SANTO ANTONIO DO AMPARO, Brazil – Every harvest Sancoffee, a specialty coffee cooperative with a focus on social and environmental impact, organises a quality contest Best SanCup to reveal some of the best coffees and recognize the work of growers located in the geographic indication of Campo das Vertentes in Minas Gerais. The selected lots of Best SanCup 2023 have just been announced.
The Best SanCup competition
This year’s auction lots represent Sancoffee’s diversity in its best: from small producers to
long-term coop members, female-produced coffees, from young and aspiring producers to very experienced farmers. All of them having one thing in common – an exceptional quality of coffee.
This competition comprises two stages: a national phase with invited judges in Brazil and an international jury panel from 20 different nationalities whose scores indicate the winners and final ranking. This year, a total of over 60 samples were submitted and 15 lots have been selected for the international phase, comprising three categories: naturals, pulped and fermented.
“The Best SanCup is one of the most eagerly awaited moments of the year for our cooperative producers and partners, and in this fourth edition of the competition, we can see the evolution in the quality of the coffees and feel in the cup the result of the consistent work that our producers are doing year after year. This year, we selected the 15 best coffees of the harvest, including natural and experimental processes, from a diverse group of producers, and each lot brings the best of what we have in Campo das Vertentes.”
says Ana Claudia Silva, Best SanCup Project Manager.
The winners of each category and final ranking will be revealed on November 6th and the online auction of these lots will take place on November 22nd. More information about the auction is available in a dedicated page here.
About Sancoffee
Sancoffee was born in 2000 as a specialty coffee coop. Deeply inserted in the local community at Campo das Vertentes in Brazil, Sancoffee strives to build a business model that generates progress and prosperity for all stakeholders aiming to ensure the sustainability of the coffee activity in the long term.
