2008 Ethiopia Limited Coffee Competition Uncovers the Finest Coffees in Ethiopia

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 24, 2008 — The 2008 Ethiopia Limited specialty coffee competition concluded this week in Addis Ababa with the announcement of 22 outstanding coffees chosen as winners.

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After days of tasting and scoring samples submitted from all over the country, a panel of international and Ethiopian judges selected the lots of very highest quality. These lots will be offered via internet auction in late July as part of the 2008 Ethiopia Limited Coffee Auction.

“We always expect to find excellent coffee in Ethiopia, the motherland of arabica coffee,” said Willem Boot, organizer and head judge for the competition. “But we were pleasantly surprised at the outstanding quality of the lots submitted. There were some real gems.”

Winning coffees included 13 fully washed coffees, and 9 sundried naturals, including the overall winner, the Korate Sidamo from SMS PLC. The top scoring washed coffee was from Lensemo Lamisso, a micro-producer in the Aleta Wondo area of Sidamo.

All coffees selected for the internet auction scored 85 or above with the judges, who came to participate in the panel from Europe, North America, Asia, and Africa.
  • All cupping was done conform the international standards of the Q grading protocol
  •  Q certificates will be issued for all submitted lots


    • Auction Manager: Boot Coffee Consulting, Willem Boot,

    tel. +1 415 380 1999
    email willemboot@bootcoffee.com

     
    The Ethiopia Limited 2008 Coffee Competition is financed by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Agribusiness and Trade Expansion Program.

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    The organization is made possible by: Boot Coffee Consulting, Fintrac Inc., Coffee Quality Institute (CQI) and the Ethiopian Coffee Exporters Association (ECEA).

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