(ANSA) – ROME, DEC 03 – It is based in the northern highlands of Coorg in India, an area rich in organic matter at about 1,000 meters high, has 390 hectares and cultivates only Arabica coffee: it is the Indian producer Jumboor Estate, which has won the Ernesto Illy International Coffee Award 2021, a recognition attributed by illycaffè to the “Best of the Best” in terms of sustainability. “I am happy that the coveted ‘Best of the Best’ award was awarded to an Indian product that is cultivated in a virtuous way, confirming the potential of this agricultural model to obtain sustainable quality”, said Andrea Illy, president of illycaffè . The “Coffee Lover’s Choice” award went to the Proyecto Lift Olopita of Guatemala, created in 2017 in Guatemala with the aim of bringing together small coffee farmers interested in learning the best agronomic practices to produce superior quality coffee.
“Even the victory of Guatemala, with the group of small producers participating in the Lift project – underlined Andrea Illy – shows that quality continues to be the driving force for the sustainable growth of coffee communities”.
The 27 finalists of the award, now in its sixth edition, 3 for each country, came from Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Nicaragua. The international jury was made up of three Michelin star chefs Kyle Connaughton, Viki Geunes and Niko Romito, journalists Josè Carlos Capel, Clark Parkin and Michela Proietti, coffee experts Sunalini Menon, Birhanu Gebis Wuli and Henry Alirio Martínez Salinas. (HANDLE).
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