El Salvador 2024

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

Washed + Honey 9 lots · 8 farms

Rank	Note	Farm	Producer	Variety	Process	Region	Auction $/lb	Buyer
2nd	91.02	Los Naranjos	David Velasquez Gomez	Geisha	Washed	Apaneca-Ilamatepec	20.20	DECAMERON COFFEE
7th	87.77	Plan Del Hoyo	Monserrate, S.A. De C.V.	Geisha	Washed	Apaneca-Ilamatepec	28.10	Prodigal Coffee
8th	87.14	San Luis De Los Recuerdos	Roberto Samuel Ulloa Rusconi	Geisha	Honey	Apaneca-Ilamatepec	13.60	Brew92
1A	92.00	La Bendicion	Ismael Recinos Flores	Pacamara	Honey	Alotepec-Metapan	31.60	Snow Beans Coffee, Bean & Bean Coffee, Cultivar Coffee Roasting Co., Ryans Coffee Roasters, GABEE COFFEE, Idle Hands Roasting Co. Snow Beans Coffee, Bean & Bean Coffee (NYC), Cultivar Coffee, Idle Hands Roasting. Co. RYANS COFFEE ROASTERS, GABEE COFFEE
1B	92.00	La Bendicion	Ismael Recinos Flores	Pacamara	Honey	Alotepec-Metapan	30.90	KALDI COFFEE FARM KALDI COFFEE FARM (CAMEL COFFEE CO.,LTD.)
3rd	90.09	Finca El Portezuelo	Rolando Melvi Huezo Escobar	Pacamara	Honey	Alotepec-Metapan	13.50	DABOV Specialty Coffee, Coffee Me Up
4th	89.50	La Montaña	Francisco Alexander Ochoa Romero	Pacamara	Honey	Alotepec-Metapan	13.20	Kawa Coffee, Brulerie du Quai
5th	89.18	San Antonio De Alejandria	Jose Elias Escobar Romero, S.A De C.V.	Pacamara	Honey	El Balsamo-Quezaltepeque	10.30	MI Coffee Corporation
6th	88.05	San Jose	[w] Terra Unlimited. S.A. De C.V.	Pacamara	Washed	Apaneca-Ilamatepec	10.60	CHG（手多多咖啡） Boqueron火萨 for CHG（手多多咖啡）

Natural 11 lots · 9 farms

Rank	Note	Farm	Producer	Variety	Process	Region	Auction $/lb	Buyer
1A	91.80	Los Morales	Henri Milton Morales Umaña	Geisha	Natural	Alotepec-Metapan	122.00	Angelino’s Coffee
1B	91.80	Los Morales	Henri Milton Morales Umaña	Geisha	Natural	Alotepec-Metapan	114.00	AL QAHWA AL ARABIAH
3rd	90.43	Campo Bello	Tre Inversiones, S.A. De C.V.	Geisha	Natural	Apaneca-Ilamatepec	16.60	karaz Albun
8th	88.14	Finca El Pital Coffee Estate, S.A. De C.V..	El Pital Coffee Estate, S.A. De C.V.	Geisha, Typica	Natural	Alotepec-Metapan	13.30	Saza Coffee
4th	89.34	Don Octavio	Jose Octavio Umaña Valdivieso	Pacamara	Natural	Alotepec-Metapan	12.80	Taresso Artisan Coffee Roasters
5th	88.95	Los Naranjos	David Velasquez Gomez	Pacamara	Natural	Apaneca-Ilamatepec	10.00	Brew92
9th	87.45	Holanda	Carlos Mauricio Alberto Escalon Pacas	Pacamara	Natural	Apaneca-Ilamatepec	11.10	Brew92
10th	87.27	El Angel	Carlos Alfredo Mendez Florez Cabezas	Pacamara	Natural	Apaneca-Ilamatepec	10.10	honu
2nd	91.45	El Angel	Rafael Gerardo Silva Esteves	SL28	Natural	Apaneca-Ilamatepec	36.10	Angelino’s Coffee
6th	88.30	Mirador	Roberto Samuel Ulloa Vilanova	SL28	Natural	Apaneca-Ilamatepec	11.00	AL QAHWA AL ARABIAH
7th	88.30	Plan Del Hoyo	Monserrate, S.A. De C.V.	SL28	Natural	Apaneca-Ilamatepec	13.00	TOB COFFEE, Zi Zi, Q Lab, Pual’s Way Coffee, Stolen Summer, Ugly Coffee TOB COFFEE( ARNIA LIMITED), Zi Zi, Q Lab, Pual’s Way Coffee, Stolen Summer and Ugly Coffee

Experimental 13 lots · 12 farms

Washed, honey, naturals processes that are differentiated from the traditional processing methods and/or have undergone an innovation at a stage of preparing the lot. Done with the purpose of developing complex or exotic flavors and

Rank	Note	Farm	Producer	Variety	Process	Region	Auction $/lb	Buyer
1A	91.09	Las Brumas	Juan Jose Ernesto Menendez Arguello	Bourbon, Pacamara	Natural	Apaneca-Ilamatepec	55.00	AL QAHWA AL ARABIAH
1B	91.09	Las Brumas	Juan Jose Ernesto Menendez Arguello	Bourbon, Pacamara	Natural	Apaneca-Ilamatepec	53.80	SHRUB COFFEE, Times Club
2nd	91.02	Finca Ethiopia	Sandra Xiomara Velasquez Moreno	Geisha	Natural	Apaneca-Ilamatepec	17.75	NOZY COFFEE
4th	90.23	Noruega	Los Naranjos Cafe, S.A. De C.V.	Geisha	Natural	Apaneca-Ilamatepec	10.20	Taresso Artisan Coffee Roasters
10th	88.02	El Izotal	Aserradero Y Venta De Madera El Pinar, S.A. De C-.V.	Geisha	Washed	Alotepec-Metapan	26.40	karaz Albun
3rd	90.45	Los Pirineos	[w] Agricafe, S.A. De C.V.	Pacamara	Natural	Tecapa Chinameca	9.60	Fadie Sasaguri Coffee Roastery
5th	88.68	La Perla	Walter Vladimir Pineda Rodriguez	Pacamara	Washed	Alotepec-Metapan	9.50	Fadie Sasaguri Coffee Roastery
8th	88.20	Puerto Arturo	[w] Karla Patricia Quiros De Moises	Pacamara	Natural	Apaneca-Ilamatepec	10.10	SHRUB COFFEE, Glams Coffee Roastery, BASE COFFEE, So Good Coffee, Coffee Roastery 101, Fourth dimension coffee, cafe tia’m coffee roaster Shrub Coffee, Glams Coffee Roastery, Base Coffee, So Good Coffee, Coffee Roastery 101, Fourth Dimension Coffee and cafetia′m coffee roaster by Marukai
9th	88.07	El Manantial	Noe Aquiles Chacon Murcia	Pacamara	Washed	Alotepec-Metapan	9.00	Wataru & Co., Ltd.
11th	87.91	Las Duanas	Enrique Mena Gutierrez	Pacamara	Washed	Alotepec – Metapan	8.60	Wataru & Co., Ltd.
12th	87.75	Finca El Pezote	Hugo Alfonso Pineda Rodriguez	Pacamara	Washed	Alotepec-Metapan	8.80	List + Beisler GmbH List & Beisler
6th	88.32	Las Delicias	Cafescal, S. A. De C. V.	SL28	Honey	Apaneca-Ilamatepec	12.75	Wataru & Co., Ltd.
7th	88.32	El Angel	[w] Rafael Gerardo Silva Esteves	SL28	Natural	Apaneca-Ilamatepec	12.70	OONEX Boqueron火萨 for OONEX / 不精品咖啡协会 / 捌比特咖啡

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

Natural

Rank	Note	Farm	Producer	Variety	Process	Region	Auction $/lb	Buyer
NW	86.95	Finca Ethiopia	Sandra Xiomara Velasquez Moreno	Bourbon	Natural	Apaneca-Ilamatepec	5.10	NOZY COFFEE
NW	85.86	La Esperanza	[w] Inversiones Santonano, S.A. De C.V.	SL28	Natural	Apaneca-Ilamatepec	5.00	karaz Albun

Experimental

Rank	Note	Farm	Producer	Variety	Process	Region	Auction $/lb	Buyer
NW	87.36	Helvetia	Carmen Elena Calderon Sol De Escalon	Pacamara	Honey	Apaneca-Ilamatepec	5.10	Wataru & Co., Ltd.

International jury 18 cuppers from 10 countries

Ipsae · DNU coffee, South Korea

(Joy) yu chiao · Joy Coffee & Cacao, Taiwan

Jordan · DABOV Specialty Coffee, Bulgaria

Yuki · Shrub Coffee, Japan

James · Combs Coffee, USA

Vasilis · Taresso Artisan Coffee Roasters, Greece

Jonathan · Cultivar Coffees, USA

Yuko · TIMESCLUB.INC, Japan

Jiyoon · Bean and Bean Coffee, USA

Nara · Snow Beans Coffee, JAPAN

Angus/ Ihsuan · StillCoffee, China

Yoshimi · Shrub Coffee, Japan

Naoto · Wataru & Co., Ltd., Japan

Yui · Ugly Coffee, New Zealand

DAEHYEON · PAULSWAYCOFFEE, SOUTH KOREA

SUNG HWAN · ZIZIQUE COFFEE LAB, SOUTH KOREA

Erwin · COE – Executive Director, USA

Stephen · COE – Head Judge, USA

National jury 12 cuppers from 0 countries

Mario Salinas Mojica · Pirómano Coffee

David Enrique Rivera Cartagena · BORGONOVO POHL

Oscar Alberto Machuca · Independiente

Marjorie Canjura · Espressiva

Andreas F Giron Dalmas · Highland Coffee

Alex Botto · Independiente

Francis Rafael López · COOPERATIVA CUZCACHAPA

Josselyn María Albanez González · Santein Café

Manuel Vindel · ISC

Gabriela Flores · Belco

Mario Roberto Martínez Umaña · Propio

Jorge Luis Arevalo Artero · Agrícola San Agustín S.A DE C.V

Source: allianceforcoffeeexcellence.org/el-salvador-2024, read on September 7, 2026. The restricted-access data on that page is not collected.