Big Island Coffee News & Articles

Coffee Roasting Levels

Coffee Roasting Levels

When choosing how light or dark to roast a coffee, we must take into account its origin, its processing, and finally what flavors we want to showca...

Kona-ish Coffee: 10% Kona Blends & Deceptive Labeling

Counterfeit and 10% Hawaiian blends are successful only by virtue of the brands they exploit. And those brands have been earned through the very ha...

2014 Fresh Crop List: Ka’u Coffee

With a new year come fresh crops and new coffees - and we have some delicious Ka'u lots lined up for 2014.

Coffee Review: 94 for Honeyed Yellow Caturra

Kenneth Davids for Coffee Review: “Elegant flower-bomb. Exhilarating, refreshing meadow flowers, roasted cacao nib, almond in aroma and cup. Delica...

Grand Champion? We Won? We Won!

August, 2013. Yes, our coffee earned the top score as Grand Champion for the state of Hawaii. I know it can sound a bit surprising because we’re ve...

Variety of Hawaiian Coffee Beans in a Pile

What makes “the best” Hawaiian coffee different?

Let’s say we have two Hawaiian coffees of the same coffee varietal, the same region, and harvested on the same day. Blindfolded, you taste them bot...

2014 Fresh Crop List: Puna Coffee

I have a secret. It's a test run we've been trialing on a small bag of Puna coffee. We're often researching, testing, and tasting things, but this ...

Puna has a Lava Problem

UPDATED 10/27 Living on the slopes of an active volcano, we know it's a possibility. Nature does what it does, and we clear the way. It's not as s...

Ka’u Coffee: History, Tasting Notes & Terroir

Welcome to Ka'u: Deep, rich soil, morning sun, afternoon clouds and rain define this pocket of land. The coffee seems to really enjoy it, too. Let ...

Lucky Laulima’s Puna Coffee

As we’ve learned, coffees can taste dramatically different from one farm to the next, even if they’re geographically close. This month’s coffee -- ...

5 Useful Tips For Maintaining Your Coffee Maker at Home

Approximately 64% of the adults in America drink at least one cup of coffee a day. For most people, getting up and getting a fresh cup of coffee is...

The Natural Process: Puna Coffee

Last month members of our Wild Coffee Lovers Club received something we were quite excited about: naturally processed Puna coffee! In some countrie...

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