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Cup of excellence
In 2005, Manuel Antonio Barrantes received an award from quality of Starbucks.
A lot of coffee of the finca Leoncio, of Lourdes of Cirri in Naranjo, owned by Manuel Antonio Barrantes, achieved the first place in the competition for quality cup of excellence. "A point of giving me a heart attack of emotion", was the first reaction of Barrantes this Friday night, when they were announced the winners of this year, in the Wyndham hotel San Jose La Herradura. In the second post was placed the grain of the finca benefit, the producer Juan Ramón Alvarado and submitted by the benefit of the Zurquí fogs. This estate is located in San Francisco in San Isidro de Heredia. As the third best coffee diagnosis stressed the Luis Alberto Monge Ureña, of the finca la Trinidad, located in the village the Lia, in the canton de Tarrazãº. Cup of Excellence competition is a recognized high-quality coffees that is performed in several countries by the Alliance for Coffee Excellence (ACE). In our country is being done in coordination with the Association of Fine Coffees and Coffee Institute of Costa Rica (Icafe). Many in competition. In this year’s edition were registered 128 batches that transferred first to the national rating of tasters. The final stage reached 60 samples, which were obtained qualifications of judges above 85 points. In the end decisive, 26 international judges, two and three national observers, were cupped all samples in the course of this week. According to the notes, 35 of the lots achieved scores above 85, with what earned the right to participate in an international auction on the Internet the next June 17. The winner of the 2014 coffee was acquired by overseas buyers to $4,120 per quintal (46 kilos), while in the New York Stock Exchange was quoted at $174.15 per quintal. For Barrantes, this triumph is a prize for his dedication and consistency of your coffee.
