Ecuador 2021

Cup of Excellence: These coffees have each been cupped a minimum of five different times during the cupping process. The winning lots are the top 30 coffees that scored above an 87 by the Cup of Excellence Global Coffee Centers.

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.

COE Auction: November 29th
NW Auction: November 22nd – December 3rd

Winning Farms*

RANK	SCORE	FARM	FARMER	REGION	VARIETY	PROCESS
1a	90.39	Arashi	Abel Salinas Pacheco	Loja	Typica Mejorado	Washed
1b	90.39	Arashi	Abel Salinas Pacheco	Loja	Typica Mejorado	Washed
2	90.21	El Aguacate	Pablo Andrés Eguiguren Calisto	Loja	Sydra	Natural
3a	90.07	Alaska Del Sur	Curt Jhonn Madisson	Loja	Typica Mejorado	Washed
3b	90.07	Alaska Del Sur	Curt Jhonn Madisson	Loja	Typica Mejorado	Washed
4	89.71	Santa Rita	José Milton Ajila Ajila	Loja	Typica Mejorado	Natural Anaerobic
5	89.68	Clara Luz	Servio Lennin Gonzalez Jiménez	Loja	Sydra	Natural Anaerobic
6	89.61	Yamba Mine	Diana Velez Rodriguez	Loja	Sydra	Natural
7	89.29	Casa Rumisitana	Wilma Peñaherrera Campaña	Pichincha	Typica Mejorado	Washed
8	89.11	Lugmapata	Roberto Vasconez	Chimborazo	Sydra	Honey
9	89	El Arenal	Magaly Portilla Zambrano	Loja	Gesha	Washed
10	88.39	Meridiano	Mario Jose Hervas	Pichincha	Typica Mejorado	Washed
11	88.39	Nuestra Señora De Guadalupe	Eladio Gonzalo Chamba Herrera	Loja	Caturra, Buorbon, Typica	Washed
12	88.39	El Mirador	Manuel Ignacio Sandoval Ulloa	Loja	Typica Mejorado	Washed
13	88.32	El Dorado	Choco Vilcamumdo Cia. Ltda.	Loja	Gesha	Washed
14	88.21	Habitat Forest Coffee	Mario Andres Andrade	Imbabura	Bourbon	Washed
15	87.79	Indera	Manuel Alberto Romero Sánchez	Loja	Gesha	Natural
16	87.75	Rancho Tio Emilio	Jose Emilio Gaibor Coloma	Pichincha	Sydra	Honey
17	87.68	Hcda. La Florida	Vitalino Demetrio Merino Carrión	Zamora	Caturra, Bourbon, Typica	Washed
18	87.64	El Pino	José William Abad Román	Zamora	Typica Mejorado	Washed
19	87.61	El Granjero	Miguel Enrique Sánchez Cevallos	Loja	Bourbon & Typica Mejorado	Washed
20	87.57	Santa Gertrudis	José Luis Eguiguren Pozo	Loja	Sydra	Honey
21	87.54	Chorora	Olinka Velez Rodriguez	Loja	Sydra	Honey
22	87.21	Terrazas del Pisque	Horcaf	Pichincha	Typica Mejorado	Honey
23	87.21	Maputo	Henry Arturo Gaibor Coloma	Pichincha	Typica Mejorado	Honey

National Winners*

Score	Farm	Farmer	Region	Process	Variety
86.86	Santa Rosa	Eduardo Ramiro Romo Rueda	Pichincha	Washed	Sydra
86.64	La Victoria	Angel Polivio Sandoval Torres	Loja	Washed	Typica Mejorado
86.54	Siempre Verde Farm	Ramiro Alejandro Granda Loza	Pichincha	Washed	Caturra & Typica Mejorado
86.43	Café Johann	Jhonatan Patricio Jumbo Vélez	Loja	Washed	Sydra & Typica
85.21	La Corazonada	Milton Rivadeneira	Imbabura	Washed	Castillo

International Jury

Name	Country	Company
Paul Songer	USA	COE
Yunson Lee	South Korea	Terarosa (Haksan Co.Ltd)
Minseon Kim	South Korea	Terarosa (Haksan Co.Ltd)
Marianne Ryan	Germany	19grams
Kim Buckle	Germany	19grams
Jeff Chean	USA	Groundwork
Philp Hand	USA	Groundwork
Joe Hsu	Taiwan	Orsir
Atin Lee	Taiwan	Orsir
Katsuhide Izaki	Japan	Honey Coffee
Yasuhide Izaki	Japan	Honey Coffee
Synøve Neseon	Norway	Kaffebrenneriet as
Ola Brattås	Norway	Kaffebrenneriet as
Juan Proaño	Ecuador	La Bruleria
Sara Contreras	Ecuador	Fresh and Sweet
Juan David Benavides	Ecuador	Bruwer

National Jury

Name	Company
Gianmarco Ginatta	Ruá Coffee
Juan Proaño	La Brulería
Esteban Salazar	Finca El Rosario
Johann Buenaño	Mi Coffee Institute
Juan Begue	Huma Coffee
Juan David Benavides	Bruhwer Coffee
Julissa Peña	Especialista Q Arábica Grader
María José Peña	Cafetería Duoterra
Denise Bustamente	Café Legrand
Sara Contreras	Fresh and Sweet Ecuador

Sponsors

Banco de Pichincha
CEFA ( Comité Europeo para la Formación y la Agricultura )
Fedex Express
Conquito
Universidad Ecotec
Ecotact
Grainpro
Yara
Universidad Espíritu Santo
Mesa Provincial del Café Loja
Prefectura de Loja
Prefectura de Guayas
Congope
Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca
Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería

*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.