Costa Rica 2023

Award-winning lots: 33, plus 3 national winners
Organised by: Alliance for Coffee Excellence

Results 33 lots · 29 farms

Rank	Note	Farm	Producer	Variety	Process	Region	Auction $/lb	Buyer
8th	89.58	Fcj Volcan Azul	Fernando Castro Jimenez	Geisha		VALLE OCCIDENTAL	17.10	GSC International Co., Ltd. GSC International Co., Ltd – South Korea
9th	89.50	Santa Teresa	ROGER UREÑA HIDALGO	Geisha		LOS SANTOS	16.00	Coffee Libre Coffee Libre – South Korea
15th	88.17	Don Darío – San Isidro Labrador	Johel Monge Naranjo	Geisha		LOS SANTOS	13.40	Xiamen Doowell Ocean Biotechnology Co., Ltd. Xiamen Doowell Ocean Biotechnology Co., Ltd. – China
16th	88.04	Don Joaquin	Jose Enrique Romero Chacon	Geisha		LOS SANTOS	13.50	Orsir International Co., Ltd., mindfo coffee Orsir International Co., Ltd. – Taiwan,Mindfo Coffee 海南惊探号咖啡
20th	87.92	Finca Toño	Bernabe Aguilera Gonzalez	San Roque		VALLE OCCIDENTAL	9.10	Wataru & Co., Ltd. Wataru & Co., Ltd. – Japan
30th	87.29	Don Egidio Rodriguez	Allan Rodriguez Vega	Geisha		VALLE OCCIDENTAL	9.10	OGAWA COFFEE Wataru for OGAWA COFFEE. – Japan
1a	91.08	El Cedro – San Isidro Labrador	Johel Monge Naranjo	Geisha	Honey	LOS SANTOS	60.50	VWI, Orsir Coffee – Taiwan Mindfo Orsir Coffee -Taiwan. Mindfo Coffee, VWI by CHADWANG
1b	91.08	El Cedro – San Isidro Labrador	Johel Monge Naranjo	Geisha	Honey	LOS SANTOS	60.60	DECAMERON COFFEE, FISHER COFFEE, CoffeeBuff, SHANGHAI CARMO TRADING CO., LTD Fisher coffee 啡舍 /playbeans喜豆豆咖啡烘焙 /DECAMERON COFFEE/青岛李想珈 /东方国际商业（集团）有限公司 /CHG (剁手咖啡群) – CoffeeBuff/ SHANGHAI CARMO TRADING CO., LTD (珈露梦咖啡). Wolfing Coffee
3a	90.85	Don Cayito	Luis Ricardo Calderon Madrigal	Geisha	Honey	LOS SANTOS	30.00	One to Two Coffee One to Two Coffee – Thailand
3b	90.85	Don Cayito	Luis Ricardo Calderon Madrigal	Geisha	Honey	LOS SANTOS	30.00	Coffee Me Up, Coffee Therapy, DNU COFFEE, Bean & Bean Coffee, jibbilittles coffee roasters Coffee Me Up (Korea), Coffee Therapy (Thailand), DNU COFFEE, Bean & Bean Coffee (New York) , jibbilittles coffee roasters
10th	89.38	CIPRESAL – FCJ VOLCAN AZUL	Fernando Castro Jimenez	Geisha	Honey	VALLE CENTRAL	16.00	Foosung Corporation, Olympia Graeco Egyptian Coffee, Raku Coffee Roaster Foosung Corporation. – South Korea, Olympia Graeco Egyptian Coffee (OGE Coffee) / Raku Coffee Roaster
12th	88.63	Pie San	Oscar Adolfo Monge Ureña.	Geisha	Honey	LOS SANTOS	15.10	NOZY COFFEE NOZY COFFEE – Japan
13th	88.58	Hacienda Copey – Itadaki	DAITO GIKEN COSTA RICA, S.A.	Geisha	Honey	LOS SANTOS	18.10	Brew92 Brew92 – Saudi Arabia
19th	87.96	SIN LIMITES	MARIBEL BARRANTES ZUñIGA	San Roque	Honey	VALLE OCCIDENTAL	16.50	Kyokuto Fadie Corporation Kyokuto Fadie Corporation – Japan
24th	87.75	El Burio	Luis Alberto Monge Ureña.	San Roque	Honey	LOS SANTOS	11.40	NOZY COFFEE NOZY COFFEE – Japan
2a	91.00	Finca Voo	SOLIS&CORDERO	Catuaí	Natural	LOS SANTOS	23.60	Nanjing Eco Farm Trading Co., Ltd., Lagooon Coffee, June’s Garden Coffee, TWO HANDS FULL Nanjing Eco Farm Trading Co., Ltd. – China, Lagooon Coffee百灵岛咖啡，June’s Garden Coffee北京六月花园咖啡，芦田家中岛英男，TWO HANDS FULL (Indonesia)
2b	91.00	Finca Voo	SOLIS&CORDERO	Catuaí	Natural	LOS SANTOS	24.70	Sulalat Coffee Trading Sulalat Coffee Trading – Saudi Arabia
6th	90.15	Hacienda Copey – Itadaki	DAITO GIKEN COSTA RICA, S.A.	Geisha	Natural	LOS SANTOS	26.00	REC COFFEE, TAOCA COFFEE, GESHARY COFFEE
7th	89.81	Las Nubes	Roberto Mata Naranjo	Geisha	Natural	LOS SANTOS	38.70	Sulalat Coffee Trading Sulalat Coffee Trading – Saudi Arabia
11th	88.67	Don Danilo	San Cristóbal del Llano	Geisha	Natural	VALLE OCCIDENTAL	13.60	Coffee Me Up, Coffee Therapy, DABOV Specialty Coffee Dabov Specialty Coffee, Coffee Me Up (Korea), Coffee Therapy (Thailand)
14th	88.25	GLORIANA	HEARTY COFFEE s a	San Roque	Natural	VALLE OCCIDENTAL	9.80	Terarosa terarosa – South Korea
17th	87.96	La Planada	Cesar Manuel Lopez Barrantes	San Roque	Natural	VALLE OCCIDENTAL	12.00	honu honu加藤珈琲店株式会社 – Japan
21st	87.92	SIN LIMITES CR7	JOSE JAIME CARDENAS ROJAS	San Roque	Natural	VALLE OCCIDENTAL	10.40	Wataru & Co., Ltd. Wataru & Co., Ltd. – Japan
22nd	87.83	FINCA LA ROCA	CAFETALERA EL NIDO	San Roque	Natural	PEREZ ZELEDON	10.30	Voila Coffee Wataru for Voila Coffee. – Japan
23rd	87.83	FINCA DAVID	MARIBEL BARRANTES ZUñIGA	San Roque	Natural	VALLE OCCIDENTAL	11.90	Wataru & Co., Ltd. Wataru & Co., Ltd. – Japan
26th	87.71	El Alto	Eugenio Portuguez Hernández	Villa Sarchi	Natural	PEREZ ZELEDON	10.10	mychem mychem – South Korea
27th	87.62	Don Eli	Jacob Montero Cordero	Geisha	Natural	LOS SANTOS	16.40	Cuppers of Korea Anthracite Five_C_CoffeeWorks AGCOFFEE Rough_Roasters O, Kam
4th	90.27	San Martín	Rodolfo Rivera Rodríguez	Geisha	Washed	LOS SANTOS	20.00	MOLLIF COFFEE MOLLIF COFFEE – South Korea
5th	90.19	El Chizo	Agrícola el Chizo	San Roque	Washed	VALLE OCCIDENTAL	12.00	Saerin Co., Ltd – South Korea Saerin co.,Ltd(MGPG) – South Korea
18th	87.96	Don Mayo Los Tucanes	Luis Pablo Bonilla Solis	Geisha	Washed	LOS SANTOS	15.30	Nanjing Eco Farm Trading Co., Ltd., TWO HANDS FULL, La Finca Nanjing Eco Farm Trading Co., Ltd. – China , La Finca领地，铜山里咖啡，珈琲豆专门店，乔治队长， TWO HANDS FULL (Indonesia)
25th	87.71	Don Joel	ALLAN OVIEDO RODRIGUEZ	San Roque	Washed	VALLE OCCIDENTAL	10.20	mychem mychem – South Korea
28th	87.37	Ladera Alessia	Jennifer Castro Barquero	San Roque	Washed	VALLE OCCIDENTAL	10.10	Wataru & Co., Ltd. Wataru & Co., Ltd. – Japan
29th	87.29	Fideluz	LUZ MARINA BARRANTES	San Roque	Washed	VALLE OCCIDENTAL	10.00	Wataru & Co., Ltd. Wataru & Co., Ltd. – Japan

National winners 3 lots · they scored between 85 and 87 and did not make the top ten of their category

Results

Note	Farm	Producer	Variety	Process	Region	Auction $/lb	Buyer
87.17	EL PACAYAL	JUAN CARLOS VALERIO QUESADA	San Roque		VALLE OCCIDENTAL	10.20	Brew92 Brew92 – Saudi Arabia
86.54	Finca Don Fernando	Michael Trejos Porras	Geisha		VALLE CENTRAL	7.20	Brew92 Brew92 – Saudi Arabia
87.08	Emanuel	JOSE JAIME CARDENAS ROJAS	San Roque	Honey	VALLE OCCIDENTAL	6.90	Orsir Coffee – Taiwan Mindfo Orsir Coffee – Taiwan Mindfo Coffee 海南惊探号咖啡

International jury 19 cuppers from 12 countries

Jesus Salazar · ACE, Mexico

Diana Hartmann · Latorre & Dutch Coffee Traders, Australia

Tom Janssen · OR Coffee Roasters, Belgium

Zhiquan Dou · Mindfo Coffee, China

Chengjun Lin · Mindfo Coffee, China

Rachel Han · Bean & Bean, United States (US)

Lee Heng Ye · Peet’s coffee, China

Sofia Seonmyeong Lee · Mayforest Inc., South Korea

Natti Tanteeraset · 1:2 Coffee Company, Thailand

Peter Jones · Idle Hands Roasting Co., United States (US)

Yu Murakoshi · Wataru & Co., Ltd., Japan

Jiyoon Han · Bean & Bean, USA

Dimitar Todorov · Tres Cabezas BERLINKAFFEE GmbH, Germany

Issei Terao · Wataru & Co., Ltd., Japan

Hyeonseok Lee · Coffee Montage, South Korea

Claudia Sans Witty · Cafés el Magnífico, Spain

Linzong Jiang · Hangzhou Superbeans, China

Victor Cadenas (National Cupper) · Black Gold, Costa Rica

Lucas Badilla (National Cupper) · Marespi, Costa Rica

National jury 11 cuppers from 0 countries

Leonel Seo · J&B Café International

Victor Cadenas · Black Gold Specialty Coffee

Lucas Badilla · MARESPI

Emilio Ureña · La Chumeca

Esdras Vega · ICAFE

Dennis Serrano · ICAFE

Martín Padilla · Coopelibertad R.L

Donny Chou · Musa Lab

Noel Arrieta · SF Bay Coffee

Francine Ramírez · Independent

Adrián Ramírez · Independent

Source: allianceforcoffeeexcellence.org/costa-rica-2023, read on September 8, 2026. The restricted-access data on that page is not collected.