Maybe I am just slow, but I found the CoE website last night.http://www.cupofexcellence.org/It is worth checking out! There will be auctions in June and July on the last round that Tom attended. Interesting that Panama is not in this group. One thing I realized wandering around this site is there is only one judge who is looking out for others that is Tom Owen. He is cupping with out best interests in mind. We also have a world-class cupper screening all this stuff so we get the best! I am enjoying a fantastic ristretto of Ethiopian Harar Horse decaf blended 50/50 with Brazil Yellow Bourbon. Post roast blended and both roasted to a city plus. It doesn't get much better! Les |
As I write I am quaffing the same beverage, same blend, same roast level (only diff. using the Lot 30). Life is good! Interesting site - will get familiar with it. Mike (just plain |
Great minds think alike! It is amazing what some of the lots sold for. It just goes to show that if the industry can get unschackled from the international big producers, the growers in these countries could make a reasonable living. Les On 5/20/06, Michael Dhabolt wrote: <Snip> ribes) go tohttp://sweetmarias.com/maillistinfo.html#personalsettings<Snip> |
The COE lots looked to pull pretty good prices. Several orders of magnitude higher than the 'slave wage' prices that most beans go for. It is a positive trend, I hope this broadens and continues. Looks like Tom got in on some of the top quality lots, certainly portends a good roasting season for us. The lack of a 'Panama' does seem to glare, I wonder if they are entering into the COE thing this season. Mike (just plain) |
Michael Dhabolt wrote: <Snip> I wondered about Panama not being a part of CoE also, but Tom mentions in his Panama travelogue that the country's specialty coffee association holds their own competition. In looking over the CoE website, I see that farmers receive 85% of the price of the coffees sold at auction. Not sure how the farmers in Panama's competition fare in that regard. cheers, ScoTTT |