El Salvador 2018

Award-winning lots: 42
Organised by: Alliance for Coffee Excellence

Results 42 lots · 36 farms

Rank	Note	Farm	Producer	Variety	Process	Region	Auction $/lb	Buyer
1a	91.80	LA CUMBRE	MARGARITA LUCIA DIAZ DE LOPEZ	Geisha	Natural	SANTA ANA, APANECA-ILAMATEPEC	55.10	Maruyama Coffee, Good Boy Bob, Sarutahiko Coffee Inc. Maruyama Coffee (Japan), Good Boy Bob Coffee (U.S.A), Sarutahiko Coffee (Japan)
1b	91.80	LA CUMBRE	MARGARITA LUCIA DIAZ DE LOPEZ	Geisha	Natural	SANTA ANA, APANECA-ILAMATEPEC	55.10	HoneyCoffee HoneyCoffee (Izaki Coffee Co. Ltd)
2a	91.60	EL MANZANO	MARGARITA LUCIA DIAZ DE LOPEZ	Geisha	Natural	SANTA ANA, APANECA-ILAMATEPEC	37.20	Haru International Corporation
2b	91.60	EL MANZANO	MARGARITA LUCIA DIAZ DE LOPEZ	Geisha	Natural	SANTA ANA, APANECA-ILAMATEPEC	37.30	Lowkey Coffee lowkeycoffee (coffeejumbbang)
3a	90.57	SANTA ROSA	J. RAUL RIVERA S.A. DE C.V.	Pacamara	Honey	CHALATENANGO, ALOTEPEC-METAPAN	31.80	Haru International Corporation
3b	90.57	SANTA ROSA	J. RAUL RIVERA S.A. DE C.V.	Pacamara	Honey	CHALATENANGO, ALOTEPEC-METAPAN	31.80	ROKUMEI COFFEE CO. WATARU for ROKUMEI COFFEE CO.
4a	90.00	Mileydi	EVER LEONEL DIAZ PEREZ	Pacamara	Washed	CHALATENANGO, ALOTEPEC-METAPAN	12.82	Dongjin TRADING
4b	90.00	Mileydi	EVER LEONEL DIAZ PEREZ	Pacamara	Washed	CHALATENANGO, ALOTEPEC-METAPAN	12.90	Ipsento Ipsento Coffee
5th	89.40	SAN JOSE 1	MONTANA ESTATES, S.A. DE C.V.	Geisha	Natural	SONSONATE, APANECA-ILAMATEPEC	20.30	Campos Coffee
6th	89.33	SANTA ROSA	AGRICAFE, S.A. DE C.V.	Pacamara	Honey	USULUTAN, TECAPA CHINAMECA	15.50	coffee lusso, Uchida Coffee, Sugi Coffee Roasting, Maruyama Coffee LUSSO(CK CO.) (Korea), Uchida Coffee (Japan), Sugi Coffee Roasting (Japan), Maruyama Coffee (Japan)
7th	89.23	NUEVA GRANADA / HAMBURGO	Roberto Huezo / Gloria Rodriguez		Honey	AHUACHAPAN, APANECA-ILAMATEPEC	33.40	Terarosa Terarosa (Haksan Co.Ltd)
8th	89.03	El Topacio	MARIA ELENA AVILA DE MUYSHONDT	Pacamara	Natural	SONSONATE, APANECA-ILAMATEPEC	12.11	Campos Coffee
9th	89.00	LA FINCONA	J. RAUL RIVERA S.A. DE C.V.	Pacamara	Washed	CHALATENANGO, ALOTEPEC-METAPAN	15.40	Wataru & Co., Ltd.
10th	88.50	EL CONRRODAL	JOSE ARMANDO PORTILLO PERAZA	Pacamara	Honey	CHALATENANGO, ALOTEPEC-METAPAN	8.40	MI Coffee Corporation
11th	88.07	DIVINA PROVIDENCIA TABLON EL CARMEN	ROBERTO SAMUEL ULLOA VILANOVA	SL28	Honey	SANTA ANA, APANECA-ILAMATEPEC	16.20	Campos Coffee
12th	88.03	LA TRILLA	SANTOS ARNULFO DIAZ DIAZ	Pacamara	Honey	CHALATENANGO, ALOTEPEC-METAPAN	8.60	UCC UESHIMA COFFEE CO., LTD
13th	88.00	SAN JOSE 2	MONTANA ESTATES, S.A. DE C.V.	Pacamara	Washed	SONSONATE, APANECA-ILAMATEPEC	7.00	Mercanta The Coffee Hunters, Dark Woods Mercanta The Coffee Hunters and Dark Woods Coffee (UK)
14th	87.90	CAYAGUANCA	J. RAUL RIVERA S.A. DE C.V.	Pacamara	Natural	CHALATENANGO, ALOTEPEC-METAPAN	14.90	Brew92 Cafe & Roastery
15th	87.80	Las Palmas	AGRICAFE, S.A. DE C.V.	Bourbon, Pacas	Washed	USULUTAN, TECAPA CHINAMECA	7.50	Campos Coffee
16th	87.53	LA MONTAÑITA	ANTONIO RENE AGUILAR LEMUS	Pacamara	Honey	CHALATENANGO, ALOTEPEC-METAPAN	7.10	GSC International Co., Ltd. GSC International Co., Ltd. / Shanghai Borong International Trading Co., Ltd – China
17th	87.40	EL OPTIMISMO	LUCIA MARTINEZ DE ZEPEDA	Bourbon	Washed	USULUTAN, TECAPA CHINAMECA	7.00	Some Fusion
18th	87.33	LA CONCORDIA	AGROPECUARIA LA CONCORDIA, S.A. DE C.V.	Bourbon	Washed	LA LIBERTAD, EL BALSAMO-QUEZALTEPEQUE	7.00	Kaffebrenneriet as
19th	87.27	LA GUATUZA	AGRICAFE, S.A. DE C.V.	Pacas	Washed	USULUTAN, TECAPA CHINAMECA	9.40	Terarosa Terarosa (Haksan Co.Ltd)
20th	87.17	MILAGRO EL CERRO	ATILIO ZEPEDA MAGAÑA	Pacamara	Honey	AHUACHAPAN, APANECA-ILAMATEPEC	7.60	Coffee Me Up, Cupper’s High Coffee Company Coffee Me Up (Korea), Cupper’s High
21st	87.17	SAN EMILIO	GOLAGRI, S.A. DE C.V.	Bourbon	Washed	LA LIBERTAD, EL BALSAMO-QUEZALTEPEQUE	13.00	Blossom Valley Intl
22nd	87.13	Los Pirineos	AGRICAFE, S.A. DE C.V.	Pacamara	Honey	USULUTAN, TECAPA CHINAMECA	7.50	Wataru & Co., Ltd.
23rd	87.07	BUENA FE	JORGE ALBERTO RECINOS RODRIGUEZ	Pacamara	Honey	CHALATENANGO, ALOTEPEC-METAPAN	8.30	Kyokuto Fadie Corporation
24th	86.97	LA CUMBRE	AGRICAFE, S.A. DE C.V.	Bourbon	Washed	USULUTAN, TECAPA CHINAMECA	6.90	Wataru & Co., Ltd.
25th	86.93	LOS ROBLES	HECTOR MANUEL VELASQUEZ GUZMAN	Pacamara	Washed	SAN SALVADOR, ALOTEPEC-METAPAN	7.10	Kyokuto Fadie Corporation
26th	86.93	PEÑA REDONDA	CARLOS MAURICIO LEMUS LANDAVERDE	Pacamara	Honey	CHALATENANGO, EL BALSAMO-QUEZALTEPEQUE	6.90	Honu Kato Coffee Inc.
27th	86.90	LAS DELICIAS	CAFINO, S.A. DE C.V.	Pacamara, SL28	Natural	SANTA ANA, APANECA-ILAMATEPEC	7.00	Sulalat Coffee Trading
28th	86.80	LOS TRES POTROS	NORA SILVIA CABEZAS DE MENDEZ	Pacamara	Natural	AHUACHAPAN, APANECA-ILAMATEPEC	7.71	19grams / Tres Cabezas, List + Beisler GmbH, Hamburg TRES CABEZAS GmbH Berlin, List & Beisler GmbH, Hamburg
29th	86.67	ESQUIPULAS	FERNANDO LIMA Y COMPAÑIA	Bourbon	Washed	SANTA ANA, APANECA-ILAMATEPEC	7.00	Wataru & Co., Ltd.
30th	86.47	LA GUACHOCA	EXPORTADORA PACAS MARTINEZ, S.A. DE C.V.	Red Bourbon	Natural	SANTA ANA, APANECA-ILAMATEPEC	6.80	Honu Kato Coffee Inc.
31st	86.43	Colombia	RAFAEL GERARDO CACERES CHAVEZ	Pacamara	Natural	SANTA ANA, APANECA-ILAMATEPEC	7.40	Mokka Specialty Coffee
32nd	86.40	Finca Las Laderas	ZAPOTAL, SOCIEDAD ANONIMA DE CAPITAL VARIABLE.	Pacamara	Washed	SANTA ANA, APANECA-ILAMATEPEC	6.90	Wataru & Co., Ltd.
33rd	86.37	NAZARETH	MARIO ERNESTO ACOSTA OERTEL	Bourbon	Natural	AHUACHAPAN, APANECA-ILAMATEPEC	7.00	Jubean Coffee
34th	86.37	LA DALIA	CARLOS ROBERTO JESUS DE PRAGA GUILLEN CHACON	Pacamara	Natural	AHUACHAPAN, APANECA-ILAMATEPEC	6.90	Honu Kato Coffee Inc.
35th	86.37	ATZUMPA	ANDRES ARTURO ACOSTA RODRIGUEZ	Bourbon	Natural	AHUACHAPAN, APANECA-ILAMATEPEC	6.90	Wataru & Co., Ltd.
36th	86.33	LA ESMERALDA 1	OSCAR ROBERTO MURGAS LINARES	Pacamara	Honey	AHUACHAPAN, APANECA-ILAMATEPEC	6.80	Honu Kato Coffee Inc.
37th	86.23	HIMALAYA	MAURICIO ARTURO SALAVERRIA CACERES	Maragogipe, Pacamara	Natural	AHUACHAPAN, APANECA-ILAMATEPEC	7.30	Wataru & Co., Ltd.
38th	86.10	SAN CARLOS II/EL CORO	ASOCIACION COOPERATIVA DE PRODUCCION AGROPECUARIA SAN CARLOS DOS DE R.L.	Pacamara	Honey	MORAZAN, CACAHUATIQUE	7.20	NIPPON COFFEE TRADING CO., LTD. Nippon Coffee Trading

International jury 22 cuppers from 15 countries

John Moore · COE, USA

Bryan, Tin Lok WU · Raku Limited, Hong Kong

Danny Pang · Barista’s Craft, Singapore

Ernie Chen · Travis trading international Co.,Ltd, Taiwan

Jane Cho · Lowkey coffee, Korea, Republic of

Joe Hsu · Orsir Coffee Co., Ltd., Taiwan

Katsuhide Izaki · HoneyCoffee (Izaki Coffee Co. Ltd), Japan

Min Seon Kim · Terarosa (Haksan Co.Ltd), South Korea

Takahiro Inoue · Wataru & Co., Ltd., Japan

Karlheinz Rieser · COFFEE STAR, Germany

Katalina Shkola · Kafema, Russian Federation

Tim Taylor · Ipsento Coffee, United States (US)

Eleane Mierisch · Fincas Mierisch, Nicaragua

Jamie Djambazov · Campos Coffee, Australia

Gerardo Diaz · Consultant, El Salvador

Mario Escobar Polanco · Consejo Salvadoreño Del Café, El Salvador

Celso Peñate · Sociedad Cooperativa de Cafetaleros Los Ausoles de R.L., El Salvador

Koji Ida · ROCOCO, Japan

Harris Nash · Ipsento, United States of America

Neil Jen-An Lin · Taiwan Coffee Laboratory, Taiwan

Markus Glaubitz · 24grad Kaffeeroesterei, Germany

William Wong · Some Cafe, China

National jury 14 cuppers from 0 countries

Andreas Girón. (Certificado “Q” Arábica) · Independiente

Celso Peñate · Soc. Coop. Los Ausoles

Cristian Alexander Arevalo · Tejemet, S.A. de C.V.

Daniel Arévalo. · Industrias San Agustín

David Enrique Recinos · Cafés Especiales de El Salvador

Gerardo Díaz · Independiente

Jorge Eduardo Pacas · Independiente

Juan Manuel Sánchez Silvestre · Independiente

Manuel Vindél (Certificado “Q” Arábica) · CSC

Mario Escobar Polanco. (Certificado “Q” Arábica) · CSC

Mario Páiz. · Soc. Coop. La Majada

Osmany Landaverde. (Certificado “Q” Arábica) · J.J. Borja Nathan

Rodrigo Giammattei · Café Caté

Wilfredo Marquez · Cooperativa San Carlos Dos de R.L.

Source: allianceforcoffeeexcellence.org/el-salvador-2018, read on October 3, 2026. The restricted-access data on that page is not collected.