Colombia Farmers Collection 2026: how to read a pre-auction selection list

Qima Coffee and the Alliance for Coffee Excellence (ACE) have launched the first edition of the Private Collection Auction series in Colombia: Colombia Farmers Collection 2026. The online auction is set for 24 November 2026. It is open to producers from all Colombian coffee-growing regions and sits on ACE’s Private Collection / Farmers Collection platform — a sibling channel to Cup of Excellence, not a CoE national competition itself. Selection results are already published on the ACE page; the sale has not run yet, so there are no hammer prices to quote.

The programme sets minimum lot sizes starting at about 30 kilograms — framed so smallholders, not only large estates, can reach international buyers who care about quality, traceability, and producer stories. Buying a sample set registers you for the auction. A selection list is not a receipt: scores, farm names, varieties, processes, regions, and provisional weights describe what was cupped into the catalogue. Final hammer prices appear only after 24 November; until then, the table is a reading aid, not a shopping guarantee.

At the top of the published selection: #1 scored 91.01 — Juan Ocampo – La Reserva, Juan Felipe Ocampo, Sidra, anaerobic honey, Ciudad Bolívar, Antioquia, about 49.37 lb; #2 at 90.13 — Gabriel Vásquez – La Colombia, Chiroso, anaerobic honey, same municipio; #3 at 90.12 — Jose Posada – Espejo, Ethiopian Heirloom, washed, Medellín, Antioquia. Further down the list: Geisha, Pink Bourbon, Sidra, and Chiroso from Antioquia, Nariño, Huila, Cauca, Tolima, Quindío, and more. Read it as a map of names and processes across Colombia — not a shopping list, and not a flavour passport for every bag that shares a variety word.

Before 24 November, use the list the way you would a serious bag label: farm, variety, process word, region, and weight. ACE notes that the coffees have not been milled yet, so final weights may change slightly. Auction results will follow the sale — do not invent prices or treat a pre-auction score as a retail promise. When the hammers fall, read farm and process first; keep the score as context for that lot alone.