Dear Invalsa and Café Valverde  customers,

Time to try some of the best coffees from the 2008 Cup of Excellence competition! We’re happy to be able to offer the first place National Winner coffee, Café Kolla Mountain from farmer Miguel Colque Baltazar. His coffee has a “chocolaty sweetness, fruity aroma and lingering aftertaste of raisins.”

You can buy these green beans  HereYou can buy these coffee beans roasted Here

Another of our favorites was the fifth place National Winner, Cafe Palmeira Amiga de las Aves, grown by Nicolas Colque Mamani (no relation to Miguel Colque.) This coffee has an citrusy acidity and a rich mouthfeel.

You can buy his coffee   Here

You can buy these coffee beans roasted Here

What are National Winners?

National Winners coffees are those that were submitted to the COE competition and were approved in the first phase of evaluation by the National Jury to be further evaluated by the International Jury. However, because they did not exceed the 84 minimum-score set up by the COE International Jury, they do not qualify for the COE classification. In our opinion, National Winners are the best-value coffees: High quality to ensure admission into a COE competition, but without the high-price, deservedly associated with COE classification.