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2020 Costa Rica COE Excellence Cup ranking released when will Costa Rica COE auction

Published: 2025-08-21 Author: World Gafei
Last Updated: 2025/08/21, Trophy of Excellence Competition: thanks to COVID-19, the Cup of Excellence match in Costa Rica is completed through the following process of blind testing of designated coffee: pre-selection stage: may 20-23 times with 9-week national judges in San Jose, Costa Rica Irving Mierisch as chief referee and Victor Cadena as alternate referee. Country phase: June 2, 2nd-5

Trophy of Excellence Competition: as a result of COVID-19, the Costa Rican Competition of Excellence is completed in the following ways, blind testing of the specified coffee through the following process:

Primary stage: may 20-23 with 9-week national judges in San Jose, Costa Rica Irving Mierisch as chief referee and Victor Cadena as alternate referee.

National phase: June 2 2nd-5th with 9 weeks of national judges in San Jose, Costa Rica Irving Mierisch as chief referee and Victor Cadena as alternate referee.

International phase: complete laboratories around the world with Kentaro Maruyama, Miyoko Watanabe, Shinji Sekine,Mitsunori Shono,Yunson Lee,Minseon Kim,Will Young,Adam Matheson,Thomas Pulpan,Synove Neseon,Darrin Daniel,Erin Wang and Alex Pond on different dates.

Trophy of Excellence auction: the winner is the top 30 coffee with a score of more than 87 points by the international jury of the Excellence Award. During the cup test, fill these cups at least five times. The coffee is packed in a 30kg box, which contains two 15kg vacuum bags.

National winner auction: the coffee in the national winner batch is the coffee scored more than 85 points by the international jury of the International Excellence Cup during the International week. During the cup test, fill these cups at least five times.

COE auction: August 5th

NW auction: August 3-21

RANK

FARM

FARMER

REGION

SCORE

VARIETY

PROCESS

1a

Don Mayo La Loma

Josue Bonilla Solis

Tarraz ú

90.27

Gesha

Honey

1b

Don Mayo La Loma

Josue Bonilla Solis

Tarraz ú

90.27

Gesha

Honey

2a

El Cedro

Johel Monge Naranjo

Tarraz ú

90.14

Typica

Honey

2b

El Cedro

Johel Monge Naranjo

Tarraz ú

90.14

Typica

Honey

3

Don Cayito

Luis Ricardo Calderon Madrigal

Tarraz ú

89.55

Gesha

Washed

4

FCJ Volcan Azul El Cedro

Fernando Castro Jimenez

Occidente

89.18

SL 28

Anaerobic

5

Santa Teresa

Roger Ure ñ a Hidalgo

Tarraz ú

89.14

Gesha

Natural

6

Finca Ines

Cooperativa Agra í cola Industrial R.L

Occidente

88.66

Gesha

Natural

7

Emanuel

Jose Jaime Cardenas Rojas

Occidente

88.59

KENYA

Natural

eight

Finca Tacacal

Erasmo Aguilera Gonzalez

Occidente

88.57

Gesha M2

Honey

nine

Agua y Manto

Ivá n Daniel Gutierrez Ure ñ a

Tarraz ú

88.55

Gesha

Honey

ten

La Isla

Jim é nez y Padilla Sociedad an í nima

Occidente

88.50

Kenia SL28

Honey

eleven

Finca Licho

Bernabe Aguilera Gonzalez

Occidente

88.23

San Roque

Anaerobic

twelve

Volcan Azul Cipresal

Fernando Castro Jimenez

Occidente

88.00

Gesha

Anaerobic

thirteen

Finca Dagoberto

Dagoberto Aguilera Gonz á les

Occidente

87.95

KENYA SL28

Honey

fourteen

Sin Limites

Maybel Barrantes Zu ñ iga

Occidente

87.86

Kenia

Anaerobic

fifteen

Quebrada Grande

Mar í a Lizeth Calder ó n Castillo

Tarraz ú

87.82

KENYA SL28

Washed

sixteen

Finca La Ladera

Francisco Alejandro Mena Vilchez

Occidente

87.77

San Roque

Washed

seventeen

Finca Chispita

Carlos Eduardo Barrantes Z ú ñ iga

Occidente

87.73

Kenya

Honey

eighteen

Do ñ a Clemencia

Juan Ramon Alvarado Rodrigues

Central

87.64

Gesha

Anaerobic

nineteen

Los Manantiales

Alturas de Lourdes P.D.E. S.A.

Occidente

87.59

San Roque.

Washed

twenty

La Cumbre

Hearty Coffee Sociedad

Occidente

87.50

San Roque Kenia

Washed

twenty-one

Don Jose

Juan Ramon Alvarado Rodrigues

Tarraz ú

87.36

Gesha

Natural

twenty-three

Hacienda Colima

Alejo Castro Kahle

Central

87.32

Typica

Anaerobic

twenty-two

Don Mayo Bellavista

Josue Bonilla Solis

Tarraz ú

87.32

Catuai rojo

Anaerobic

twenty-four

La Mesa

Luis Enrique Navarro Granados

Tarraz ú

87.25

Typica

Honey

twenty-five

La Cuesta-Finca Zapote

Marlene Brenes Morera

Occidente

87.23

PACAMARA-ANACAFE 14

Honey

twenty-six

Hacienda Colima Alto

Alejo Castro Kahle

Central

87.05

Gesha

Honey

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