Guatemala 2025

Cup of Excellence: Guatemala Cup of Excellence 2025 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 2 – 6, 2025
COE Auction: July 15, 2025
NW Auction: July 14 – 18, 2025

*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.

COE Results

Exotic Washed

Rank	Score	Farm	Farmer	Process	Variety	Region	Weight (lb)
1A	91,15	La Gran Manzana	Morales De La Peña, Angel Alejandro	Washed	Geisha	Huehuetenango	291.60
1B	91,15	La Gran Manzana	Morales De La Peña, Angel Alejandro	Washed	Geisha	Huehuetenango	291.60
2	90,90	El Morito	Monterroso Pineda, Jose Roberto	Washed	Geisha	Mataquescuintla	502.00
3	90,65	El Socorro	Juan Diego De la Cerda Bianchi	Washed	Geisha	Palencia	658.20
4	89,38	Hacienda Del Café	Pérez Castillo, Anapaula	Washed	Geisha	Huehuetenango	585.10
5	89,24	El Injerto I	Arturo Aguirre Escobar	Washed	Geisha	La Libertad	612.50
6	88,76	Rosma	Alejandro Morales de la Peña	Washed	Geisha	San Pedro Necta	639.90
7	88,16	Villaure	Villatoro Castillo, Aurelio	Washed	Geisha	Cuilco	619.60
8	87,79	Vista Hermosa	Hernandez Lucas, Edgar Orlando	Washed	Geisha	Cuilco	560.80
9	87,66	Plan De La Vega	Argueta Herrera, Erwin Humberto	Washed	Maragogype	Unión Cantinil	542.60
10	87,50	La Peña	Calderon Neutze, Jose Eduardo	Washed	Pacamara	Palencia	918.80
11	87,50	Sierra Roja	Castillo Castellanos, Lorena	Washed	Geisha,Villa Sarchi	San Cristobal Acasaguastlán	1035.40
12	87,44	Guatalon	Juarez Solares, Guillermo Antonio	Washed	Pacamara	Santa Rosa de Lima	674.40

Exotic Natural & Honey

Rank	Score	Farm	Farmer	Process	Variety	Region	Weight (lb)
1A	91,04	Las Macadamias	Las Macadamias, Sociedad Anonima	Natural	Geisha	La Libertad	280.40
1B	91,04	Las Macadamias	Las Macadamias, Sociedad Anonima	Natural	Geisha	La Libertad	280.40
2	90,53	Morelia	Jose Roberto Monterroso Pineda	Honey	Geisha	Nueva Santa Rosa	724.10
3	89,25	Los Jutes	Anabella Meneses Hernández	Natural	Geisha	Acatenango	596.30
4	89,21	La Cookies	Perez Rios, Max Fernando	Natural	Geisha	Acatenango	477.60
5	88,79	Bella Vista	Castillo Villatoro, Arcenio	Natural	Geisha	Cuilco	601.40
6	88,62	La Florida	Teodoro Engelhardt	Natural	Pacamara	San Cristobal Acasaguastlán	685.50
7	88,46	Pampojila Y Anexos	Edgard Murelles Orellana	Natural	RUIRU-11	San Lucas Tolimán	1086.10
8	88,38	San Patricio El Limon	Reyes Aguilar, Guadalupe Alberto	Natural	Pacamara	Palencia	1197.70
9	87,99	San Isidro Chacaya	San Isidro Chacaya, S. A.	Natural	Pacamara,Pacamara Amarrillo	Santiago Atitlán	683.50
10	87,75	La Bolsa	Maria Elena Vides	Natural	Pacamara	La Libertad	604.40

One Of A Kind

Rank	Score	Farm	Farmer	Process	Variety	Region	Weight (lb)
1A	89,26	El Nazareno	Anzueto Sandoval, Alfonso Augusto	Natural	Borbon, Caturra, Catuai Amarillo, Typica, H1 Y Parainema	Huehuetenango	375.70
1B	89,26	El Nazareno	Anzueto Sandoval, Alfonso Augusto	Natural	Borbon, Caturra, Catuai Amarillo, Typica, H1 Y Parainema	Huehuetenango	375.70
2	89,09	Bella Elizabeth	Argueta Herrera, Erwin Humberto	Washed	Borbon,Caturra	San Pedro Necta	567.90
3	89,06	Granito De Oro	Arcenio Castillo Villatoro	Washed	Borbon Amarillo,Catuaí amarillo	Cuilco	1065.80
4	87,65	El Vergel	Marco Vinicio Ramirez Mejicanos	Natural	Borbon,Catuaí,Anacafe 14	San Rafael Pie de la Cuesta	673.40
5	87,56	Los Arroyos	Martinez Lopez, Felipe Venancio	Washed	Borbon Amarillo	La Libertad	565.90
6	87,47	La Tormenta	Roberto Chéves	Honey	Villa Sarchi	San Agustín Acasaguastlán	595.30
7	87,34	Granja El Tempixque	Sebastian Falla	Washed	Catuaí	San Miguel Dueñas	707.90
8	87,21	El Diamante	Aurelio Villatoro	Washed	Borbon	Cuilco	596.30

COE Auction Results

Exotic Washed

Rank	Farm	Score	Weight	Bid	Total value	Business Name
1A	La Gran Manzana	91,15	291.6lbs	$143.10/lb	$41727.96	Taiwan Coffee Development Association, BEAN SUPER 豆超國際, Orsir International Co 歐舍咖啡, Taiwan Coffee Laboratory
1B	La Gran Manzana	91,15	291.6lbs	$117.40/lb	$34233.84	ECOM Japan for TSUJIMOTO COFFEE, TRIBE, NOZY COFFEE, REC COFFEE
2	El Morito	90,90	502lbs	$76.00/lb	$38152.00	DAESANG DIVES
3	El Socorro	90,65	658.2lbs	$80.10/lb	$52721.82	MOMOS COFFEE
4	Hacienda Del Café	89,38	585.1lbs	$30.23/lb	$17687.57	Sarutahiko Coffee Inc.
5	El Injerto I	89,24	612.5lbs	$33.50/lb	$20518.75	MOMOS COFFEE, KALAS COFFEE, MALIC COFFEE, DEEPBLUELAKE, HEBE COFFEE, SANGDOOGRAY , Always Au8ust
6	Rosma	88,76	639.9lbs	$31.50/lb	$20156.85	GESHARY COFFEE
7	Villaure	88,16	619.6lbs	$30.20/lb	$18711.92	Brew92 Cafe & Roastery
8	Vista Hermosa	87,79	560.8lbs	$30.23/lb	$16952.98	Linking Coffee Co., Ltd. Big Black Box(Thailand), n樂波波珈琲 Le BoBo Coffee(Taiwan), Ten Past Ten咖啡豆專賣店(Taiwan), Brave Roasters(Thailand), Saerin co.,Ltd (MOGIPOGROUND)
9	Plan De La Vega	87,66	542.6lbs	$21.10/lb	$11448.86	Angelino’s Coffee
10	La Peña	87,50	918.8lbs	$19.20/lb	$17640.96	Terarosa (Haksan Co.Ltd)
11	Sierra Roja	87,50	1,035.4lbs	$15.20/lb	$15738.08	Wataru & Co., Ltd.
12	Guatalon	87,44	674.4lbs	$17.50/lb	$11802.00	CAMEL COFFEE CO.,LTD. (KALDI COFFEE FARM)

Exotic Natural & Honey

Rank	Farm	Score	Weight	Bid	Total value	Business Name
1A	Las Macadamias	91,04	280.4lbs	$117.40/lb	$32918.96	MOMOS COFFEE, MALIC COFFEE, DEEPBLUELAKE, Always Au8ust
1B	Las Macadamias	91,04	280.4lbs	$117.40/lb	$32918.96	Coffee Me Up (Korea), Coffee Therapy (Thailand), TWO HANDS FULL (Indonesia), Lotus Lab, HAEWOL Coffee (Korea)
2	Morelia	90,53	724.1lbs	$38.10/lb	$27588.21	Sulalat
3	Los Jutes	89,25	596.3lbs	$38.10/lb	$22719.03	Sulalat
4	La Cookies	89,21	477.6lbs	$32.10/lb	$15330.96	ORO ROASTERS
5	Bella Vista	88,79	601.4lbs	$25.40/lb	$15275.56	Brew92 Cafe & Roastery
6	La Florida	88,62	685.5lbs	$19.70/lb	$13504.35	Cultivar Coffee Roasting Co. MayForest
7	Pampojila Y Anexos	88,46	1,086.1lbs	$17.70/lb	$19223.97	Young-In Traders Pte Ltd
8	San Patricio El Limon	88,38	1,197.7lbs	$16.60/lb	$19881.82	honu加藤珈琲店株式会社
9	San Isidro Chacaya	87,99	683.5lbs	$17.40/lb	$11892.90	List + Beisler GmbH
10	La Bolsa	87,75	604.4lbs	$17.00/lb	$10274.80	Taiwan Coffee Development Association、Taisugar、Taiwan Coffee Laboratory

One Of A Kind

Rank	Farm	Score	Weight	Bid	Total value	Business Name
1A	El Nazareno	89,26	375.7lbs	$18.20/lb	$6837.74	WOLF ROASTERY
1B	El Nazareno	89,26	375.7lbs	$16.60/lb	$6236.62	WAVY COFFEE ROASTERS by Marukai
2	Bella Elizabeth	89,09	567.9lbs	$17.20/lb	$9767.88	Idle Hands Roasting Co.; Pedestrian Coffee; RYANS COFFEE ROASTERS; Snowbeans Coffee; Songdo Coffee.
3	Granito De Oro	89,06	1,065.8lbs	$18.42/lb	$19632.04	Wataru & Co., Ltd.
4	El Vergel	87,65	673.4lbs	$16.40/lb	$11043.76	Sulalat
5	Los Arroyos	87,56	565.9lbs	$17.20/lb	$9733.48	Wataru & Co., Ltd.
6	La Tormenta	87,47	595.3lbs	$15.70/lb	$9346.21	Wataru for Voila Coffee
7	Granja El Tempixque	87,34	707.9lbs	$16.50/lb	$11680.35	Prodigal Coffee
8	El Diamante	87,21	596.3lbs	$16.50/lb	$9838.95	El Gran Cafe, S.A.

NW Results

Exotic Natural & Honey

Rank	Score	Farm	Farmer	Process	Variety	Region	Weight (lb)
NW	87,53	San Rafael	Martinez Villatoro, Gerson Adoni	Honey	Geisha	Cuilco	736.20
NW	87,41	El Hermoso	Finca La Hermosa, S. A.	Natural	Geisha	Acatenango	556.70
NW	86,93	San Andres	Recinos Sagastume, Jesus Andres	Honey	Geisha	Moyuta	644.00

Exotic Washed

Rank	Score	Farm	Farmer	Process	Variety	Region	Weight (lb)
NW	87,35	La Esperanza	Villatoro Castillo, Pedro	Lavado	Geisha	La Libertad	713.90
NW	86,88	La Colina	Medina Garcia, Emilio Antonio	Lavado	Pacamara	San Martín Jilotepéque	648.00

NW Auction Results

Exotic Natural & Honey

Rank	Farm	Score	Weight	Bid	Total value	Business Name
NW	San Rafael	87,53	736.2lbs	$5.12/lb	$3769.34	Ryans Coffee Roasters
NW	El Hermoso	87,41	556.7lbs	$5.08/lb	$2828.04	COFFEE COUNTY
NW	San Andres	86,93	644lbs	$4.03/lb	$2595.32	Savaya Coffee LLC

Exotic Washed

Rank	Farm	Score	Weight	Bid	Total value	Business Name
NW	La Esperanza	87,35	713.9lbs	$13.10/lb	$9352.09	Wataru & Co., Ltd.
NW	La Colina	86,88	648lbs	$8.13/lb	$5268.24	Wataru & Co., Ltd.

International Jury

NAME	COMPANY	REGION
Ricky Dyson	Idle Hands Rosting	USA/Australia
Piotr Kotarba	List + Beisler Gmbh	Germany
Vasilis Tartaris	Taresso Artisan Coffee Roasters	Greece
Ying Fang Lei	Taiwan Coffee Laboratory	Taiwan
Reichmann Sebastian	The Coffee Collective	Denmark
Miguel Vicuna	Sweet Bloom Coffee	United States
Bjørn Harald Clausen	Kaffebrenneriet	Norway
Sylvia Tan	Greenoak Coffee	Malaysia
Seulki Park	Arnia Limited (Tob Coffee) Young-Jin Cha	Newzleand
Daichi Mimura	Falcon Coffees Europe Gmbh	Germany
YOU Murakoshi	Wataru & Co., Ltd.	Japan
Carina Barreda	Red Fox Coffee Merchants	United States
Wan-Chen (Jane) Chen	Taiwan Coffee Laboratory	Taiwan
Ahmed Kojok	Punto Cafe	Saudi Arabia
DAE HYEON NAM	Paul’S Way Coffee	Sauth Korea
Sunghwan Kim	Zizique Lab	SouthKorea
John Gibson	La Cabra	Denmark/USA
Yujiro Hayakawa	Sarutahiko Coffee Inc.	Japan
HYOJUNG KIM	Saida Vintage	South Korea
Jun Seok Han	Roasting For A While	South Korea
Betty Leiva	Vides 58 Specialty Coffee	Guatemala
Andres Avendaño	Café Origen	Guatemala

National Jury

Organizing Country Commissions

LOT NUMBER	FARM / CWS	SCORE	POUNDS (lb)	HIGHEST BID	TOTAL VALUE	COMISSION
1A	La Gran Manzana	91,15	291,60	$143,10	$41.727,96	$10.198,71
1B	La Gran Manzana	91,15	291,60	$117,40	$34.233,84	$8.325,18
2	El Morito	90,90	502,00	$76,00	$38.152,00	$9.136,40
3	El Socorro	90,65	658,20	$80,10	$52.721,82	$12.653,90
4	Hacienda Del Café	89,38	585,10	$30,23	$17.687,57	$3.953,81
5	El Injerto I	89,24	612,50	$33,50	$20.518,75	$4.639,69
6	Rosma	88,76	639,90	$31,50	$20.156,85	$4.527,29
7	Villaure	88,16	619,60	$30,20	$18.711,92	$4.182,30
8	Vista Hermosa	87,79	560,80	$30,23	$16.952,98	$3.789,61
9	Plan De La Vega	87,66	542,60	$21,10	$11.448,86	$2.428,14
10	La Peña	87,50	918,80	$19,20	$17.640,96	$3.675,20
11	Sierra Roja	87,50	1035,40	$15,20	$15.738,08	$3.106,20
12	Guatalon	87,44	674,40	$17,50	$11.802,00	$2.410,98
1A	Las Macadamias	91,04	280,40	$117,40	$32.918,96	$8.005,42
1B	Las Macadamias	91,04	280,40	$117,40	$32.918,96	$8.005,42
2	Morelia	90,53	724,10	$38,10	$27.588,21	$6.317,77
3	Los Jutes	89,25	596,30	$38,10	$22.719,03	$5.202,72
4	La Cookies	89,21	477,60	$32,10	$15.330,96	$3.450,66
5	Bella Vista	88,79	601,40	$25,40	$15.275,56	$3.337,77
6	La Florida	88,62	685,50	$19,70	$13.504,35	$2.827,69
7	Pampojila Y Anexos	88,46	1086,10	$17,70	$19.223,97	$3.937,11
8	San Patricio El Limon	88,38	1197,70	$16,60	$19.881,82	$4.012,30
9	San Isidro Chacaya	87,99	683,50	$17,40	$11.892,90	$2.426,43
10	La Bolsa	87,75	604,40	$17,00	$10.274,80	$2.085,18
1A	El Nazareno	89,26	375,70	$18,20	$6.837,74	$1.408,88
1B	El Nazareno	89,26	375,70	$16,60	$6.236,62	$1.258,60
2	Bella Elizabeth	89,09	567,90	$17,20	$9.767,88	$1.987,65
3	Granito De Oro	89,06	1065,80	$18,42	$19.632,04	$4.055,37
4	El Vergel	87,65	673,40	$16,40	$11.043,76	$2.222,22
5	Los Arroyos	87,56	565,90	$17,20	$9.733,48	$1.980,65
6	La Tormenta	87,47	595,30	$15,70	$9.346,21	$1.860,31
7	Granja El Tempixque	87,34	707,90	$16,50	$11.680,35	$2.353,77
8	El Diamante	87,21	596,30	$16,50	$9.838,95	$1.982,70
NW	San Rafael	87,53	736,20	$5,12	$3.769,34	$376,93
NW	El Hermoso	87,41	556,70	$5,08	$2.828,04	$282,80
NW	San Andres	86,93	644,00	$4,03	$2.595,32	$259,53
NW	La Esperanza	87,35	713,90	$13,10	$9.352,09	$935,21
NW	La Colina	86,88	648,00	$8,13	$5.268,24	$526,82

		TOTALS:	23972,6 lb		$656.953,17	$144.127,30

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.