Nicaragua 2025

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.

International Jury Week: May 5 – 9, 2025
COE Auction: June 19, 2025 13:00 UTC

COE Results

Washed Processes

Rank	Score	Farm	Farmer	Process	Variety	Region	Weight (lb)
1A	90,73	La Esperanza	Abner Samuel Zavala	Washed	Geisha	Nueva Segovia	198.42
1B	90,73	La Esperanza	Abner Samuel Zavala	Washed	Geisha	Nueva Segovia	229.72
2	90,50	Solidaridad	Byron Antono Sanchez/ Cooperativa Solidaridad	Washed	Maracaturra	Matagalpa	2553.99
3	90,45	El Porvenir	Martha Margarita Marin Rodriguez	Washed	Maragogype	Nueva Segovia	511.01
4	90,14	Los Alpes	Inversiones Valladarez Acevedo S.A	Washed	Geisha	Nueva Segovia	392.99
5	89,36	San Judas Tadeo	Angelica Lineth Gomez Lopez	Washed	Catuai	Nueva Segovia	544.00
6	87,73	Los Granadillos	Francisco Ponce	Washed	Maragogype	Nueva Segovia	733.99
7	87,64	San Ramon	Xavier Alejandro Roque Blandino	Washed	Maracaturra	Nueva Segovia	1433.00
8	87,59	Hugo Medina	Yadira Medina Olivas	Washed	Pacamara	Jinotega	272.99
9	87,41	La Furiosa	Coffe Libre S,A	Washed	74158	Nueva Segovia	720.00
10	87,41	El Povenir	Pedro Monzon Castilblanco	Washed	Maracaturra	Jinotega	823.01
11	87,36	El Palacio	Fernando José Chaves Rocaglio	Washed	Pacamara	Jinotega	675.01
12	87,27	El Poste	Guillermo Montenegro Ayestas	Washed	Maragogype	Nueva Segovia	578.00
13	87,14	Las Hortencias	Ana Maria Albir Sotomayor	Washed	Catuai Rojo	Nueva Segovia	527.01
14	87,09	El Porvenir	Claudia Maria Rivera Siles	Washed	Maragogype	Jinotega	728.00
15	87,05	Bella Aurora	Luis Joaquin Lovo Gutierrez	Washed	Maracaturra	Nueva Segovia	1384.99

Natural & Honey

Rank	Score	Farm	Farmer	Process	Variety	Region	Weight (lb)
1A	91,77	Elite	Olman Uriel Sauceda Chavez	Honey	Geisha	Nueva Segovia	264.55
1B	91,77	Elite	Olman Uriel Sauceda Chavez	Honey	Geisha	Nueva Segovia	231.45
2	90,59	El Porvenir	Sergio Noe Ortez Ortez	Natural	Pacamara	Nueva Segovia	1036.00
3	90,27	Buenos Aires	Inversiones Valladarez Acevedo S.A	Natural	Maracaturra	Nueva Segovia	487.00
4	89,77	Finca Paraiso	Taris Chenoa Acuña Jimenez	Natural	Geisha	Nueva Segovia	402.01
5	88,86	El Guacalito	Edwin David Zuniga Zelaya	Natural	Africano	Nueva Segovia	460.01
6	88,18	Las Neblinas	Carlos Alberto Cruz Lopez	Natural	Parainema	Nueva Segovia	357.01
7	88,18	De La Finca Coffe Farm	Heberto Arturo Rivas/ De La Finca Coffe	Natural	Maragogype	Madriz	475.99
8	88,14	Un Regalo De Dios	Luis Alberto Balladarez Moncada	Natural	Maracaturra	Nueva Segovia	414.99
9	88,00	San Jose N° 1	Gloria Lydia Molina Sanchez	Natural	Maragogype	Matagalpa	666.01
10	88,00	Los Congos	Leyman Aaron Blandino Romero	Natural	Bourbon Rosado	Nueva Segovia	564.99
11	87,86	San Antonio	Michael Ramon Gunkel Mairena	Natural	Pacamara	Matagalpa	603.00
12	87,64	Los Altiplanos	Ricardo Cuadra Fajardo	Natural	Pacamara	Jinotega	616.01
13	87,55	Brisas Del Mogoton	Mauricio Antonio Jimenez Ferrufino	Natural	Geisha	Nueva Segovia	513.02
14	87,41	El Liquidambar	Sergio Antonio Gutierrez Zavala	Natural	Catuai Rojo	Nueva Segovia	353.00
15	87,23	La ´Picona	Martha Lucia Albir Sotomayor	Natural	Maracaturra	Nueva Segovia	426.00

COE Auction Results

Washed Processes

RANK	FARM / CWS	SCORE	WEIGHT (lb)	FINAL BID ($/lb)	TOTAL VALUE	COMPANY NAME
1A	La Esperanza	90,73	198.42lbs	$64.40/lb	$12778.25	K.V.N. IMPORT EXPORT (1991) CO., LTD.
1B	La Esperanza	90,73	158.73lbs	$66.00/lb	$10476.18	Coffee Me Up (Korea), TWO HANDS FULL (Indonesia)
2	Solidaridad	90,5	2,553.99lbs	$14.00/lb	$35755.86	Dabov Specialty Coffee, RYANS COFFEE, Roots by Earth, Savaya Coﬀee LLC, SUPREMO COFFEE, MOGIPOGROUND, Citric meets Malic, MAGE COFFEE, Smoky Shark Coffee
3	El Porvenir	90,45	511.01lbs	$27.10/lb	$13848.37	Brew92 Cafe & Roastery
4	Los Alpes	90,14	392.99lbs	$88.20/lb	$34661.72	BELCO SAS
5.	San Judas Tadeo	89,36	544lbs	$14.10/lb	$7670.40	MOMOS COFFEE
6	Los Granadilos	87,73	733.99lbs	$12.10/lb	$8881.28	honu加藤珈琲店株式会社
7	San Ramón	87,64	1,433lbs	$12.20/lb	$17482.60	Kaffebrenneriet as
8	Hugo Medina	87,59	272.99lbs	$12.20/lb	$3330.48	SHRUB COFFEE by Marukai
9	La Furiosa	87,41	720lbs	$12.10/lb	$8712.00	Loca Coffee (China) for BeamTimer治光师/少数派
10	El Porvenir	87,41	822.99lbs	$12.10/lb	$9958.18	Loca Coffee (China) for BeamTimer治光师/少数派
11	El Palacio	87,36	675lbs	$12.00/lb	$8100.00	Wataru & Co., Ltd.
12	El Poste	87,27	578lbs	$12.60/lb	$7282.80	Wataru & Co., Ltd.
13	Las Hortencias	87,14	527.01lbs	$10.10/lb	$5322.80	Wataru & Co., Ltd.
14	El Porvenir	87,09	728lbs	$12.20/lb	$8881.60	Brew92 Cafe & Roastery
15	Bella Aurora	87,05	1,384.99lbs	$9.00/lb	$12464.91	Wataru & Co., Ltd.

Natural & Honey

RANK	FARM / CWS	SCORE	WEIGHT (lb)	FINAL BID ($/lb)	TOTAL VALUE	COMPANY NAME
1A	Elite	91,77	264.55lbs	$54.80/lb	$14497.34	K.V.N. IMPORT EXPORT (1991) CO., LTD.
1B	Elite	91,77	231.45lbs	$56.10/lb	$12984.35	DECAMERON COFFEE十日谈
2	El Porvenir	90,59	1,036lbs	$20.30/lb	$21030.80	SHRUB COFFEE by Marukai
3	Buenos Aires	90,27	487lbs	$20.10/lb	$9788.70	0566 珈琲製作所/ 0566 COFFEE bid by Ecofarm Coffee (China)
4	Finca Paraiso	89,77	402.01lbs	$17.60/lb	$7075.38	Sarutahiko Coffee Inc.
5	El Guacalito	88,86	460.01lbs	$26.10/lb	$12006.26	Loca Coffee (China) for BeamTimer治光师/少数派
6	Las Neblinas	88,18	357.01lbs	$18.10/lb	$6461.88	MI Coffee Corporation
7	Delafincacoffee Farm	88,18	475.99lbs	$15.30/lb	$7282.65	Saerin co.,Ltd (MOGIPOGROUND)
8.	Un Regalo De Dios	88,14	414.99lbs	$20.00/lb	$8299.80	Solberg & Hansen As
9.	San Jose N° 1	88	666.01lbs	$12.00/lb	$7992.12	1895 by Lavazza
10	Los Congos	88	564.99lbs	$25.50/lb	$14407.25	CAMEL COFFEE CO.,LTD. (KALDI COFFEE FARM)
11	San Antonio	87,86	603lbs	$12.00/lb	$7236.00	Wataru & Co., Ltd.
12	Los Altiplanos	87,64	616.01lbs	$13.90/lb	$8562.54	Wataru & Co., Ltd.
13	Brisas Del Mogoton	87,55	513.02lbs	$25.60/lb	$13133.31	CHG（手多多咖啡）、Dream High梦想舍、有容乃大Small Arms Big Heart、中国武汉铜山里、titlecoffee、Valley Coffee Roasters（山谷咖啡）(Mainland China) bid by Ecofarm Coffee (China)
14	El Liquidambar	87,41	353lbs	$16.60/lb	$5859.80	Brew92 Cafe & Roastery
15	La Picona	87,23	426lbs	$12.10/lb	$5154.60	Dapper & Wise, Idle Hands Roasting Co, 不喝没味的水、MINDFO NIC

International Jury

Name	Compay	Country
Silvio Leite (Head Judge)	Agricafe	Brazil
Weiwei Ye	Yn Coffee	Usa/China
Zhiquan Dou	Mindfo	China
JORDAN DABOV	Dabov Specialty Coffee	Bulgaria
Nile Robbins	Proud Mary Coffee	Usa
Gabriele Limosani	Cimbali Group (Slayer Espresso Coffee Machines)	Usa
Jeff Kim	Coffee Me Up	Korea
Akikazu Ida	Sarutahiko Coffee Inc.	Japan
Joey dolin Dolin	Dapper & Wise	Usa
chuhan li	不喝没味的水	China
Brian Majewski	Cafe Kreyol	United States Of America
Hsintien Tsai	Pebble Coffee Co., Ltd	Taiwan
Herlintong Gutierrez	Café Don Aurelio	Nicaragua
Jasser Ruiz	Café Libre	Nicaragua
Junhao Li	Peet’S Coffee China	China
Sun Huang	Caravela Coffee	Taiwan
Tao Tao	Segafredo Selection	Germany

National Jury

Organizing Country Commissions

LOT NUMBER	FARM / CWS	SCORE	POUNDS (lb)	HIGHEST BID	TOTAL VALUE	COMISSION
1A	La Esperanza	90,73	198,42	$64,40	$12.778,25	$3.035,83
1B	La Esperanza	90,73	158,73	$66,00	$10.476,18	$2.492,06
2	Solidaridad	90,50	2553,99	$14,00	$35.755,86	$6.895,77
3	El Porvenir	90,45	511,01	$27,10	$13.848,37	$3.053,28
4	Los Alpes	90,14	392,99	$88,20	$34.661,72	$8.351,04
5	San Judas Tadeo	89,36	544,00	$14,10	$7.670,40	$1.482,40
6	Los Granadilos	87,73	733,99	$12,10	$8.881,28	$1.633,13
7	San Ramón	87,64	1433,00	$12,20	$17.482,60	$3.224,25
8	Hugo Medina	87,59	272,99	$12,20	$3.330,48	$614,23
9	La Furiosa	87,41	720,00	$12,10	$8.712,00	$1.602,00
10	El Porvenir	87,41	822,99	$12,10	$9.958,18	$1.831,15
11	El Palacio	87,36	675,00	$12,00	$8.100,00	$1.485,00
12	El Poste	87,27	578,00	$12,60	$7.282,80	$1.358,30
13	Las Hortencias	87,14	527,01	$10,10	$5.322,80	$909,09
14	El Porvenir	87,09	728,00	$12,20	$8.881,60	$1.638,00
15	Bella Aurora	87,05	1384,99	$9,00	$12.464,91	$2.077,49
1A	Elite	91,77	264,55	$54,80	$14.497,34	$3.412,70
1B	Elite	91,77	231,45	$56,10	$12.984,35	$3.060,93
2	El Porvenir	90,59	1036,00	$20,30	$21.030,80	$4.428,90
3	Buenos Aires	90,27	487,00	$20,10	$9.788,70	$2.057,58
4	Finca Paraiso	89,77	402,01	$17,60	$7.075,38	$1.447,24
5	El Guacalito	88,86	460,01	$26,10	$12.006,26	$2.633,56
6	Las Neblinas	88,18	357,01	$18,10	$6.461,88	$1.329,86
7	Delafincacoffee Farm	88,18	475,99	$15,30	$7.282,65	$1.439,87
8	Un Regalo De Dios	88,14	414,99	$20,00	$8.299,80	$1.742,96
9	San Jose N° 1	88,00	666,01	$12,00	$7.992,12	$1.465,22
10	Los Congos	88,00	564,99	$25,50	$14.407,25	$3.149,82
11	San Antonio	87,86	603,00	$12,00	$7.236,00	$1.326,60
12	Los Altiplanos	87,64	616,01	$13,90	$8.562,54	$1.647,83
13	Brisas Del Mogoton	87,55	513,02	$25,60	$13.133,31	$2.872,91
14	El Liquidambar	87,41	353,00	$16,60	$5.859,80	$1.182,55
15	La Picona	87,23	426,00	$12,10	$5.154,60	$947,85

		TOTALS:	20106,15 lb		$367.380,19	$75.829,38

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.

*The winning coffees have been selected and scored in blind cuppings. The winning farm and the specific coffee lot information is submitted by each farmer and is not known to the public until the awards ceremony. ACE assumes the farm information is correct and up to date but is not responsible should some information change before or after the auction. Bidders should assess the value of each coffee based on quality in the cup and its appropriateness for their company. Farm information is for educational purposes only but can be used to help sell the winning coffees.