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Best of Yemen 2021

Private Collection Auction with

Qima Coffee

Qima works directly with Yemeni growers and smallholder farmers across central and northern Yemen, creating equitable trade in cultivating and hand harvesting specialty coffee sourced from some of Yemen’s highest altitudes. As part of the multi-year partnership between Qima Coffee and the Alliance for Coffee Excellence (ACE), the two organizations have come together again to launch the third and largest installment of the Private Collection Auction series in Yemen; The Best of Yemen 2021.

Due to the unparalleled success of the partnership over the last several years, the size and reach of the auction has grown to serve over 3,000 smallholder farmers in Qima Coffee’s network. With the aim of scaling and maximizing the impact of the program, this year’s auction will expand beyond Qima’s farmer network and will be open to participation from any and all coffee farmers of Yemen. As such, the Best of Yemen 2021 auction will act to provide market access for Yemen’s coffee farmers on a national scale.

2021 Auction Results

Rank
Score
Farmer
Weight (lbs)
High Bid
Total Value
Company
1a
90.10
WADI SHAREEF
163
$101.01
$16,464.63
Global Bean Holding, UK / Aroma Group Thailand
1b
90.10
WADI SHAREEF
163
$101.03
$16,467.89
hiking bean, linka coffee, Café de espumar, KYC
2a
90.02
ALJIDAN XI
300
$75.50
$22,650.00
Blue Bottle Coffee
2b
90.02
ALJIDAN XI
300
$75.50
$22,650.00
Cypher Roastery LLC
3
90
YAHYA ALLAHABA
60
$207.50
$12,450.00
SHANGHAI COOWAY TRADING CO., LTD
4a
89.75
ALJIDAN
229
$61.50
$14,083.50
Orsir Coffee Co., Ltd.
4b
89.75
ALJIDAN
229
$62.00
$14,198.00
SUPREMO COFFEE & Proud Mary USA
5
89.55
ABDO ALQADAH
119
$91.00
$10,829.00
Overlap Roaster
6
89.05
HIMYAR SUBAIH
61
$155.00
$9,455.00
Bunista Roastery
7
88.77
HAYMA DAKHILIYA XI
500
$60.50
$30,250.00
Sulalat Coffee Trading
8
88.74
BAIT ALAL XI
455
$50.00
$22,750.00
Sarutahiko Coffee Inc.
9
88.73
ALI ALNAHIMI
129
$55.33
$7,137.57
Cut Hand Group (剁手咖啡群)
10
88.41
MUHAMMED KULAIB
135
$52.03
$7,024.05
colonna ltd
11
88.28
NABIL THABET
402
$44.50
$17,889.00
MARISSTELLA COFFEE, Bon Roastery, Sensory Artisan Group Limited
12
88.24
HAYMA DAKHILIYA XII
300
$150.50
$45,150.00
Curve Specialty coffee Roastery
13
88.11
BANI OFAIR XII
300
$46.50
$13,950.00
Cherry Beans Cafe & Roastery
14
88.07
ALHAYMA XI
500
$58.00
$29,000.00
Kafa Coffee
15
88.00
ABDO YAHYA
215
$46.50
$9,997.50
Intelligentsia
16
87.86
BAIT ALAL
312
$40.00
$12,480.00
Decameron coffee
17
87.82
AHMED KULAIB
65
$57.03
$3,706.95
1/10 Coffee Roaster, CO+咖啡豆仓
18
87.71
RUWAD COOPERATIVE
352
$38.50
$13,552.00
Cherry Beans Cafe & Roastery
19
87.66
GHAILAN SAAD
77
$52.40
$4,034.80
SHANGHAI COOWAY TRADING CO., LTD
20
87.55
BANI OFAIR
300
$43.50
$13,050.00
Sarutahiko Coffee Inc.
21
87.50
KHALID KULAIB
138
$41.50
$5,727.00
Brulerie du Quai
22
87.33
MOHAMMED AWAD
290
$36.50
$10,585.00
Curve Specialty coffee Roastery
Totals:
6094
$63.26/lb
$385,531.89

By pinpointing exceptional producers with the Private Collection program, ACE will curate auctions with organizations and farmers who best exemplify ACE’s standards with its Cup of Excellence programming and hopes to expand its reach with these curated auctions. 

To learn more about being on this jury, membership, and access to the Private Collection auctions, please reach out to ACE at [email protected]