Imaflora announces the winners of the 7th edition of the Brazilian Sustainable Coffees Cupping

AC Café S/A, located in the Cerrado Mineiro Region, was the winner of the 7th edition of the Brazilian Sustainable Coffees Cupping. Their “Natural” sample reached 90.4 points. The announcement of the top 15 lots was made on Friday, September 25th, during the International Coffee Week, which takes place in Belo Horizonte, MG - Brazil.

Coffee lots from Comercial Mineira Company and Eduardo Campos Pinheiro were classified in second and third place respectively.

The cupping, organized by IMAFLORA – Instituto de Manejo e Certificação Florestal e Agricola, and which is exclusive for enterprises that have the Rainforest Alliance Certified ™ seal, received a total of 104 samples. All the cupping processes were conducted at Federal University of Lavras and coordinated by Dr. Flavio Borem (SCAA Standards Committee member).

"Certification is a tool to encourage responsible production of coffee, and is becoming more and more accessible to producers of all sizes. This cupping contest proves that, in addition to producing more sustainably, certified producers have excellent quality. "says Eduardo Trevisan Gonçalves, Deputy Executive Director of IMAFLORA. For him, quality and sustainability are key to competitiveness in the coffee chain. For more information: café@imaflora.org

Winners of the 7th edition of the Brazilian Sustainable Coffees Cupping:

Producer	Farm name	Score
AC Café S/A	Fazenda Santa Lucia	90,41
Comercial Mineira S/A.	Fazenda São Lourenço	89,00
Eduardo Pinheiro Campos	Dona Nenem e São João	87,66
José Dutra Sobrinho	Fazenda Agua Limpa	87,58
Eduardo Pinheiro C.	Dona Nenem e São João	86,91
Dalgiza Broze Naimeg	Pantano	86,70
Fazendas Klem	Pedra Dourada	86,33
Walter Cesar Dutra	Fazenda Jatobá	86,08
Ipanema Agrícola S/A	Fazenda Rio Verde	85,83
Comercial Mineira S..	Fazenda São Lourenço	85,79
José Dutra Sobrinho	Fazenda Agua Limpa	85,54
Mariana Junqueira	Rancho São Benedito	85,12
Walter Cesar Dutra	Fazenda Jatobá	85,08
Versi Crivelenti Ferrero e Outros	Caixetas	85,08
Maria Rogéria e Maria Valéria	Irmãs Pereira	84,87