Tag Archives: Kenneth Davids

435. In defense of Caturra: A conversation with Alejandro Cadena

2014-11-27 Coffeelands Staff Comments Off

When I read this article by Kenneth Davids in The Coffee Review assigning Caturra to the second tier of varietal quality, I thought immediately of Alejandro Cadena, whose pioneering Colombian exporter Virmax can stake a solid claim to intellectual and material authorship of the microlot model. Why did I think of Alejandro? Because when he […]

434. The variety play (and the future of Caturra)

2014-11-24 Coffeelands Staff Comments Off

We interrupt our series on of interviews on the CRS Colombian Varietal Cuppings to bring you an important reflection on the future of Caturra. Are its days numbered?

380. Overheard at Let’s Talk Robusta 2013

2014-01-14 Coffeelands Staff Comments Off

Let’s Talk Robusta 2013 was by all accounts bigger and better than its predecessor. Here are 10 of the most memorable quotes from the event.

375. Mythbusting Robusta

2013-12-10 Coffeelands Staff Comments Off

The Coffee Review co-founder and specialty coffee pioneer Kenneth Davids opened the 2013 edition of Let’s Talk Robusta with a tour-de-force keynote address during which he exposed “The Robusta Myth” in the U.S. specialty marketplace, offered his own “Robusta realities,” and advocated forcefully for more sensory exploration of a coffee we still don’t really know.

109. Coffee quality: What’s Fair Trade got to do with it?

2010-11-24 Coffeelands Staff Comments Off

I suggested yesterday that Fair Trade coffee is on a roll. I think it is important to reflect further on the relationship between Fair Trade and quality, as much of what accounts for coffee quality has nothing at all to do with Fair Trade