Colombian Coffee

Wbeimar Lasso Bolaños was crowned last weekend as the National Champion Cupping during the Second International Fair of Special Coffees (ExpoEspeciales) 2009, held in the capital of Tolima.
Beyond the recognition of the union local coffee, also won the international juries, three million pesos in cash and as a reward 'major', will represent Colombia at the World Masters Cup Championship to be held in London next year.
The event, supported by the National Federation of Coffee Growers, was organized (technically) by the Norwegian Alf Kramer, the Coffee Quality Institute (CQI) and organizer of the World Championship since 2004 Tasters, the U.S. also CQI Kelly Peltier and instructor training, and the Colombian Nicolas Rodriguez, technical director of the Specialty Coffee Association of Colombian and instructor training for coffee tasters.
The contest will be enrolled 42 participants from across the country, from all the links in the chain of production and marketing of coffee, who underwent trials of cupping coffees.
Organizers said that with this tournament seeks to exalt the great work of Colombian coffee tasters and give them the same status and credibility of wine tasters. Similarly, it seeks to stimulate interest in tasting coffee, with a fun, quick, fair and friendly competition.
The winner is agro-industrial engineer, is 28 and hails from San Pedro de Cartago (Nariño), while his family is dedicated to coffee in that department. In the race went with him 41 other participants from around the country, including producers, assessors in importing and exporting companies, the National Federation of Coffee Growers, the committees and the grain growers' cooperatives. David Molina Gomez, Caldas (Antioquia) was second, Cristina Garces, third, and Eliecer Pinzon, the fourth.

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Tags: Colombian Specialty Coffee Association , World Cup Tasters , Coffee Quality Institute , Committee of Coffee Growers of Tolima , National Federation of Coffee Growers , Specialty Coffee Fair , Ibague , Nariño , Master Cup World Championship

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