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The Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) Roasters Guild's 2012 COTY (Coffees of the Year) competition has concluded. 250 green coffee beans from 26 countries from all major coffee producing regions participated in the competition for the 2011/12 "Best Coffee in the World" award. After blind evaluation by professional judges on the taste characteristics of the participating coffees in six aspects, such as dry aroma, wet aroma, taste, aftertaste and body, the ten coffees that finally won the 2011/12 "Best Boutique Coffee in the World" award are:

Producer Name: Cooperative

Farm Name: Oromia

Oromia Region(Oromia is a region of Ethiopia, including five coffee producing areas,Cooperative is a cooperative, this bean is estimated to be selected by Oromia Coffee Cooperative)

Country of origin: Ethiopia

Processing method: washed

Species Name: Heirloom Varietal(heirloon originally meant "heirloom," here should refer to an ancient Ethiopian variety)

Score: 88.41

Producer Name: Cafe Granja La Esperanza

Farm Name: Cerro Azul

Origin: Trujillo

Country of origin: Colombia(Colombia)

Processing method: washed

Species Name: Geisha/35000(Guixia)

Score: 88.25

Producer Name: Rigoberto Herrera Correa

Farm Name: Las Margaritas

Production area: Caicedonia

Country of origin: Colombia(Colombia)

Processing method: washed

Species Name: Geisha/22000(Guixia)

Score: 87.84

Producer Name: Adado

Farm Name: Gedeo Zone, YCFCU

Region: South (Gedeo district, adjacent to Yega Shefi as seen from the map)

Country of origin: Ethiopia

Processing method: washed

Species name: Arabica

Score: 87.28

Producer Name: Extreberto Caceres

Farm Name: Cielito Lindo

Produced by: Santa Barbara

Country of origin: Honduras

Processing method: washed

Species Name: Pacas

Score: 87

Title: Will and Grace Tabios

The Rising Sun; Will and Grace Farms

Origin: Ka 'u

Country of Origin: United States, Hawaii

Processing method: Semi-washed

Species Name: Typica

Score: 86.94

Producer Name: Rigoberto Herrera

Finca Experimental Banexport-Granja La Esperanza

Produced by: Valle Del Cauca

Country of origin: Colombia(Colombia)

Processing method: washed

Species Name: Geisha

Score: 86.75

Producer Name: Rafael Lozano

Farm Name: Finca Buenavista

Location: San Agustin, Huila

Country of origin: Colombia(Colombia)

Processing method: washed

Species Name: Caturra

Score: 86.59

Producer Name: Lorie Obra

Farm Name: Rusty's Hawaiian

Origin: Ka 'u

Country of Origin: United States, Hawaii

Processing method: washed

Species Name: Typica / Caturra

Score: 86.47

Producer Name: Francis and Trinidad Marques

Ali 'i Hawaiian Hula Hands Coffee

Origin: Ka 'u

Country of Origin: United States, Hawaii

Processing method: washed

Species Name: Typica / Caturra

Score: 86.41

Ethiopia occupies two places in the top ten, but there is no specific species name. Ethiopia, as the native country of coffee trees, has the name of "Arabica Gene Treasury". Many varieties may not have been named yet!

Geisha was also transplanted from Ethiopia, this time on farms in Colombia;