Coffee News from Nicaragua: 497 Coffee Samples Submitted For Nicaragua's Third Annual "Cup of Excellence ®" Competition

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(CSRwire) Norwalk, CT - A total of 497 coffee samples from small and medium-scale farms and large estates throughout Nicaragua have been submitted for the upcoming "Cup of Excellence®," the third countrywide coffee competition to be held here, according to Ernest van Panhuys, Country Director of TechnoServe/Nicaragua, one of the event's organizers.

Previously held in Brazil, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and El Salvador, the Cup of Excellence® is a country-wide tasting event that is designed to identify and promote the host country's best coffees through a series of blind tastings (called "cuppings") that are conducted by national and international coffee experts and evaluate every detail, from body and acidity to flavor and balance. Nicaraguan coffee growers of all sizes and from all regions were invited to submit samples for the 2004 Cup of Excellence®.

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