A judge smells the aroma of a specialty coffee at the Cup of Excellence competition in Machado November 13, 2009. National and international judges spent all week sniffing, savoring and spitting, in order to single out the best coffee in Brazil from the last 56 in the running during the annual Cup of Excellence. Despite heavy rains during harvesting that spoiled large quantities of Brazil's beans this year, judges said the quality of top tier coffees had improved. (Xinhua)