Deadline today for Kona coffee cupping competition

Judge Jacqueline Suiter slurps her way through blind samples at the Kona Coffee Cultural Festival Cupping Competition Finals Nov. 15, 2018, at Makaeo Pavilion. (Laura Ruminski/West Hawaii Today)

Submissions for the 2021 Kona Coffee Cultural Festival Cupping Competition Coffee must be received by 4 p.m. today. All entries must be 100% Kona coffee grown in the district of Kona. Kona coffee entered in the competition will be scored on the globally accepted and recognized Specialty Coffee Association cupping format using a 100-point scale and evaluated in a double-blind format in the commercial and specialty divisions. Pacific Coffee Research oversees the prestigious Kona Coffee Cupping Competition.