The Carvalho Dias family has won various awards for our coffee excellence, including awards from Illy coffee and the ‘Cup of Excellence.’ The highlight was winning the 'Cup of Excellence' competition in 2004.

Cup of Excellence
The Cup of Excellence competition has been held in Brazil for the past 6 years. All coffee farmers, large and small are invited to submit their best coffee samples. Each coffee goes through a very rigorous blind tasting, first by a national jury, and then a jury of international experts. In recent years over 900 farmers have submitted their coffees, so it is always a big deal to be a finalists, and a huge deal to be the winner of the best coffee in the country!

Besides having won the Best coffee in the country in 2004, the Carvalho Dias family is the only Family in Brazil to have at least one finalist every year since the competition has been held, showing that coffees from our farms are consistently high quality. We attribute this consistency in excellence to the hard work and dedication of past and new generations who have cared for our coffee plants and our environment for the well being of the farm. Below is a table showing how our family has performed in the Cup of Excellence since the first competition was held. Note that the price shown is for green beans (usually green beans are sold for less than $1.00/lb). This incredible ongoing success is unheard of in the coffee industry.

Year	Place	High Bid per Lb.	Farmer	Farm
2004	1st	$13.65	Joaquim Jose de Carvalho Dias	Fazenda Recreio
2004	9th	$4.50	Luiz Botelho Macedo Costa	Fazenda Santa Ines
2004	11th	$5.10	Lindolpho de Carvalho Dias	Fazenda Cachoeira
2003	4th	$5.15	Joaquim Jose de Carvalho Dias	Fazenda Recreio
2003	Finalist	$3.55	Luiz Botelho Macedo Costa	Fazenda Santa Ines
2002	Finalist	$3.15	Luiz Botelho Macedo Costa	Fazenda Santa Ines
2001	3rd	$4.06	Luiz Fernando de Carvalho Dias	Fazenda Rainha
2001	18th	$3.55	Joaquim Jose de Carvalho Dias	Fazenda Recreio
2000	2nd	$1.87	Luiz Fernando de Carvalho Dias	Fazenda Rainha
2000	4th	$1.35	Lindolpho de Carvalho Dias	Fazenda Cachoeira
1999	9th	$1.85	Lindolpho de Carvalho Dias	Fazenda Cachoeira

* Blind Tasting means that the jurors do not know the farm or farmer the coffee
comes from, ensuring non-biased results.