Ethiopia’s top coffee competition, the 2022 Cup of Excellence (CoE), has concluded with a record-breaking auction for the country’s best coffee. The farmer who grew the coffee, Legesse Botasa Dikale, scored 90.69 with his Sidama sundried natural coffee and received the highest price ever recorded for Ethiopian coffee and the highest price in CoE history. The top-scoring coffee in this year’s CoE competition sold for US$400.50 per pound to LNK Coffee Trading DMCC from China. This is the highest price ever recorded for Ethiopian coffee and sets a new CoE record. For more information on the winning coffees and details on the auction, visit the ACE results page.

Source: Ethiopian News August 31, 2022 06:29 UTC