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Whole lot of slurping going on

By Laura Ruminski West Hawaii Today lruminski@westhawaiitoday.com | Saturday, November 17, 2018, 12:05 a.m.

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Brian Webb prepares samples of one of the finalist's coffee at the Kona Coffee Cultural Festival Cupping Competition Finals Thursday at Makaeo Pavilion. (Laura Ruminski/West Hawaii Today) ▲
Pacific Coffee Research owner Brittany Horn prepares blind samples for the judges at the Kona Coffee Cultural Festival Cupping Competition Finals Thursday at Makaeo Pavilion. (Photos by Laura Ruminski/West Hawaii Today) ▲
Judge Jacqueline Suiter slurps her way through blind samples at the Kona Coffee Cultural Festival Cupping Competition Finals. ▲
Judge Aaron Schank records his scores at the cupping competition finals Thursday. ▲
Head Judge Madeleine Longoria Garcia sups on blind samples Thursday at Makaeo Pavilion. ▲
Miss Kona Coffee Ruby Simone Jordan and Miss Aloha Hawaii Danielle Noelani Balanay learn to slurp coffee at the Kona Coffee Cultural Festival Cupping Competition Finals Thursday at Makaeo Pavilion. ▲
Judges sniff the aroma samples at the Kona Coffee Cultural Festival Cupping Competition finals Thursday at Makaeo Pavilion. See more photos on page 6A. (Laura Ruminski/West Hawaii Today) ▲
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KAILUA-KONA — Six renowned judges sniffed and slurped their way through 10 finalists in a blind taste test to determine the winner of the Kona Coffee Cultural Festival’s Cupping Competition at Makaeo Pavilion.

Winners

Classic Division: Monarch Coffee

Crown Division: Kona Coffee and Tea Co.

Kona Heritage Award: MC Kona Farms

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