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February 2012 
Cupping with Ken: Benchmarking the New Starbucks and Peet's Blends
by Kenneth Davids; Reviews by Kenneth Davids and Justin Johnson

January 2012 
Cupping with Ken: Low-Acid Coffees
by Kenneth Davids; Reviews by Kenneth Davids and Justin Johnson

December 2011 
Cupping with Ken: Single-Variety Coffees: Aficionado Fun
by Kenneth Davids; Reviews by Kenneth Davids with Justin Johnson

November 2011 
Cupping with Ken: Don't Give Up Your Grinder: Pre-Ground Supermarket Coffees
by Kenneth Davids; Reviews by Kenneth Davids with Justin Johnson

October 2011 
Cupping with Ken: From the Transparently Pure to the Creatively Edgy: Twelve Certified Organic Coffees
by Kenneth Davids; Reviews by Kenneth Davids with Justin Johnson

September 2011 
Cupping with Ken: Still Tops: Coffees of Kenya
by Kenneth Davids; Reviews by Kenneth Davids with Justin Johnson

August 2011 
Cupping with Ken: Nicaragua: Continuity and Innovation
by Kenneth Davids; Reviews by Kenneth Davids with Justin Johnson

July 2011 
Cupping with Ken: Quest for an Everyday Coffee: Macro-Lots
by Kenneth Davids; Reviews by Kenneth Davids and Justin Johnson

June 2011 
Cupping with Ken: Canada: Doing Fine though Not So Different
by Kenneth Davids; reviews by Kenneth Davids and Ted Stachura

May 2011 
Cupping with Ken: Single-Origin Espressos
by Kenneth Davids; reviews by Kenneth Davids and Sean Kohmescher

April 2011 
Cupping with Ken: The Single-Serve Compromise
by Kenneth Davids; Reviews by Kenneth Davids and Ted Stachura

April 2011 
Single-Serve System Reviews 2011
by Kenneth Davids with Ted Stachura

March 2011 
Cupping with Ken Davids: Instant Coffees and Starbucks VIA: Beyond Bad
by Kenneth Davids

February 2011 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Readers' Nominations
by Kenneth Davids; Reviews by Kenneth Davids and Ted Stachura

January 2011 
Cupping With Ken Davids: African Intensity: Yirgacheffe, Sidama and Environs
by Kenneth Davids; Reviews by Kenneth Davids and Ted Stachura

December 2010 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Prize-Winning Coffees from Latin America
by Kenneth Davids; Reviews by Wendy De Jong and Kenneth Davids

November 2010 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Brandy and Surprises: The New Naturals
by Kenneth Davids

October 2010 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Quiet Distinction: Coffees of Guatemala
by Kenneth Davids; Reviews by Kenneth Davids and Ted Stachura

September 2010 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Tall-Drink Espressos: Best Blends for Big Milk
by Kenneth Davids; reviews by Andy Newbom and Kenneth Davids

August 2010 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Summer Selections: Coffees of Note
by Kenneth Davids; reviews by Kenneth Davids and Ted Stachura

July 2010 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Pity the Poor Decaf Drinker: Signature Decaf Blends
by Kenneth Davids; Reviews by Kenneth Davids and Ted Stachura

June 2010 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Along the Andes: Coffees of Ecuador, Bolivia and Peru
by Kenneth Davids; reviews by Kenneth Davids and Ted Stachura

May 2010 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Micro to Macro: Southern California Coffees
by Kenneth Davids; Reviews by Kenneth Davids and Ted Stachura

April 2010 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Mysterious No More: Sumatra Coffees
by Kenneth Davids; reviews by Kenneth Davids and Ted Stachura

March 2010 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Island Coffees: Hawaii and the Caribbean
by Kenneth Davids; Reviews by Kenneth Davids and Ted Stachura

February 2010 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Coffees of Sulawesi, Bali, Java, Flores, East Timor
by Kenneth Davids; reviews by Kenneth Davids and Ted Stachura

January 2010 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Fourteen Covers of a Classic Tune: Mocha-Java Blends
by Kenneth Davids; reviews by Kenneth Davids and Ted Stachura

December 2009 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Best (or Should-Be-Best) Selling Single Origins 2009
by Kenneth Davids; Reviews by Kenneth Davids and Ted Stachura

November 2009 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Quality and Fair Trade Certified Coffees
by Kenneth Davids; reviews by Kenneth Davids and Ted Stachura

October 2009 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Something for Everyone: India Coffees 2009
by Kenneth Davids; reviews by Kenneth Davids and Ted Stachura

September 2009 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Half Way to Napa? Panamas 2009
by Kenneth Davids; reviews by Kenneth Davids and Ted Stachura

August 2009 
Cupping With Ken Davids: The Devil's in the Details: Bird-Friendly and Shade-Grown Coffees
by Kenneth Davids; reviews by Kenneth Davids and Ted Stachura

July 2009 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Botany and the Cup: The Bourbon Conundrum
by Kenneth Davids; reviews by Kenneth Davids and Andy Newbom

June 2009 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Animal-Processed Coffees: The Latest Contender
by Kenneth Davids

June 2009 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Alternative Africas: Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania
by Kenneth Davids; reviews by Jim Reynolds and Kenneth Davids

May 2009 
McDonald's vs. Starbucks: A Milky Skirmish in the Coffee Wars
by Kenneth Davids with Ted Stachura

May 2009 
Cupping With Ken Davids: American Espresso Blends: Boutique and Bigger
by Kenneth Davids; reviews by Kenneth Davids and Byron Holcomb

May 2009 
Espresso: Tasting Super-Heroes
by Byron Holcomb

April 2009 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Papua New Guinea: Promise Only Partly Fulfilled
by Kenneth Davids; reviews by Jennifer Stone and Kenneth Davids

March 2009 
Cupping With Ken Davids: San Francisco Bay Area Coffees: Dark and Beyond
by Kenneth Davids; reviews by Kenneth Davids and Ted Stachura

February 2009 
Cupping With Ken Davids: House Blends: Comfort Coffee and Beyond
by Kenneth Davids; reviews by Kenneth Davids and Ted Stachura

January 2009 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Convenience First: Espresso Pods and Capsules
by Kenneth Davids

December 2008 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Holiday Gift Coffees 2008: The Rare, the Exceptional, the Weird
by Kenneth Davids

November 2008 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Unassuming Beauty: Coffees of El Salvador and Honduras
by Kenneth Davids; reviews by Kenneth Davids and Ted Stachura

October 2008 
Cupping With Ken Davids: The Budget Aficionado: Top Value Single-Origin Coffees
by Kenneth Davids; reviews by Kenneth Davids and Ted Stachura

September 2008 
Cupping With Ken Davids: The Rainforest Alternative: Twelve plus One Rainforest-Certified Coffees
by Kenneth Davids; reviews by Kenneth Davids and Ted Stachura

August 2008 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Coffees of Kenya: Still Struggling, Still Great
by Kenneth Davids

July 2008 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Readers' Choice 2008: Hearty Coffee from the Heartlands
by Kenneth Davids; reviews by Kenneth Davids and Ted Stachura

June 2008 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Single-Origin Espressos 2008
by Kenneth Davids and Heather Perry

May 2008 
Cupping With Ken Davids: "S" as in Sexy: New Specialty Offerings from Brazil
by Kenneth Davids and Ted Stachura

April 2008 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Special Reserve is Dead. Long Live Special Reserve.
by Kenneth Davids

March 2008 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Decaffeinated Single-Origins: A Slow Tour with Limited Stops
by Kenneth Davids

February 2008 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Juan Valdez's Progeny: Micro-Lot and Other Fine Colombias
by Kenneth Davids

January 2008 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Big Bags from the Big Boxes: Value All-Arabicas from the Discount Chains
by Kenneth Davids

December 2007 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Exotic Procedures in Far Places: Aged, Monsooned and Luwaked Coffees
by Kenneth Davids

November 2007 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Berries, Wine and Chocolate (Some of the Time): Dry-Processed Coffees of Ethiopia and Yemen
by Kenneth Davids and Miguel Meza

October 2007 
Cupping With Ken Davids: 2007 Prize-Winning Coffees from Central America and Colombia
by Kenneth Davids

September 2007 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Fair-Trade Coffees: The Controversy and the Cup
by Kenneth Davids

August 2007 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Italy Seen from America: Nine (Genuine) Italian and Three American Espressos
by Kenneth Davids

July 2007 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Caribbean Coffees 2007: Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Haiti, Dominican Republic
by Kenneth Davids

June 2007 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Alternative Africas: Rwanda, Tanzania, Zimbabwe
by Kenneth Davids

May 2007 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Low-Acid Options for Coffee Drinkers
by Kenneth Davids

April 2007 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Sweetness and Earth: Java, Sulawesi, Bali, Timor
by Kenneth Davids

March 2007 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Better Than You Think: Decaffeinated Espressos
by Kenneth Davids

February 2007 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Cupping the Andes: Southern Colombia, Bolivia and Peru
by Kenneth Davids

January 2007 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Starting with Cans: Mainstream Supermarket Coffees
by Kenneth Davids

December 2006 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Award-Winning Coffees of Central America 2006
by Kevin Knox

December 2006 
Price, Quality and Value: Questioning "Competition Coffees"
by Kevin Knox

November 2006 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Holiday Blends and Other Gift Coffees
by Kenneth Davids

October 2006 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Readers' Choice Espressos
by Kenneth Davids

September 2006 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Experimenting with Tradition: Naturally Flavored Coffees
by Kenneth Davids

August 2006 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Now or Never: Special Reserve Coffees
by Kenneth Davids

July 2006 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Breakfast Blends 2006: An American Tradition Goes Cosmopolitan
by Kenneth Davids and Danny O'Neill

June 2006 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Readers' Choices: The Lush, the Classic, the Ultra-Dark
by Kenneth Davids

May 2006 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Better than Ever: Boutique Espressos
by Kenneth Davids

April 2006 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Hawaiian Coffees 2006: Not This Year
by Kenneth Davids

March 2006 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Undervalued Beauty: The Coffees of Papua New Guinea
by Kenneth Davids

March 2006 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Single-Serve Correction and Reactions: Tassimo and Keurig
by Kenneth Davids

February 2006 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Colombia Runs the Table: Twelve at Ninety
by Kenneth Davids

January 2006 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Romance and Perfection: 2006 Readers' Choices
by Kenneth Davids

December 2005 
A User's Survey: Single-Serve Coffee Brewing Systems
by Matthew Hill & Kenneth Davids

December 2005 
At What Cost Convenience: Tasting the New Crop of Single-Serve Coffee Systems
by Kenneth Davids

November 2005 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Still Tastes Good: Guatemala and Chiapas
by Kenneth Davids

November 2005 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Still Tastes Good: Guatemala and Chiapas
by Kenneth Davids

October 2005 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Not for Beginners: Prize-Winning Latin American Coffees 2005
by Kenneth Davids

September 2005 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Nice Going: Readers' Choice Espressos
by Kenneth Davids with Ted Lingle

August 2005 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Aromatic Neighbors: Current Crop Panamas and Costa Ricas
by Kenneth Davids with Rodger Owen

July 2005 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Watch It, Seattle: Chicago-Area Coffees
by Kenneth Davids

June 2005 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Win Some, Lose Some: Decaffeinated Coffees
by Kenneth Davids

May 2005 
Cupping With Ken Davids: The New Health Beverage Made Even Healthier: Health-Enhanced Coffees
by Kenneth Davids

April 2005 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Soft and Sweet: Brazil Specialty Coffees
by Kenneth Davids

March 2005 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Progressive Crema: Organic and Fair-Trade Espresso Blends
by Kenneth Davids

February 2005 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Fruit and Flowers: Coffees of Central and Southern Africa
by Kenneth Davids

January 2005 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Now More Than Ever: Traditional Coffees of Sumatra and Sulawesi
by Kenneth Davids

January 2005 
Top Twelve Coffees of 2004
by Kenneth Davids

December 2004 
Savory Partnerships: Relationship Coffees
by Kenneth Davids

November 2004 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Prize-Winning Central American Coffees from the Cup of Excellence
by Kenneth Davids

November 2004 
Raising Coffee Consciousness: Raising Coffee Consciousness: The Cup of Excellence and Green Coffee Competitions
by Kenneth Davids

October 2004 
Fair Trade Amplifications and Corrections
by Kenneth Davids

October 2004 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Ethiopia and Kenya: The World's Most Distinctive Coffees
by Kenneth Davids and Christy Thorns

September 2004 
Cupping With Ken Davids: The Fair-Trade Cup: Quality and Controversy
by Kenneth Davids and Lindsey Bolger

August 2004 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Nicaragua: Sweet, Round and Progressive
by Kenneth Davids

July 2004 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Mysores and Monsooned Malabars: Coffees of India
by Kenneth Davids

July 2004 
Daddy's Socks or Fancy Cheese: Monsooned Coffees and the Perils of Evaluation
by Kenneth Davids

June 2004 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Boutique Espressos
by Kenneth Davids

May 2004 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Readers' Nominations
by Kenneth Davids

April 2004 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Coffee from Celebrity Chefs (or their Restaurants)
by Kenneth Davids

March 2004 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Emerging Origins
by Kenneth Davids

February 2004 
Cupping With Ken Davids: The Aficionado's Pacific Northwest Espressos
by Kenneth Davids and Willem Boot

February 2004 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Pacific Northwest Coffees
by Kenneth Davids

January 2004 
Cupping With Ken Davids: At What Cost Convenience? Testing the New Single-Serve Coffee Systems
by Kenneth Davids

December 2003 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Fragrance and Weight: Winter Coffees from the Pacific
by Kenneth Davids

November 2003 
Holiday Gift Coffees
by Kenneth Davids

October 2003 
The Tanzanian Peaberry Mystery
by Kenneth Davids

September 2003 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Beyond Antigua: The "Other" Guatemalas
by Kenneth Davids

August 2003 
Suggestions for First-time Visitors
by Kennth Davids

August 2003 
Not Your Ordinary Espressos
by Kenneth Davids and Willem Boot

July 2003 
Cupping With Ken Davids: The El Salvador and Honduras Adventure
by Kenneth Davids

July 2003 
Coffee Growers and the Farm-to-Consumer Shortcut
by Kenneth Davids

June 2003 
Cupping with Ken Davids: Pursuing Quality at the Supermarket
by Kenneth Davids

June 2003 
Snobs Vs. Altruists and the Coffee Price Crisis
by Kenneth Davids

May 2003 
Cupping with Ken Davids: Roasters without Stores
by Kenneth Davids

March 2003 
Cupping with Ken Davids: A Snapshot from the Caribbean
by Kenneth Davids

February 2003 
Cupping with Ken Davids: Roasters' Choices
by Kenneth Davids

January 2003 
Cupping with Ken Davids: Readers' Choices Round Two
by Kenneth Davids

December 2002 
Cupping with Ken Davids: Readers' Choices
by Kenneth Davids

November 2002 
Cupping with Ken Davids and Lindsey Bolger: Sumatras
by Kenneth Davids and Lindsey Bolger

November 2002 
Commentary: What Makes Sumatra Coffees Taste The Way They Do?
by Ken Davids

October 2002 
Cupping With Kenneth Davids and John Weaver: Dark Roasts
by Kenneth Davids and John Weaver

October 2002 
Guest Column: A Roast Master's Perspective on Dark Roasts: John Weaver
by John Weaver

September 2002 
Cupping with Ken Davids: Ethiopias and Kenyas
by Kenneth Davids

August 2002 
Cupping with Ken Davids and Chris Palmer: Indias
by Kenneth Davids | Chris Palmer

July 2002 
Cupping With Kenneth Davids: Decaffeinated Coffees
by Kenneth Davids

July 2002 
Cupping with Kenneth Davids: Fun without the Buzz: Decaffeination Processes and Issues
by Kenneth Davids

June 2002 
Cupping With Kenneth Davids: Costa Ricas
by Kenneth Davids & Kevin Knox

June 2002 
Guest Column: On Matching Roast to Bean
by Kevin Knox

May 2002 
Cupping With Kenneth Davids: Current Crop Brazils
by Kenneth Davids

May 2002 
Cupping With Kenneth Davids: A New Brazil Cup?
by Kenneth Davids

April 2002 
Cupping with Ken Davids: Espressos for Cappuccino and Caffé Latte
by Kenneth Davids

April 2002 
Cupping with Ken Davids: Brewing Espresso at Home
by Kenneth Davids

March 2002 
Cupping With Ken Davids: Roast-and-Ground and Whole-Bean Supermarket Coffees
by Kenneth Davids

March 2002 
Cupping With Ken Davids: The Robusta Fuss
by Kenneth Davids

February 2002 
Cupping with Ken Davids: Konas and Other Hawaiis
by Ken Davids

February 2002 
Cupping with Ken Davids: Are Konas Worth It?
by Ken Davids

December 2001 
Cupping with Ken Davids: Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras
by Kenneth Davids

August 2001 
Cupping with Ken Davids: Fair-Trade Coffees
by Ken Davids

June 2001 
Cupping with Ken Davids: Premium Blends
by Ken Davids

April 2001 
Cupping with Ken Davids: The 2001 Panama Cupping Event
by Ken Davids

March 2001 
Cupping with Ken Davids: Sulawesis, a Cup on the Wild Side
by Ken Davids

January 2001 
Cupping Board Reviews: Indias
by Ken Davids

December 2000 
Cupping with Ken Davids: Low-Acid Coffees
by Ken Davids

September 2000 
Cupping with Ken Davids: Fair-Trade Coffees
by Ken Davids

August 2000 
Cupping with Ken Davids: Classic Espresso Blends
by Ken Davids

July 2000 
Cupping Board Reviews: Prize-Winning Panamas
by Ken Davids

June 2000 
Cupping with Ken Davids: Central America Coffees
by Ken Davids

May 2000 
Cupping Board Reviews: The Mocha Taste
by Ken Davids

April 2000 
Cupping with Ken Davids: Organically Grown Coffees
by Ken Davids

March 2000 
Cupping with Ken Davids: Decaffeinated Coffees
by Ken Davids

February 2000 
Cupping With Ken Davids: 1999 Papua New Guineas, Timors, and a Lone Java
by Ken Davids

January 2000 
Cupping with Ken Davids: Supermarket Coffees
by Ken Davids

December 1999 
Cupping with Ken Davids: Coffees of the Millennium
by Ken Davids

November 1999 
Cupping with Ken Davids: Holiday Coffees
by Ken Davids

October 1999 
Cupping Board Reviews: Wet-Processed Ethiopias
by Ken Davids

September 1999 
Cupping with Ken Davids: Single-Store Roasters
by Ken Davids

August 1999 
Coffee Board Cupping: Colombias
by Ken Davids

July 1999 
Cupping with Ken Davids: New Crop Guatemalas
by Ken Davids

June 1999 
Cupping with Ken Davids: Extreme and Not-So-Extreme Dark Roasts
by Ken Davids

May 1999 
Cupping with Ken Davids: A Dozen Keepers
by Ken Davids

April 1999 
Cupping with Ken Davids: Indonesias and Papua New Guineas
by Ken Davids

March 1999 
Cupping Board Reviews: Kenyas and Other East Africas
by Ken Davids

February 1999 
Cupping with Ken Davids: New Crop Sumatras
by Ken Davids

January 1999 
Cupping with Ken Davids: Brazil and Brazils
by Ken Davids

December 1998 
Cupping with Ken Davids: Holiday Gift Coffees
by Ken Davids

November 1998 
Cupping with Ken Davids: Single-Origin Organics
by Ken Davids

October 1998 
Cupping with Ken Davids: Best Sellers
by Ken Davids

September 1998 
Cupping with Ken Davids: Twelve Hits from '98
by Ken Davids

July 1998 
Cupping Board Reviews:: Caribbean Coffees
by Ken Davids

June 1998 
Cupping with Ken Davids: Costa Ricas
by Ken Davids

May 1998 
Cupping with Ken Davids: West-Coast Espressos
by Ken Davids

April 1998 
Cupping Board Reviews: Hawaii
by Ken Davids

March 1998 
Cupping with Ken Davids: Sumatras
by Ken Davids

February 1998 
Cupping Board Reviews:: Brazils
by Ken Davids

January 1998 
Cupping with Ken Davids: Mocha-Java Blends
by Ken Davids

December 1997 
Cupping with Ken Davids: Holiday Coffees '97
by Ken Davids

November 1997 
Cupping with Ken Davids: Environment-Friendly Coffees
by Ken Davids

October 1997 
Cupping with Ken Davids: Espresso Blends
by Ken Davids

September 1997 
Cupping Board Reviews: El Salvador
by Ken Davids

August 1997 
Cupping with Ken Davids: Decaffeinated Coffees
by Ken Davids

July 1997 
Cupping Board Reviews:: Guatemala Coffees
by Ken Davids

May 1997 
Cupping with Ken Davids: Supermarket Coffees
by Ken Davids

April 1997 
Cupping with Ken Davids: The Dark-Roast Controversy
by Ken Davids

March 1997 
Cupping with Ken Davids: Straight Coffees from Africa
by Ken Davids

February 1997 
Cupping with Ken Davids: House Blends
by Ken Davids