The winners of the Golden Cup final, hosted by non-profit organisation Fairtrade, have been announced in Honduras.
The competition aims to bring together coffee farmers and workers to produce the highest quality coffee, while also showcasing the link between quality and climate mitigation practices.
Forty-six samples from Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Costa Rica, and Mexico were judged by a jury that evaluated the Fairtrade samples according to a scoring system. The points allocated were based on attributes including aroma, flavour, and acidity.
Miguel Ángel Rivera was awarded the best blended coffee. According to Rivera, part of the COAQUIL cooperative in Honduras, the forest nursery in which 50,000 plants have been planted annually for the past three years has helped alleviate some of the challenges faced due to climate change. This includes increased humidity that can cause disease such as rust fungus.
Samples from winning lots will feature on cupping tables at major international trade shows such as the Specialty Coffee Expo (USA) and World of Coffee (Europe) in 2025.
According to Fairtrade, the Golden Cup Final encourages coffee farmers and workers to improve their coffee quality and to look to other coffee producing colleagues for learning and inspiration. The competition is design to demonstrate the organisation’s commitment to creating opportunities and partnerships for small producer organisations and their producer networks.
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