Taza Presidencial 2021
When:
This Friday, the public sale for the 7th annual Taza Presidencial in Bolivia is happening. It’s a digital public sale that opens Wednesday, Dec 8th with pre-bidding sooner than wrapping up Friday morning with 10-minute bidding home windows for every espresso.
Historical past:
Taza Presidencial started in 2015 as a part of a governmental effort to advertise the area of expertise espresso of Bolivia. Since its inception, it has observed record-breaking costs of over $150/lb for best coffees, a lot of which keep inside Bolivia for nationwide intake.
The 2021 Winner:
This yr, the winner of the Taza Presidencial is a Catuai from Cochabamba. Despite the fact that now not the primary time a espresso “cochala” (from Cochabamba) has secured the highest spot, it’s atypical – the best volumes of high quality espresso normally come from the area of Caranavi. It was once in a similar fashion sudden to look a Catuai – now not a Gesha, Java, or Pacamara – securing the highest spot. Other people just about the development say this means the eye to element and cautious processing the highest scorer, Juan Calani Vargas, gave to this lot.
The Public sale:
The highest 21 a lot which might be up for public sale – the highest 10 winners plus all a lot scoring upper than 96 issues within the ultimate cupping spherical – have in depth details about the manufacturer, processing strategies, and diversity, which may also be observed right here. Inscriptions for the public sale are open now for the ones interested by bidding; exportation and delivery are at the purchaser, who can prepare main points with the Bolivian executive after the bidding is entire.
Be told extra concerning the Bolivian espresso marketplace within the ‘Strong point Espresso in Bolivia: The Enlargement of an Trade‘ weblog put up.
