Peru · 3–7 Nov 2026
A washed Geisha from Finca La Esperanza in Cajamarca scored 91.71 and leads the 30 ranked lots of Cup of Excellence Peru 2026.
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Cup of Excellence Peru 2026 is a coffee competition run by the Alliance for Coffee Excellence. The jury has scored 30 lots and ranked all of them. None is sold yet: the auction is on 8 December 2026.
The top score is 91.71. That is higher than the top scores of the three earlier editions: 90.64 in 2025 (32 lots), 90.54 in 2024 (27 lots) and 90.74 in 2023 (33 lots).
First place, at 91.71, is a washed Geisha from Finca La Esperanza in Cajamarca. Second, at 91.45, is a washed Geisha from Palma Pampa in Huanuco. Third, at 90.93, is a washed Geisha from Finca La Ponderosa in Cajamarca. Fourth, at 90.23, is a washed Geisha from Caminos del Inka Coffee Estate in Cusco.
The next two lots are both washed SL-09 from Cusco. Campo Verde scored 90.22, one hundredth of a point behind fourth place. La Florentina scored 89.85.
Fidel Huancas Huancas grew the winning lot at Finca La Esperanza in Cajamarca. The farm covers 1.5 hectares. The lot is a Geisha, processed washed.
Alcides Nicki Rodriguez Melgarejo grew the second-placed lot at Palma Pampa in Huanuco. The farm lies at 2096 metres. It grows Geisha and processes its coffee washed, which is how the competition lot was made.
Dreyde Perez Delgado grew the third-placed lot at Finca La Ponderosa in Cajamarca. The farm lies at 1960 metres and was founded in 2020. The lot is a washed Geisha.
Samuel Smith Perez Aragon grew the fourth-placed lot at Caminos del Inka Coffee Estate in Cusco. The farm lies at 2020 metres. It grows Bourbon, Caturra, Geisha and Typica, and it processes washed. The competition lot is its Geisha, washed.
Wilfredo Arias Candia grew the SL-09 lot at Campo Verde in Cusco. The farm lies at 2405 metres, the highest altitude among the farms with a known figure here. The lot is washed and scored 90.22.
The lots, scores, prices and buyers are the organiser’s.