Guatemala 2024

Cup of Excellence: Guatemala Cup of Excellence 2024 is made up of three distinct categories: the *Washed Exotic Varietals; the *Natural & Honey Exotic Varietals; and the *OOAK (One of a Kind): Traditional varietals with experimental processes. 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 30, 2024
NW Auction: July 29-August 2, 2024

You’re cordially invited to join the award ceremony for the Guatemalan Cup of Excellence 2024.

Date: Friday, June 3, 2024
Time: 11:00 AM
Location: Anacafé Central Offices, Zone 14, Guatemala City.

*Traditional varietals: Bourbon, Caturra, Catuai, Typica, Pache, Sarchimore, Catimor. Aside from these other varietals will be considered as exotics.
*Mixed varietal lots are allowed as long as the varietals are within the same category class (traditional or exotics)
* Experimental/Innovation processes: any practice carried out after the cherry has been harvested, until concluding with a washed parchment, honey or dried cherry (natural) coffee, which is carried out intentionally to develop complex or exotic flavours and aromas in a cup, produced in a biochemically natural way. The use of specific microorganisms as inoculums to develop fermentation (yeasts) is allowed.

Nicaragua National Winner Auction

COE Results

Exotic Washed

RANK	SCORE	FARM / CWS	FARMER / REPRESENTATIVE	PROCESS	VARIETY	REGION	WEIGHT (Kg)
1A	92.27	La Reforma Y Anexos	La Reforma Y Asociados, S. A.	Washed	Geisha	Huehuetenango	131.33
1B	92.27	La Reforma Y Anexos	La Reforma Y Asociados, S. A.	Washed	Geisha	Huehuetenango	131.33
2A	90.56	Las Macadamias	Las Macadamias, Sociedad Anonima	Washed	Pacamara	Huehuetenango	236.44
2B	90.56	Las Macadamias	Las Macadamias, Sociedad Anonima	Washed	Pacamara	Huehuetenango	236.44
3	89.94	El Eden	Leonardo Rene Perez Hidalgo	Washed	Geisha	Huehuetenango	270.48
4	89.31	Rosma	Fredy Milton Morales Merida	Washed	Geisha	Huehuetenango	275.54
5	88.83	El Socorro	Cercol, S. A.	Washed	Geisha	Guatemala	298.54
6	88.30	Guatalon	Guillermo Antonio Juarez Solares	Washed	Pacamara	Santa Rosa	277.84
7	88.19	Villaure	Aurelio Villatoro Castillo	Washed	Geisha	Huehuetenango	253.46
8	88.14	Kalibus La Sierra	Pompeyo Castillo Cerezo	Washed	Geisha	El Progreso	308.66
9	88.13	Montaña Helada	Rocafe, Sociedad Anonima	Washed	Geisha	Jalapa	201.02
10	87.67	Hacienda Del Cafe	Leonardo Rene Perez Hidalgo	Washed	Geisha	Huehuetenango	239.20
11	87.50	Vista Hermosa	Edgar Orlando Hernandez Lucas	Washed	Geisha	Huehuetenango	268.18
12	87.47	Coyote Blanco-Sac Utiú	Pompeyo Castillo Cerezo	Washed	Geisha	El Progreso	266.80
13	87.22	Santa Isabel	Agricola Valmar, S. A.	Washed	SL-28	Alta Verapaz	247.48

Exotic Natural & Honey

RANK	SCORE	FARM / CWS	FARMER / REPRESENTATIVE	PROCESS	VARIETY	REGION	WEIGHT (Kg)
1A	90.20	Bella Vista	Arcenio Castillo Villatoro	Natural	Geisha	Huehuetenango	197.80
1B	90.20	Bella Vista	Arcenio Castillo Villatoro	Natural	Geisha	Huehuetenango	197.80
2A	90.19	El Zapote Y Anexos	Wilfrido Hernán Pérez Pérez	Natural	Geisha	Huehuetenango	268.41
2B	90.19	El Zapote Y Anexos	Wilfrido Hernán Pérez Pérez	Natural	Geisha	Huehuetenango	268.41
3	89.80	La Gran Manzana	Angel Alejandro Morales De La Peña	Natural	Geisha	Huehuetenango	199.18
4	89.53	Ponderosa	Wilfrido Hernán Pérez Pérez	Natural	Pacamara	Huehuetenango	371.68
5	88.89	Morelia	Rocafe, Sociedad Anonima	Honey	Geisha	Santa Rosa	293.94
6	87.61	La Bugambilia	Guillermo Antonio Juarez Solares	Natural	Pacamara	Santa Rosa	208.38

One Of A Kind

RANK	SCORE	FARM / CWS	FARMER / REPRESENTATIVE	PROCESS	VARIETY	REGION	WEIGHT (Kg)
1	89.59	Bella Elizabeth	Erwin Humberto Argueta Herrera	Washed	Borbon,Pache,Caturra	Huehuetenango	408.48
2	89.28	Plan De La Vega	Erwin Humberto Argueta Herrera	Natural	Borbon,Caturra	Huehuetenango	288.42
3	89.23	La Cima	Quality Exports Of Guatemala, S. A.	Natural	Centroamericano H1	Guatemala	423.20
4	88.97	Coop. Agricola Integral Chicoj. R.L.	Coop. Agricola Integral Chicoj, R. L. [o]	Natural	Caturra	Alta Verapaz	276.00
5	88.20	Los Conejos	Julio Cesar Ordoñez Montenegro [w]	Natural	Catisit	Santa Rosa	306.36
6	87.70	La Bolsa	Negocios Comerciales Internacionales, S. A.	Washed	Borbon,Caturra	Huehuetenango	274.16
7	87.50	La Tacita	Agricola La Tacita, S. A.	Washed	Borbon	Sacatepequez	425.50
8	87.30	El Cipres	Israel Marroquin Ramos	Honey	Sarchimor	Baja Verapaz	207.46
9	87.22	Calahute Alto	Cafe don Alfonso, S. A.	Honey	Borbon,Caturra,Catuaí	Huehuetenango	267.72

COE Auction Results

NW Results

Exotic Natural & Honey

RANK	SCORE	FARM / CWS	FARMER / REPRESENTATIVE	PROCESS	VARIETY	REGION	WEIGHT (Kg)
NW	86.95	Pampojila Y Anexos	Agropecuaria Atitlan, Sociedad Anonima	Natural	RUI-11	Solola	471.50
NW	86.89	Santa Ines	Adony Osbaldo Perez Ramirez	Natural	Borbon, Geisha	Huehuetenango	344.08
NW	85.38	Los Andes	The Atitlan Tea & Coffee Company, S. A.	Natural	Java	Suchitepequez	309.58

NW Auction Results

International Jury

Name	Surname	Company Location
Jason	Chen	Taiwan
Yaqin Tan	Rita Tan	Taiwan, China
Chaksuwit	Watcharapibul	Thailand
Tiffany	Bhagwandin	Canada
Dongmei	Li	China
Kohei	Kato	Japan
Kazuhiro	Adachi	Japan
Manato	Asada	Japan
Toshimasa	Yagi	Japan
Geoff	Clarke	Australia
Maryna	Gray	USA
Sergio	Sandoval Wong	Taiwan
Miao Chi (Zoe)	Shih	Taiwan
chuhan	li	China
Joshua	Nowland	USA
Ka Cheuk	Lau	China

National Jury

Name	Company
Betty Leiva	Vides58
Carlos Eduardo Morales	Cafiamo Boutique
Hector González	Coffex S.A.
Luis Fernando Soto	Vides58
Luis Xinic	Grupo Terruá S.A.
Luisa Rodríguez	Bicafé
Ronal Pivaral	Cienega Grande
Carlos Pérez	Prisma Coffee Origins
Edvin Rolando González Archila	Anacafé
Jacqueline Morales	Café de mi Tierra
Pablo Barrios	Mano´s Coffee
Samuel Antonio López	Green Coffee
Andres Avendaño	Origen

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.