México 2018

Award-winning lots: 32, plus 3 national winners
Organised by: Alliance for Coffee Excellence

Results 32 lots · 28 farms

Rank	Note	Farm	Producer	Variety	Process	Region	Auction $/lb	Buyer
1a	90.70	Peña Blanca	Jose Renteria Larios	Marsellesa, Sarchimor	Natural	Cuatitlan De Garcia Barragan, Jalisco	100.20	Maruyama Coffee, Sarutahiko Coffee Inc., Uchida Coffee Maruyama Coffee, Sarutahiko Coffee, Uchida Coffee
1b	90.70	Peña Blanca	Jose Renteria Larios	Marsellesa, Sarchimor	Natural	Cuatitlan De Garcia Barragan, Jalisco	39.10	NIPPON COFFEE TRADING CO., LTD. Nippon Coffee Trading
2a	90.47	La Ilusión	Federico Barrueta Barrueta	Bourbon, Caturra	Washed	Temascaltepec, Estado De Mexico	27.40	ST.BERRY COFFEE, Coffee Me Up, MAGNOLIA COFFEE ROASTERS, Saza Coffee, Factory Coffee ST.BERRY COFFEE, Coffee Me Up (Korea), MAGNOLIA COFFEE ROASTERS, SAZA COFFEE, COFFEE FACTORY
2b	90.47	La Ilusión	Federico Barrueta Barrueta	Bourbon, Caturra	Washed	Temascaltepec, Estado De Mexico	28.30	Maruyama Coffee
3a	90.20	FINCA CRUZ VERDE	Gabriel Bernard Rivas Ross	Pacamara	Washed	Totutla, Veracruz	9.15	Kaffebrenneriet as
3b	90.20	FINCA CRUZ VERDE	Gabriel Bernard Rivas Ross	Pacamara	Washed	Totutla, Veracruz	9.20	Campos Coffee
4a	90.03	Santa Cruz	Selestino Lopez Partos	Bourbon, Typica	Washed	La Concordia, Chiapas	7.70	NAGAHAMA COFFEE Inc.
4b	90.03	Santa Cruz	Selestino Lopez Partos	Bourbon, Typica	Washed	La Concordia, Chiapas	7.60	ST.BERRY COFFEE, Marumi Coffee
5th	89.60	Las Chicharras	Lee Young Yong	Catimor, Catuaí, Caturra	Washed	Ángel Albino Corzo, Chiapas	7.10	Red Whale Coffee
6th	89.40	El Mirador	Leon Mendoza Odilon	Bourbon	Natural	Zihuatanejo De Azueta, Guerrero	10.20	EL CAFE coffee roasters, Coffee Libre
7th	89.27	Finca Los Cimentos	Roman Mendoza Odilon	Bourbon	Natural	Zihuatanejo De Azueta, Guerrero	10.20	Camel Step Roasters
8th	88.93	Finca El Aserradero	Marcelo Garcia Hernandez	Typica	Washed	Atoyac De Alvarez, Guerrero	6.80	Solberg & Hansen As
9th	88.83	Finca Cañada Fría	José Daniel Cóbilt Castro	Bourbon, Caturra, Pacamara	Washed	Tlaltetela, Veracruz	10.30	Greater Goods Roasting Greater Goods
10th	88.70	Poxtla	María Victoria Marini Debernardi	Bourbon, Typica	Washed	Tlaltetela, Veracruz	8.00	Coffee Supreme
11th	87.80	Finca Huehuetecpan	Francisco Javier Montiel Valencia	Caturra, Garnica, Mundo Novo	Washed	Cosautlan De Carvajal, Veracruz	5.70	Osito Coffee, SEY, Passenger Coffee Osito Coffee, Sey Coffee and Passenger Coffee
12th	87.70	Tlanyehualapan 1	Joaquin Rodriguez Fernandez	Bourbon, Caturra, Typica	Washed	Xico, Veracruz	6.00	Wataru & Co., Ltd.
13th	87.63	Agroforestal Chanjul	Edward Andres Esteve Creixell		Natural	Tapachula, Chiapas	6.50	Coffee Me Up, L’OISEAU Coffee Me Up (Korea), L’OISEAU
14th	87.47	El Equimite	Rodolfo Jimenez Lopez	Pacamara	Washed	Naolinco, Veracruz	5.60	NIPPON COFFEE TRADING CO., LTD. Nippon Coffee Trading
15th	87.40	FINCA KASSANDRA	Guillermo Rivas Diaz	Pacamara	Washed	Totutla, Veracruz	7.00	TOA COFFEE Toa Coffee Co., Ltd.
16th	87.37	Nuevo Paraíso	B Eutimio Luna Ramirez	Mundo Novo, Typica	Washed	San Agustín Loxicha, Oaxaca	5.50	Honu Kato Coffee Inc.
17th	87.30	El Rincon	Rodolfo Jimenez Ruedas	Garnica	Natural	Naolinco, Veracruz	7.20	Sulalat Coffee Trading
18th	87.27	El Naranjal	Pedro Pedro Pérez	Mundo Novo, Typica	Washed	San Agustín Loxicha, Oaxaca	6.30	Kyokuto Fadie Corporation
19th	87.23	Sana-Ite & La Cumbre Loma	Félix Faustino García López, Franciscano Guadalupe García Ortíz	Mundo Novo, Typica	Washed	Santa María Yucuhiti, Oaxaca	5.70	Wataru & Co., Ltd.
20th	87.20	Stun Kava, Lomu Yu Kuiyo	Claudio Ernesto López Avendaño, Matias López Ayala	Caturra, Mundo Novo, Typica	Washed	Santiago Nuyoo, Oaxaca	5.70	Honu Kato Coffee Inc.
21st	87.03	El Naranjal & Copalillo	Ubaldo Máximo Pérez González, José Luis Lopéz García	Caturra, Mundo Novo, Typica	Washed	Santa María Yucuhiti, Oaxaca	5.50	Wataru & Co., Ltd.
22nd	87.00	Finca Pocitos	Jesus Carlos Cadena Valdivia	Sarchimor, Typica	Washed	Cosautlán De Carvajal, Veracruz	5.50	19grams / Tres Cabezas, List + Beisler GmbH Tres Cabezas, List & Beisler GmbH, Hamburg
23rd	86.97	Ita Nuni, Carrizal & Mangal	Antolín Rogelio López, Froylan Putarco López, Antonia Valeria Ortiz España	Bourbon, Mundo Novo	Washed	Santa María Yucuhiti, Oaxaca	5.70	Honu Kato Coffee Inc.
24th	86.97	San Pablo	Carlos Alberto Audelo Holm	Bourbon, Mundo Novo	Washed	San Miguel Del Puerto, Oaxaca	6.90	Wataru & Co., Ltd.
25th	86.63	Finca El Encanto	Guadalupe Sanchez Sandoval	Typica	Natural	Atoyac De Alvarez, Guerrero	5.50	Honu Kato Coffee Inc.
26th	86.57	El Sabino	Teodoro Ruiz Casimiro	Bourbon, Caturra, Mundo Novo	Washed	Maztlan Villa De Flores, Oaxaca	7.10	Kyokuto Fadie Corporation
27th	86.57	Monte Grande & Las trancas	Juana Petra García López, Edilberto Eugenio García López	Caturra, Mundo Novo, Typica	Washed	Santa María Yucuhiti, Oaxaca	5.70	Honu Kato Coffee Inc.
28th	86.27	La Barrigona-{ORG}	Hilda Bautista Guerrero	Typica	Washed	Eloxochitlán De Flores Magón, Oaxaca	6.80	TAKAMURA COFFEE ROASTERS Wataru for TAKAMURA COFFEE ROASTERS

National winners 3 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
29th	85.63	La Roca	Ezequiel Ramirez Mavil	Bourbon, Catimor, Costa Rica 95	Washed	Coatepec	4.00	Choi Coffee Roasters Company
30th	85.53	La Envidia, Ciénega Grande, Ciénega Grande	Felix Sergio Lopez Espana, Lauro Lorenzo Lopez, Abraham Patricio Lopez Espana	Bourbon, Mundo Novo, Typica	Washed	Santa María Yucuhiti	4.00	cafe DAZAC, Coffee Sallim Factory, Juk-dong Cafe D, Crema Costa, Beanstore, Eungubiro Roasters
31st	85.43	Teczin	Joaquin Rodriguez Fernandez	Bourbon, Catimor, Costa Rica 95	Honey	Veracruz	4.00	cafe DAZAC, Coffee Sallim Factory, Juk-dong Cafe D, Crema Costa, Beanstore, Eungubiro Roasters

International jury 27 cuppers from 11 countries

Eduardo Ambrocio · Nicaragua

Erin Wang · United States of America

Darrin Daniel · United States of America

Lloyd Thom · Campos Coffee, Australia

Marianne Ryan · Tres Cabezas GmbH, Germany

Takeshi Sakai · Kyokuto Fadie Corporation, Japan

Miyoko Watanabe · Maruyama Coffee Co., Ltd., Japan

Tsunehisa Tomioka · Magnolia Coffee Roasters, Japan

Yoshiyuki Tomikawa · St.berry Coffee, Japan

Koichi Nagahama · Nagahama Coffee Inc., Japan

Kazuya Uchida · Uchida Coffee, Japan

(Jeff) Dong Wan Kim · Coffee Me Up (Korea), Korea, Republic of

Andrea Paola García Gutiérrez · Cafecol, Mexico

Pedro Iván Flores Pérez · Independent, Mexico

Roberto Carlos Vazquez Rangel · Café Oriental, Mexico

Young Jin Cha · ARNIA Ltd ( TOB Coffee ), New Zealand

Jim Cleaves · Dunkin Brands inc, United States (US)

Andrew Barnett · Linea Caffe, United States of America

Emma Chevalier · Revelator Coffee, United States of America

Philip Pollen · Pablo and Rusty’s, Australia

Yoshi Kurosawa · Seven Seeds, Australia

Meiyan Wu · Beijing HMC Foods Co.,Ltd, China

Yoshiki Tomikawa · St.berry Coffee, Japan

Tzuya(Sabrina) Chen · Pebble Coffee Co., Ltd., Taiwan

Joshua Marsceau · Olam Specialty Coffee, United States (US)

Rachel J Apple · George Howell Coffee Company, United States of America

Adam McClellan · Red Fox Coffee Merchants, United States of America

National jury 11 cuppers from 0 countries

Alejandro Escobar Vázquez · Etrusca Comercial

Claudia Pedraza Salazar · Cafeología

Georgina González Castillo · Descamex

Gustavo Ameca Fernández · PAHSA

Jesús Salazar Velasco · Cafeología

Joel José Vazquez · CEPCO

Jorge Luis Martínez Marin · Independent

Nidia Angélica Rodea Hernández · Cafeología

Andrea Paola García Gutiérrez · Cafecol

Pedro Iván Flores Pérez · Independent

Roberto Carlos Vazquez Rangel · Café Oriental

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