I would like to start off this blog by thanking my wonderful boss Tony Vo who sent my colleague Kalina and I on this amazing trip to represent Waterbean Coffee. I would also like to thank BanExports for being the most amazing hosts while we were there and Café Imports for organizing the trip for Waterbean and other roasters around the United States to enjoy Best cup 2022. 09/18/2022 I flew into Bogotá, Colombia where we stayed a single night which led us to Popayán, Colombia

The 2022 Best Cup took place in Popayán, Colombia, and was hosted by two amazing companies, Banexport and Cafe Imports. The Best Cup is a competition between local producers in Colombia to compete and be ranked. More than 1,000 microlots were submitted in this year's competition hoping to be placed in the top thirty. After Banexport and Cafe Imports pick the top thirty finalists it was our job to grade and ranked them in the top fifteen. After the top fifteen are placed they