With participation from key Ethiopian coffee institutions, the nonprofit Cup of Excellence (CoE) has announced the 2024 return of the Ethiopia Cup of Excellence green coffee competition and auction program.
Following the inaugural Ethiopia CoE in 2020, in which the auction of 28 winning lots generated US$1.34 million, the Ethiopia auction in 2022 saw the highest price ever paid for an Ethiopian coffee, at an astounding $400.50 per pound.
The Ethiopia CoE was suspended in 2023 after specific funds from the United States government’s Feed the Future’s Value Chain Activity (FTFVCA) were no longer available. This year’s event is being held through a partnership between CoE sibling nonprofit the Alliance for Coffee Excellence (ACE), the Ethiopian Coffee and Tea Authority and the Ethiopian Coffee Association.
According to CoE, which announced the Ethiopia program’s return during the 2024 SCA Expo this past weekend in Chicago, the 2024 event will come to Addis Ababa at some point in mid July.
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