A.)
5	Rio Dorado – Monterroso Pineda José Roberto	14	$15.30/lb	916.76	$14,026.43	Campos Coffee
6	El Morito I – Monterroso Pineda José Roberto	14	$16.01/lb	899.52	$14,401.32	Coffee Libre
7	Plan de la Vega – Argueta Herrera, Erwin Humberto	16	$12.10/lb	1,064.82	$12,884.32	THE DRIP CO., LTD.
8	Los Aguacatones – De La Peña Illescas, Rosa María	15	$12.10/lb	978.62	$11,841.30	UCC Ueshima Coffee Co., Ltd.
9	Villaure – Villatoro Castillo, Aurelio	19	$13.20/lb	1,270.69	$16,773.11	Terarosa (Haksan Co.Ltd)
10	El Socorro – Cercol, S.A.	16	$10.29/lb	1,029.33	$10,591.81	TOA COFFEE Co.,Ltd.
11	Chualax – Agrocomercial Santa Felisa, S.A.	12	$21.99/lb	790	$17,372.10	Campos Coffee
12	Los Cimientos – Morán Solares, Julio Roberto	19	$9.40/lb	1,275.76	$11,992.14	Fisher Coffee / Latorre & Dutch Coffee
13	Linda Vista – Valladares Rodriguez, Inmer Abel	21	$12.50/lb	1,385.28	$17,316.00	BLOSSOM VALLEY INTL. / THE FEW COFFEE & GOODS
14	Las Macadamias – Las Macadamias, S.A.	15	$12.50/lb	968.48	$12,106.00	Cuppers Cooperative, Sewoong GC, AG COFFEE, GLEAM, The Good Day, LabCNC, CAFE Q
15	Guatalón – Juarez Solares, Guillermo Antonio	15	$12.10/lb	1,020.20	$12,344.42	Kyokuto Fadie Corporation
16	Jauja y Anexos – Operadora Santa Clara, S.A.	16	$10.20/lb	1,026.29	$10,468.16	Wataru & Co., Ltd.
17	El Limonar – Ovalle Mont, Rosa María	12	$15.10/lb	775.8	$11,714.58	Bailies Coffee Company
18	El Zapote – Melendez Perez, Julio Roberto	27	$10.11/lb	1,810.20	$18,301.12	Ryans Coffee Roasters / Sims Coffee Lab
19	Calahute Alto – Café Don Alfonso, S.A	17	$8.60/lb	1,103.36	$9,488.90	Wataru & Co., Ltd.
20	El Líbano – Perez Liquidano, Herbert Estuardo	24	$12.40/lb	1,597.23	$19,805.65	M.I.COFFEE CORPORATION
21	Rio Arriba – Cercol, S.A.	13	$15.60/lb	846.79	$13,209.92	Linking Coffee Co., Ltd.
22	La Esperanza – Villatoro Castillo, Pedro	18	$8.15/lb	1,177.39	$9,595.73	Wataru & Co., Ltd.
23	San Antonio de Esquipulas y Anexo – Corporación Mil, S.A.	19	$10.51/lb	1,275.76	$13,408.24	Jungle Coffee Roasters (THE JUNGLE Co.,Ltd.)
24	Santa Clara – Operadora Santa Clara, S.A.	12	$11.10/lb	808.25	$8,971.58	Wataru & Co., Ltd.
25	San Guayabá – Cercol, S.A.	12	$15.40/lb	796.08	$12,259.63	Brew92 Cafe & Roastery
26	El Porvenir – Mooney Del Carmen, Joseph Daniel	32	$8.00/lb	2,095.16	$16,761.28	Honu Kato Coffee Inc.
27	La Hermosa – Perez Ríos, Max Fernando	13	$12.10/lb	881.27	$10,663.37	Linking Coffee Co., Ltd.
28	San Rafael Urias Valdes – Felix Valdés Q. y Hnas. Sucesores	42	$9.55/lb	2,759.41	$26,352.37	Mercanta The Coffee Hunters, Artisan Roast Scotland, Origin Coffee Roasting South Africa
29	San Agustin Las Cañas – Operadora Santa Clara, S.A.	15	$12.10/lb	999.92	$12,099.03	Kyokuto Fadie Corporation
30	El Muro – Valladares Rodriguez, Inmer Abel	18	$10.40/lb	1,209.84	$12,582.34	Linking Coffee Co., Ltd.
31	El Injerto I – El Injerto, S.A.	12	$15.10/lb	811.29	$12,250.48	Sulalat Coffee Trading
32	Antigua Buena Vista y Anexos – Entre Caminos, S.A.	15	$12.10/lb	959.35	$11,608.14	Alpha Coffee & Tea.
33	La Montañita – Gonzalez Morales, José Humberto	15	$7.65/lb	959.35	$7,339.03	Wataru & Co., Ltd.
34	Santa Cecilia y Anexos – Castillo Herrera, Mariano	27	$7.80/lb	1,761.52	$13,739.86	BREW & BREAD COFFEE ROASTER
Stats:		600	$13.33/lb	39,506.95	$526,777.27

Organizing Country Commissions

Rank	Farm	Total Value	Commission
1a	La Reforma y Anexos – La Reforma y Asociados, S.A.	$28,952.59	$6,821.56
1b	La Reforma y Anexos – La Reforma y Asociados, S.A.	$27,778.20	$6,574.17
2a	El Zapote y Anexos – Perez Perez, Wilfrido Hernán	$12,773.49	$2,771.11
2b	El Zapote y Anexos – Perez Perez, Wilfrido Hernán	$11,342.77	$2,465.32
3a	El Morito II – Monterroso Pineda José Roberto	$11,666.84	$2,546.34
3b	El Morito II – Monterroso Pineda José Roberto	$11,352.87	$2,479.18
4	La Soledad y Anexo – Perez Melendez, Henio Raúl	$20,642.15	$4,066.91
5	Rio Dorado – Monterroso Pineda José Roberto	$14,026.43	$2,773.20
6	El Morito I – Monterroso Pineda José Roberto	$14,401.32	$2,880.71
7	Plan de la Vega – Argueta Herrera, Erwin Humberto	$12,884.32	$2,369.22
8	Los Aguacatones – De La Peña Illescas, Rosa María	$11,841.30	$2,177.43
9	Villaure – Villatoro Castillo, Aurelio	$16,773.11	$3,176.73
10	El Socorro – Cercol, S.A.	$10,591.81	$1,824.49
11	Chualax – Agrocomercial Santa Felisa, S.A.	$17,372.10	$3,711.03
12	Los Cimientos – Morán Solares, Julio Roberto	$11,992.14	$2,015.70
13	Linda Vista – Valladares Rodriguez, Inmer Abel	$17,316.00	$3,220.78
14	Las Macadamias – Las Macadamias, S.A.	$12,106.00	$2,251.72
15	Guatalón – Juarez Solares, Guillermo Antonio	$12,344.42	$2,269.95
16	Jauja y Anexos – Operadora Santa Clara, S.A.	$10,468.16	$1,796.01
17	El Limonar – Ovalle Mont, Rosa María	$11,714.58	$2,308.01
18	El Zapote – Melendez Perez, Julio Roberto	$18,301.12	$3,127.12
19	Calahute Alto – Café Don Alfonso, S.A	$9,488.90	$1,566.77
20	El Líbano – Perez Liquidano, Herbert Estuardo	$19,805.65	$3,673.63
21	Rio Arriba – Cercol, S.A.	$13,209.92	$2,625.05
22	La Esperanza – Villatoro Castillo, Pedro	$9,595.73	$1,565.93
23	San Antonio de Esquipulas y Anexo – Corporación Mil, S.A.	$13,408.24	$2,331.45
24	Santa Clara – Operadora Santa Clara, S.A.	$8,971.58	$1,596.29
25	San Guayabá – Cercol, S.A.	$12,259.63	$2,428.04
26	El Porvenir – Mooney Del Carmen, Joseph Daniel	$16,761.28	$2,723.71
27	La Hermosa – Perez Ríos, Max Fernando	$10,663.37	$1,960.83
28	San Rafael Urias Valdes – Felix Valdés Q. y Hnas. Sucesores	$26,352.37	$4,442.65
29	San Agustin Las Cañas – Operadora Santa Clara, S.A.	$12,099.03	$2,224.82
30	El Muro – Valladares Rodriguez, Inmer Abel	$12,582.34	$2,177.71
31	El Injerto I – El Injerto, S.A.	$12,250.48	$2,413.59
32	Antigua Buena Vista y Anexos – Entre Caminos, S.A.	$11,608.14	$2,134.55
33	La Montañita – Gonzalez Morales, José Humberto	$7,339.03	$1,180.00
34	Santa Cecilia y Anexos – Castillo Herrera, Mariano	$13,739.86	$2,219.52
		$526,777.27	$100,891.28