Cup of Excellence comes to Rwanda in 2008 schedule

9th April 2008

The exacting Cup of Excellence programme of competitions and internet auctions of winning coffees is to add Rwanda to its list of origins this year, the Alliance for Coffee Excellence said in early April.

The move is the first for Cup of Excellence out of the Latin American producing countries where it has traditionally been held, and indicates the growing international interest in the programme, ACE said. The Cup of Excellence programme, developed by US-based speciality coffee pioneer George Howell, began in Brazil in 1999.

The international competition in Rwanda is set for August 25-29, with the auction due October 14.

The seven other origins that will hold Cup of Excellence programmes this year are: 

• Costa Rica (competition April 7-11, auction May 15)
• Nicaragua (competition April 14-18, auction May 27)
• El Salvador (competition April 21-25, auction June 5)
• Guatemala (competition May 8-12, auction June 12)
• Honduras (competition May 19-23, auction July 8)
• Colombia (competition September 15-19, auction October 28) and
• Bolivia (competition October 6-10, auction November 25)

More details are available from www.cupofexcellence.org.