Guatemala 2018

Award-winning lots: 37, plus 4 national winners
Organised by: Alliance for Coffee Excellence

Results 37 lots · 34 farms

Rank	Note	Farm	Producer	Variety	Process	Region	Auction $/lb	Buyer
1a	90.73	La Reforma Y Anexos	La Reforma y Asociados, S.A.	Geisha	Washed	Huehuetenango, Cuilco	55.60	Maruyama Coffee, Sarutahiko Coffee Inc., COFFEE A GO!, Mesh Coffee, Orsir Coffee Maruyama Coffee(Japan), Sarutahiko Coffee(Japan), Coffee A Go! Go!(Japan), Mesh Coffee(South Korea), Orsir Coffee(Taiwan)
1b	90.73	La Reforma Y Anexos	La Reforma y Asociados, S.A.	Geisha	Washed	Huehuetenango, Cuilco	60.00	BREW, BREAD COFFEE ROASTER
2a	90.70	El Zapote Y Anexos	Perez Perez, Wilfrido Hernán	Geisha	Washed	Huehuetenango, Cuilco	24.20	ECOM Japan Ecom Japan Limited
2b	90.70	El Zapote Y Anexos	Perez Perez, Wilfrido Hernán	Geisha	Washed	Huehuetenango, Cuilco	24.50	Orsir Coffee Orsir Coffee Co., Ltd.
3a	90.53	El Morito II	Monterroso Pineda José Roberto	Pacamara	Washed	Jalapa, Mataquescuintla	25.20	Coffee Libre, EL CAFE coffee roasters
3b	90.53	El Morito II	Monterroso Pineda José Roberto	Pacamara	Washed	Jalapa, Mataquescuintla	25.30	HAYDEN
4th	89.97	La Soledad y Anexo	Perez Melendez, Henio Raúl	Geisha	Washed	Chimaltenango, Acatenango	15.10	Momos Coffee, BLACKUPCOFFEE, IN EARTH COFFEE, Mavis & Co., VENUS COFFEE, Intelligentsia MOMOS COFFEE, BLACKUP COFFEE, IN EARTH COFFEE, MAVIS COFFEE, VUENUS COFFEE, Intelligentsia Coffee(U.S.A.)
5th	89.80	Rio Dorado	Monterroso Pineda José Roberto	Pacamara	Natural	Jalapa, Mataquescuintla	15.30	Campos Coffee
6th	89.67	El Morito I	Monterroso Pineda José Roberto	Pacamara	Washed	Jalapa, Mataquescuintla	16.01	Coffee Libre
7th	89.27	Plan De La Vega	Argueta Herrera, Erwin Humberto	Bourbon, Caturra, Pache	Washed	Huehuetenango, Unión Cantinil	12.10	THE DRIP CO., LTD.
8th	89.23	Los Aguacatones	De La Peña Illescas, Rosa María	Bourbon, Catuaí, Caturra, Villa Sarchi	Washed	Huehuetenango, Huehuetenango	12.10	UCC UESHIMA COFFEE CO., LTD
9th	88.87	Villaure	Villatoro Castillo, Aurelio	Pacamara	Washed	Huehuetenango, Cuilco	13.20	Terarosa Terarosa (Haksan Co.Ltd)
10th	88.50	El Socorro	Cercol, S.A.	Pacamara	Washed	Guatemala, Palencia	10.29	TOA COFFEE TOA COFFEE Co.,Ltd.
11th	87.83	Chualax	Agrocomercial Santa Felisa, S.A.	Geisha	Natural	Chimaltenango, Acatenango	21.99	Campos Coffee
12th	87.80	Los Cimientos	Morán Solares, Julio Roberto	Bourbon	Honey	Santa Rosa , Casillas	9.40	Latorre&Dutch, FISHER COFFEE Fisher Coffee / Latorre & Dutch Coffee
13th	87.77	Linda Vista	Valladares Rodriguez, Inmer Abel	Geisha	Honey	Jalapa, Monjas	12.50	Blossom Valley Intl, The Few Coffee BLOSSOM VALLEY INTL. / THE FEW COFFEE & GOODS
14th	87.73	Las Macadamias	Las Macadamias, S.A.	Pacamara	Washed	Huehuetenango, La Libertad	12.50	Cuppers Cooperative, Sewoong GC, AG COFFEE, GLEAM, The good-day, LabCNC Cuppers Cooperative, Sewoong GC, AG COFFEE, GLEAM, The Good Day, LabCNC, CAFE Q
15th	87.63	Guatalon	Juarez Solares, Guillermo Antonio	Maragogipe, Pacamara	Washed	Santa Rosa, Santa Rosa de Lima	12.10	Kyokuto Fadie Corporation
16th	87.57	Jauja y Anexos	Operadora Santa Clara, S.A.	Pacamara	Washed	Sacatepequez, Antigua Guatemala	10.20	Wataru & Co., Ltd.
17th	87.43	El Limonar	Ovalle Mont, Rosa María	Pacamara	Natural	Huehuetenango, La Libertad	15.10	Bailies Coffee Company
18th	87.33	El Zapote	Melendez Perez, Julio Roberto	Geisha	Washed	Chimaltenango, Acatenango	10.11	Ryans Coffee Roasters, Coffee lab Ryans Coffee Roasters / Sims Coffee Lab
19th	87.23	Calahute Alto	Café Don Alfonso, S.A	Maragogipe, Pacamara	Washed	Huehuetenango, La Democracia	8.60	Wataru & Co., Ltd.
20th	87.23	El Libano	Perez Liquidano, Herbert Estuardo	Geisha	Washed	Chimaltenango, Acatenango	12.40	MI Coffee Corporation
21st	87.20	Rio Arriba	Cercol, S.A.	Maracaturra	Honey	Guatemala, Palencia	15.60	Linking Coffee Co., Ltd.
22nd	87.17	La Esperanza	Villatoro Castillo, Pedro	Bourbon	Washed	Huehuetenango, La Libertad	8.15	Wataru & Co., Ltd.
23rd	87.17	San Antonio De Esquipulas Y Anexo	Corporación Mil, S.A.	Catuaí	Washed	Huehuetenango, La Democracia	10.51	Jungle Coffee Roasters Jungle Coffee Roasters (THE JUNGLE Co.,Ltd.)
24th	87.07	Santa Clara	Operadora Santa Clara, S.A.	Geisha	Washed	Sacatepequez, Antigua Guatemala	11.10	Wataru & Co., Ltd.
25th	86.67	San Guayaba	Cercol, S.A.	Pacamara	Natural	Guatemala, Palencia	15.40	Brew92 Cafe & Roastery
26th	86.57	El Porvenir	Mooney Del Carmen, Joseph Daniel	Caturra	Washed	Chimaltenango, Chimaltenango	8.00	Honu Kato Coffee Inc.
27th	86.53	LA HERMOSA	Perez Ríos, Max Fernando	Geisha, Pacamara	Natural	Chimaltenango, Acatenango	12.10	Linking Coffee Co., Ltd.
28th	86.40	San Rafael Urias Valdes	Felix Valdés Q. y Hnas. Sucesores	Bourbon	Washed	Sacatepequez, Ciudad Vieja	9.55	Mercanta The Coffee Hunters, Artisan Roast Scotland, Origin Coffee Roasting South Africa
29th	86.17	San Agustin Las Cañas	Operadora Santa Clara, S.A.	Bourbon	Washed	Sacatepequez, Antigua Guatemala	12.10	Kyokuto Fadie Corporation
30th	86.17	El Muro	Valladares Rodriguez, Inmer Abel	Geisha	Honey	Jalapa, Monjas	10.40	Linking Coffee Co., Ltd.
31st	86.13	El Injerto I	El Injerto, S.A.	Pacamara	Natural	Huehuetenango, La Libertad	15.10	Sulalat Coffee Trading
32nd	86.13	ANTIGUA BUENA VISTA Y ANEXOS	Entre Caminos, S.A.	Geisha	Washed	Sacatepequez, Jocotenango	12.10	Alpha Coffee & Tea.
33rd	86.13	La Montañita	Gonzalez Morales, José Humberto	Catuaí	Washed	Jalapa, Mataquescuintla	7.65	Wataru & Co., Ltd.
34th	86.10	Santa Cecilia y Anexos	Castillo Herrera, Mariano	Bourbon, Catuaí, Caturra	Washed	Huehuetenango, San Pedro Necta	7.80	BREW, BREAD COFFEE ROASTER

National winners 4 lots · they scored between 85 and 87 and did not make the top ten of their category

Results

Rank	Note	Farm	Producer	Variety	Process	Region	Auction $/lb	Buyer
37th	85.57	Santa Sofia	Pablo Ferrigno	Catimor, Caturra, Typica	Washed	Alta Verapaz, Tactic	5.00	Wataru & Co., Ltd.
38th	84.93	La Villa	Alberto Reyes	Catimor	Washed	Guatemala, Palencia	4.70	cafe DAZAC, Coffee Sallim Factory, Juk-dong Cafe D, Crema Costa, Beanstore, Eungubiro Roasters
39th	84.93	Flor Del Cafe	ADONY OSVALDO, PEREZ RAMIREZ	Maragogipe	Honey	Huehuetenango, Cuilco	5.10	cafe DAZAC, Coffee Sallim Factory, Juk-dong Cafe D, Crema Costa, Beanstore, Eungubiro Roasters
40th	84.00	Entre Volcanes	Jesus Gerardo Recinos	Geisha	Washed	Jutiapa, Moyuta	9.10	NOZY COFFEE Wataru for Nozy Coffee

International jury 24 cuppers from 13 countries

John Thompson · COE, UK

Shinya Sakaguchi · Wataru & Co., Ltd., Japan

Jenny Tong · Seng Pan Food Company Limit, China

Ryan Noh · Ryans Coffee Roasters, Korea, Republic of

Jane Cho · Lowkey coffee, Korea, Republic of

Hidekazu Odake · Toa Coffee Co., Ltd., Japan

Yosuke Nagata · TIMESCLUB, Japan

Jones Huang · Linking Coffee Co., Ltd., Taiwan

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

Karlheinz Rieser · COFFEE STAR, Germany

Katalina Shkola · Kafema, Russian Federation

Blake Trafton · Onyx Coffee LLC, United States (US)

Tim Taylor · Ipsento Coffee, United States (US)

Andrew Barnett · Linea Caffe, United States (US)

Brayan Cifuentes · Anacafé, Guatemala

Betty Leiva · Counisa, Guatemala

Edwin Ambrocio · Ambrocio CA, Guatemala

Nilton Pérez · Finca Monte Nuevo, Guatemala

Adam Matheson · Campos Coffee, Australia

Eleanor Hsiao-Ling Wu · Taiwan Coffee Laboratory, Taiwan

Sergio Sandoval Wong · Ama el Aroma Co., LTD, Taiwan

Kristin Zhao · Square of Eight Coffee Roasters, China

Emily Zielinski · Ozone Coffee Roasters, New Zealand

Joel Edwards · Red Fox Coffee Merchants, United States of America

National jury 13 cuppers from 0 countries

Brayan Cifuentes · Anacafé

Betty Leiva · Counisa

Diego del Águila · Anacafé

Juan Carlos Quevedo · Bicafé

Elmer Orellana · Anacafé

Héctor González · Café Divino

Jonathan Lopez · El Coyote

Jaquelín Medinilla · Anacafé

Alejandro Molina · Anacafé

Erik Rosales · Counisa

Edwin Ambrocio · Ambrocio CA

María Inés Leal · Urias

Nilton Pérez · Finca Monte Nuevo

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