Exceptional Guatemalan coffees named.(World news: coffee and tea reports from the front line)(Brief Article)

Tea & Coffee Trade Journal, June, 2004

GUATEMALA -- Christian Rasch. vice president of the Guatemalan National Coffee Association, Anacafe, announced in the closing ceremony of the International Competition "The Exceptional Cup 2004" the names of the 23 coffee lots that will be sold through the Internet on June 15. Topping the list were Huehuetenango in the first, second, fifth and ninth place; Jalapa in the third and seventh position, followed by Chimaltenango, Sacatepequez (where the famous Antigua region is located) and Alta Verapaz (where Coban is from). For the first time, a cooperative ranked as high as to be in the top five.

1. Miralvalle, Huehuetenango

2. El Injerto I, Huehuetenango

3. Vizcaya, Jalapa

4. La Merced, Chimaltenango

5. Coop. Hoja Blanca,...

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