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Coffee Auctions¶
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Overview¶
Coffee auctions are a price-discovery and quality-signalling mechanism in specialty coffee, most prominently through the Cup of Excellence online auction system — where high-scoring lots from national competitions are auctioned to international buyers — and Best of Panama. Auction prices for exceptional lots can reach multiples of the commodity price, with extraordinary micro-lots selling for hundreds or thousands of dollars per pound, creating a premium tier that both validates quality differentiation and sets aspirational benchmarks for producers worldwide.
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