Record Prices Received for Rwanda's Finest Coffees
September 06, 2007
Kigali, Rwanda - The Golden Cup – the most esteemed prize for Rwanda’s best coffees – was awarded last week and the winning coffees were auctioned to international buyers for record prices. Results of the competition were announced on Friday, August 31, 2007 at the Hotel des Mille Collines with a coffee from the SDL Muyongwe washing station in Gakenke District earning the highest honor (the top 10 coffees are listed below). The next day this coffee was sold for over US$55 per kilogram to American companies Intelligentsia Coffee and Stumptown Coffee.
Kigali, Rwanda - The Golden Cup – the most esteemed prize for Rwanda’s best coffees – was awarded last week and the winning coffees were auctioned to international buyers for record prices. Results of the competition were announced on Friday, August 31, 2007 at the Hotel des Mille Collines with a coffee from the SDL Muyongwe washing station in Gakenke District earning the highest honor (the top 10 coffees are listed below). The next day this coffee was sold for over US$55 per kilogram to American companies Intelligentsia Coffee and Stumptown Coffee.
The Awards Ceremony and auction marked the culmination of Rwanda’s Golden Cup. The month long competition, supported by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), was a strict and meticulous contest developed to garner international recognition for Rwanda’s burgeoning specialty coffee industry, to encourage the production of the highest quality coffee, and to directly link Rwandan farmers to coffee connoisseurs worldwide.
