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For the first time, a Brazilian producer was elected as Legends of Excellence, an elite designation awarded to coffee producers who have consistently demonstrated exceptional quality, earning multiple Cup of Excellence wins over the years. Selected from six countries by the Alliance for Cofee Excellence and CoE,, these producers represent the pinnacle of craftsmanship, innovation, and dedication.
Luiz Paulo Dias Pereira Filho, from CarmoCoffes Farm, was 23 times winner.”I want to thank everyone. This is 25 years of journey, with many people alongside me, especially my wife who has supported me through more than 200 days a year away from home, my business partner, my family, and the entire BSCA team that has supported me since I started in 2000 at age 20. This trophy may be coming home with me, but it belongs to Brazil, it shows our country’s potential. Being among the six global legends, this trophy is ours.”
For the Experimental category, Fazenda Rio Verde’s winning coffee, of the Geisha variety, was recognized for its floral and fruity aromas, bright acidity, delicate body, and high level of complexity.
For the Natural category, Fazenda Araçu stood out for its Arara variety, featuring sensory profiles with sweet notes such as honey, raw sugar, molasses, yellow fruits, a creamy body, and acidity. And for the Wet Process category, Fazenda Água Limpa outperformed its competitors thanks to its Arara variety, featuring a sweet, balanced, and elegant profile with soft floral aromas and intense natural sweetness, medium to high citric and malic acidity that is very clean and well integrated, and a creamy, silky body with medium structure
Vinicius Estrela, Executive Director of the BSCA, added: “The true star of the Cup of Excellence is the Brazilian producer, who projects the origin of Brazil and expands the image of specialty coffee of exceptional quality, increasingly aligned with sustainability, diversity, stories, new sensory profiles, and varieties developed through research.
This combination continues to elevate Brazilian specialty coffee at global cupping tables.
The CoE Winners
| Place | Name | Farm | Variety | Points | City |
| First | Ipanema Agrícola S/A | Fazenda Rio Verde | Geisha | 91,68 | Conceição do Rio Verde -MG |
| Second | José Carlos dos Reis | Fazenda Riacho Grande | Arara | 91,11 | Três Pontas – MG |
| Thrid | Sebastião Daniel da Silva | Sítio São Sebastião | Arara | 90,29 | Cristina -MG |
| Place | Name | Farm | Variety | Points | City |
| First | Paulo Fernandes Chaves de Brito | Fazenda Araçu | Arara | 90,79 | Três Pontas – MG |
| Second | Danilo Barbosa | Fazenda Sucuri | Geisha | 90,32 | Coromandel – MG |
| Thrid | Gustavo Andrade Alvarenga | Fazenda Chapadão | Para[iso | 90,11 | Pratinha – MG |
| Place | Name | Farm | Variety | Points | City |
| First | Marcelo Assis Nogueira | Fazenda Água Limpa | Arara | 91,37 | Campos Altos – MG |
| Second | Marcelo Carvalho Ferraz | Fazenda Boa Vista | Catucai | 90,82 | Dom Viçoso – MG |
| Thrid | Osvaldina Alves Dutra | Fazenda Água Limpa | Kent | 90,50 | São João do Munhaçu – MG |
“We are grateful to the coffee producers for trusting BSCA, which evaluates every day how to showcase the wonders they are producing. Each year, specialty coffee production is increasingly impactful and authentic, strengthening the Brazilian specialty coffee community. This award recognizes what we deliver to the world: cups with unique, unforgettable sensory profiles. A particularly relevant fact for us is the remarkable number of coffees of the Arara variety among the top winners — a true highlight of Brazilian genetics. Emphasizing the growing prominence of this variety in competition settings means also reinforcing and promoting the significant advances of Brazilian science in favor of excellence in coffee cultivation.
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Brazil. The Coffee Nation
One of the current project’s priorities is to invest in qualification and diversification initiatives, with a focus on supporting the country’s canéfora (robusta and conilon) coffess producers, quality and sustainablity certifications, and coffes
Companies not yet participating in the project can obtain more information directly from BSCA by calling +55 (35) 3212-4705 / 99824-9845 / 99879-8943 or emailing info@bsca.com.br
