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Kona Coffee – Why So Expensive?

Kona Coffee – Why So Expensive?

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...

Lion Coffee Voted as Hawaii’s Best Coffee 2015

Lion Coffee Voted as Hawaii’s Best Coffee 2015

Mahalo to everyone who took the time to vote for Lion Coffee as Hawaii's best 2015! We are immensely humbled and will continue to roast each batch of coffee with care and Aloha.

The Amazing True Story of Lion Coffee

The Amazing True Story of Lion Coffee

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...

Coffee in Hawaii. A King’s Final Legacy.

Coffee in Hawaii. A King’s Final Legacy.

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 did not survive....

Lion Coffee Voted Best Coffee Roasting 2009

Lion Coffee Voted Best Coffee Roasting 2009

A huge Mahalo to Honolulu Magazine for voting Lion Coffee "Best Coffee Roasting" of 2009 for their Best of Hawaii awards! We're humbled to have been awarded this two years in a row.