One of the most common questions people ask about Kona Coffee is “Why so expensive?!” 3 reasons. Listed backwards, talk-show style. #3. The Kona Coffee Belt is very small The Kona Coffee Belt is a tiny bit of land less than 1 mile wide and around 30 miles long. Only...
In the mid-1800’s, coffee was purchased raw (green) from the local grocer. Often, the beans arrived (off the ships) a little musty and worse for wear. Coffee drinkers would scorch the mix of crude green beans in frying pans over the fire…. which often made for a burnt...
In 1813 Don Francisco de Paula Marin, “Hawaii’s Original Farmer” planted the first coffee seedlings in Oahu. A distinguished horticulturist, he served King Kamehameha I as a personal physician, interpreter and accountant. Sadly, those first seedlings...
