Donations from more than two dozen coffee-related companies helped generate more than $30,000 in the Spring Grounds for Health auction.
In addition to giving quality specialty coffees, equipment and some business services to interested buyers, the auction ultimately goes towards the Vermont-based nonprofit’s cervical cancer screening and prevention programming in the coffeelands.
The June 12 auction marked the 11th year of Grounds for Health’s auction program
, which relies on donations, primarily from green coffee importing companies. While a number of smaller buyers scored incredible deals on a wide range of coffees from all over the globe, one lot broke the all-time GFH auction record.
After 106 bids, a French company by the name of L’escargot D’or Cosmetocafe offered $151.10 per pound for 26.5 pounds of coffee donated by Colombian producer Hacienda El Roble. The coffee is a certified organic and bird-friendly cultivar known as HR-61, which Hacienda El Roble says is exclusive to its estate in Santander. The producer’s donation of HR-61 broke GFH’s previous auction record
last year with a top bid of $120.05 per pound.
The second highest price coffee in this year’s auction was an “aerobic maceration” process Gesha cultivar donated by the Brazilian producer organization Daterra. Wisconsin-based home roasters supplier Home Roast Coffee submitted a top bid of $19.01 per pound. Daterra was also named as the auction’s top donor, raising $5,232.36 with five donated lots.
Nick Brown
Nick Brown is the editor of Daily Coffee News by Roast Magazine.
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