The Cup of Excellence program was established in 1999 to break the commodity/price cycle in the specialty coffee industry. It has two parts: a rigorous competition identifying the best coffees of a country’s harvest, followed by a web auction of these coffees to coffee roasters worldwide. Stringent three-stage yearly competitions are held to find the very best, specially prepared, boutique lots of coffee.
These incredible coffees have consistently fetched prices many times those available in the traditional coffee market or through programs such as Fair Trade. And 85% of the bid prices go directly to the farmers! Cup of Excellence proves the reward for quality can have a long-lasting effect in the struggle to achieve economic stability for coffee farmers and be an incentive to continue to grow the world’s best coffees.
Carrboro Coffee Roasters has been working with the Cup of Excellence, the world’s premier coffee competition, since 2009, as its mission mirrors that of CCR. For over 20 years, the competition has pioneered producer support, integrity and transparency in the coffee industry. The level of scrutiny that coffees undergo in the COE process is unmatched anywhere in the industry, giving bidders confidence in the quality of COE auction coffees.
Introducing Cup of Excellence Microdrops — a very limited quantity of the world’s finest coffees from the Cup of Excellence competitions sourced and roasted by Carrboro Coffee Roasters. We drop six new coffees each month for pre-order. Check them out here.
Each coffee is very limited.
When they’re gone, they are gone forever!
Don’t miss them!