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Kona Coffee
grows on the cool green slopes of Kona in an area that is roughly one mile by
thirty miles. It lays on rocky volcanic land between 500 feet and 2500 feet
above sea level along the south-western coast of the Big Island of Hawaii. This
small area provides the perfect climate and soil for growing coffee. Shaded by
afternoon clouds and quenched by seasonal, tropical rains, this gourmet coffee
is smooth, full bodied, richly flavored and robust.
The Kona coast of the Big Island of Hawaii is the ONLY place
on earth that produces the rich, uniquely flavored coffee known as "Kona
Coffee." We thank you for supporting the coffee farmers of Kona, the
backbone of the Kona Coffee industry.
Most of the Kona coffee crop is processed and bagged
in 100 lb. sacks to be sold on the world coffee market. This bulk coffee is in
the form of green, unroasted beans. It is often used to flavor coffees grown in
other areas of the planet. The resulting mixtures are usually sold as a
"Kona blend." A Kona blend may legally have as little as one Kona
bean in it to carry the label (in Hawaii it must be at least 10%.) It is
difficult to find a premium quality, 100% Kona coffee if you are not in Kona.
A few Kona coffee farmers and local coffee companies reserve the finest of the
crop for roasting and packaging in small quantities under private label here in
Kona. Touch on South
Kona and take a virtually tour along Mamalahoa highway and up some of the
steep, rough, 4-wheel drive
trails into the coffee growing regions of the Kona coast the Big Island of
Hawaii.
A
brief history of Kona Coffee starts when coffee plants were first brought
to the island in the last century.
Enjoy an explanation of the
cycle of coffee
production, from the flowering of "Kona Snow" blossoms to the
roasting of the green coffee.
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