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Separate Categories – Washed Process and Natural/Honey Process
The Best of Auction separated the submitted coffees into two separate cat-
egories. Washed and Natural/Honey-processed, producing a winner for each category.
The aim was to give the different processed coffees fairer recognitions.

Cupping for amazing potential coffee at
Best of Auction El Salvador.

Education - Farm Visits & Farmers Talk
During the whole duration of The trophies for the two categories.
the trip, there were two days spent on
visiting farms and mills, which were Finca
Himalaya in Apaneca and El Divisadero The Auction Process Explained
mill owned by Mauricio Salaverria, and On 14 April 2016, a National Cupping Round was run, selecting 36 lots from
Finca Santa Rosa in Chalatenango owned a total of 47 entries, to be cupped at the International Cupping Round. Out of the 36
by Jorge Raul Rivera. These were fairly ex- lots, there were 18 washed processed, 15 honey processed and 3 natural processed. The
tensive visits, learning more about coffee International Cupping Round was held on 3 May and 4 May, cupping the two categories
varieties such as pacamara, farm opera- separately. Out of the 36 lots, 8 washed lots and 8 natural/honey lots were proceeded
tions, micro climates of El Salvador, differ- through to final round.
ent processing methods. The judges were
given insightful information which helped
painting a fuller picture about El Salvador
coffee. There were also talks by farmers
on current issues between producers and
buyers, climate, the rust disease, and in-
ternational market. In a way, this would
help the judges scoring the coffee based
on the El Salvador profile.
Caption: Washed Lots: 8 finalists with the ranking of winning order.
On 6 May and 7 May, Final Cupping Round was held, eventually producing a winner for
each category.

Natural/Honey Lots: 8 finalists with the ranking of winning order.
8am El Salvador time, on 7 May, the auction officially started online, via the link: hub.
cropster.com/store/auctions/best-of-el-salvador.

Owner of Finca Santa Rosa - Jorge Raul
Rivera talking about his farm operation. The Two Winners
Finca Santa Rosa won the 1st place of Natural/Honey Process category with
its black-honey pacamara. The farm also has a history of winning 1st place in Cup of
Excellence El Salvador back in 2014 with its honey-processed coffee.
Owner Jorge Raul Rivera is very modern, speaks perfect English. He has a
Degree of Agriculture Science from University of Zamorano in Honduras, and actively
participates in coffee/agriculture related scientific researches with various universities.
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