The Taza Dorada Fairtrade (Fairtrade Golden Cup) honors bring recognition – and brand new possibilities – to farmers who strive to produce high-quality Fairtrade coffee.

A judge during the Fairtrade Golden Cup that is colombian AwardsCLAC

Federacion Campesina del Cauca, a Fairtrade certified coffee cooperative from south-western Colombia, ended up being called general winner of this very first yearly Colombian Fairtrade Golden Cup Awards, judged by a professional panel of nine worldwide judges.

The cooperative’s coffee, scoring 89.64 points, beat away rigid competition from the industry of 79 examples submitted by 31 Fairtrade coffee cooperatives from Colombia.

The function had been arranged because of the Fairtrade Producer Network for Latin America together with Caribbean, CLAC, with two aims: encouraging farmers to boost the grade of their coffee, and awareness that is raising purchasers within the specialty coffee sector in regards to the option of good quality Fairtrade coffee. In addition it offered the opportunity for farmers to change share and information recommendations.

The contest’s finalists saw their coffee auctioned to specialty coffee purchasers on 12 March via the internet platform Beyco. The purchase had been available to any trader or roaster registered from the platform.

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