| Issue | Topic | Nomination Deadline |
| January | Espressos in Pods | December 10, 2008 |
| February | The Value of the Ordinary: House Blends | January 10, 2009 |
| March | Coffees from San Francisco Bay Area Roasters | February 10, 2009 |
| April | Coffees of Papua New Guinea | March 10, 2009 |
| May | Signature Espresso Blends | April 10, 2009 |
| June | Alternative Africas: Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe | May 10, 2009 |
| July | The Bourbon Heritage: Single-Origin Coffees from Pure var. Bourbon | June 10, 2009 |
| August | Controversy and the Cup: Shade-Grown Coffee (Please note early nomination deadline) | June 30, 2009 |
| September | Coffees of Panama | August 10, 2009 |
| October | Coffees of India | September 10, 2009 |
| November | Fair Trade Revisited: Fair-Trade Certified Blends and Single-Origins | October 10, 2009 |
| December | Single-Origin Best Sellers | November 10, 2009 |
| January 2010 | Mocha-Java Blends | December 10, 2009 |
