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Portland, Oregon USA (April 16, 2021) – The Alliance for Coffee Excellence (ACE) in partnership with Fincas Mierisch, is excited to announce the 15 winning coffees for the recently revived […]

Susie Spindler, Co-Founder of Cup of Excellence®(COE) and former long-time Executive Director of The Alliance for Coffee Excellence (ACE) has recently joined the board of directors of the [...]

The Alliance For Coffee Excellence Is Now Able To Trace The Origin Of Coffee Through New Partnership With Scientific Traceability Company, Oritain. Scientific traceability company, Oritain, is [...]

During the recent fearful time for the specialty coffee industry, The Alliance For Coffee Excellence, (ACE) and The Cup of Excellence (COE) program proved that nimble non-profit organizations [...]

The founders The first competition in 1999 was called “Best of Brazil”, executed as an experimental program under the “Gourmet Project” started by Susie Spindler, George Howell, the Brazil [...]