Job opportunity: Sales Director (Shanghai)
Project Origin is looking for someone to join their team, in a dynamic and engaging role as Sales Director in Shanghai, China. Project Origin (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. is a joint venture company built by Project Origin (Australia) Pty. Ltd. and Ming’s Coffee. It will focus on the distribution of Project Origin green coffee throughout China. […]
El Salvador receives a new denomination
The small Central American country of El Salvador has embraced a new denomination of origin, known as ‘Cafe Alotepec’. Announced in late May 2017, this denomination will act as a means of identifying coffees that come from the Alotepec region in Chalatenango, a well-known coffee growing region in El Salvador. This micro-region is no stranger […]
‘Best of Nicaragua’ Auction Update
May 2017 After our Best of El Salvador Auction in April the Project Origin team had a chance to get closer to and better understand what’s happening in Central America right now. For Nicaragua an early harvest in combination with a late timing of our auction meant we’ve had to cancel our Best of Nicaragua […]
Farm visit: Finca Milaydi
Judges from our latest auction program visited the winning farm, Finca Milaydi and met the family behind the coffee.
‘Best of El Salvador’ auction 2017: Results
The ‘Project Origin: Best of El Salvador’ auction for 2017 has come to an end. Congratulations to all the producers who entered this year and to the buyers who participated in the live online auction. The results for the auction can be found here. The the coffees presented to the International Jury that are outside […]
The auction goes live! Best of El Salvador 2017
After much deliberation by our National and International Juries, we have the champions of the ‘Project Origin: Best of El Salvador’ 2017 auction program. We’re incredibly pleased with the amount of samples sent in this year, and the cupping results so far. The top 16 have all scored above 86.6 points as an average across of […]
The ‘Best of El Salvador’: International Judging Results
Countdown to auction The International Jury from the ‘Project Origin: Best of El Salvador’ auction program has cupped all of the finalist lots and has selected the top coffees that will be released at the online auction at 0800 CST, Saturday 29th (San Salvador local time). We’re incredibly please with the amount of samples sent […]
Best of El Salvador 2017: Judges profile
Oliver James is a co-owner and founder of Caffiend and Tattooed Sailor Coffee Roasters in Cairns, Australia…
Samples available for ‘Best of El Salvador’ auction lots
Project Origin’s first auction the 2016 Best of El Salvador has ended and we’re happy to say it was a great success. Everything from the number of producers that submitted coffees, to the quality of the winning coffees and the engagement of the producing communities was amazing
How do the ‘Project Origin: Best of’ Auctions work?
The ‘Project Origin: Best of’ auction series aims to connect coffee producers and buyers worldwide, at origin. But how do they work? First, producers submit their coffees, in several categories. This changes depending on the country hosting the auction. Then, a National Jury in the host country judges and selects any coffee scoring above 85 […]