The fourth international competition for originally roasted coffees - AVPA Paris 2018 - responds to the evolution of the coffee world. Little by little, coffee growers are moving from the status of producers of a processed raw material in the countries of consumption to that of breeders of great vintages capable of assembling their best varieties and roasting them to the best of their potential to deliver a finished product. , coffee roasted on the plantation. And so the producing countries become the first amateurs and consumers of their own production.

AVPA wishes to support this movement in France and in Europe to reposition the coffee grower as the most legitimate player in the coffee chain, thus giving coffee the gastronomic recognition it deserves and, therefore, participating in a better redistribution of added value. for the benefit of producing countries.