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I enjoy 100% Kona … I enjoy 100% Kona coffee but I only buy the green beans & roast my own. It takes full city roast very well. Ocassional drinking is OK & unblended it’s NOT for espresso. I use a 40% Costa Rican full city + or Vienna blend to get the aroma & flavor I prefer. IMO the Jamaican Blue Mountain is a much richer tasting bean than Kona. But the Ethiopian Yirgacheffe is 1/4 the cost & tastes amazing too. Fresh roasted is always better than stale beans that’ve been sitting on a shelf for 6 months..
has any one heard … has any one heard about a coffee that has an added ingredient that really helps wakes you up ?I think it might be from Indonesia or Thailand I had a cup once at an event I was attending but failed to remember what it was called
It also takes 8 lbs … It also takes 8 lbs of red cherry coffee that needs to be pulped, fermented, washed, then dried in the sun for several days depending on the weather, then chaffed, polished, sorted, then roasted, ground if desired, then bagged and sold. That 8 lbs will take 20 to 30 minutes to pick by hand will produce 1 pound of roasted coffee, and thats why its so expensive compared to blends…which may have been picked by machine.
Remember too that … Remember too that Kona Coffee itself comes in different grades, the rarest is the “Peaberry”, next is the “Extra Fancy” , followed by “Fancy”, and then the “supermarket” grades, #1 and prime.
Many of the “estate” coffees are great but many do not sort the green bean into these catagories…and the overall taste may be diluted as the lower grades get mixed in.
Thanks for the … Thanks for the great video. Now only if we could get the message out. My family has been in the Kona Coffee business since 1910. And my sons are still helping on the farm as 5th generation farmers.
Remember too that Kona Coffee is Caffea arabica. Many of the larger plantations in Kauai, Oahu, and Maui grow the species Caffea robusta and its not of the same species. They cannot be cross pollinated. Robusta is harsher.
I just paid $24.00 … I just paid $24.00 for 8 oz. of “100%” Jamaican Blue Mtn but it was clearly adulterated. In small print on the side it said made with Jamaican and “select Aribica beans”. Beware of the “100%” claim, its bogus. True estate coffee is next to impossible to find in American stores.
If it is a blend, … If it is a blend, you will know by taste if you have ever been to Hawaii. But if it is a blend, it “should” say on the package somewhere or say 100%. The price should be a dead giveaway too. Nobody, not even Costco is gonna blowout $25+ per lb. coffe. Sams does sell Hawaiian coffee from I think Maui, real cheap but it doesn`t taste that good and is dehydrated. Very dry and old tasting!
Sorry to say, but … Sorry to say, but it cannot be cheaper. Kona is not a third world country – workers get paid US rates. It costs $4 a finished pound just to pay pickers, plus all the US rates, rents, utilities, fertilizer, pruning etc. We calculate the base cost of a pound of roasted Kona coffee, without any profit at all to the farmer yet, at a minimum of $11 a pound. Your best bet is to buy farmer-direct, no middle man to pay, only 60 cents a cup – see the Kona Coffee Farmers Association
Greenwell is a … Greenwell is a processor (a good one) buys coffee from many small farms, so their coffee is a blend, of 100% Kona, not a blend with foreign coffees. However there are more than 150 small farms that produce 100% Kona coffee, using only beans from their farm, estate coffee. And it IS Kona coffee. In Hawaii, all foreign beans have to have an import license, so we know EXACTLY who is importing to make blend, and it is not the estate farms. Buy direct from an estate and get the best Kona ever :>)
There is NO Kona coffee plantation of 1100 acres. The entire Kona coffee belt is 2290 acres (State statistics) and has approximately 635 farms of an average of 5 acres each. there are some larger farms now but none that even come close to thousands of acres. Sorry :<(
I get mine from … I get mine from Costco in a gold bag. It has a Parry Estate Seal on the front of it. 100% Kona Coffee Direct From Our Fields. It also says its Kona’s largest coffee plantation: 1100 acres. I hope this isn’t a blend
Here is my take on … Here is my take on the matter. If it does not come from Greenwell Farms I say they are all a blend.
Greenwell has been making 100% Kona coffee since 1850 they are the real deal.
Take a tour of their farm and tell me if I am wrong . They are numero uno.
Kona coffee is the … Kona coffee is the best hands down. I prefer it over blue mountain which is way higher in price even though it is rarely blended. I know the demand is high but Kona coffee is still too expensive to buy outright. This needs to be worked on. I used to be able to buy it at $9 per pound a few short years ago. Not today. If anyone has a better connection, I would apreciate it.
The State Attorney … The State Attorney General of Hawai’i is attempting to supress this video!!! Presumably at the request of the big blenders (the 10% Kona bunch), they have issued a request to the Kona Coffee Farmer’s Association indicating their desire to have this video removed. They have not yet requested YouTube to remove it, but somehow they DID get my REAL name. I think YouTube “outed” me to the Hawai’i AGs office without due process. More on this as it develops.
This is a wonderful … This is a wonderful video. It says nothing different from the juice commercials urging consumers to beware of 10% juice drinks trying to imitate 100% pure juice.
The big offense is to criticize agribusiness who rely on consumer deception to maximize profits. What we see is that 100% truth is offensive. Thank you for the wonderful education and the worlds best coffee!! Mahaloa Kona coffee growers!!!
Thanks for the … Thanks for the comments. Just to clarify a couple of points, this video was produced by the Hawai’i State Ag Department as a promotion of 100% Kona Coffee. This is in response to the actions of the coffee blenders who use 10% Kona and dilute it with Columbian and seek to call their coffee “Kona Coffee”.
As for the question of quality, I agree there are plenty of good coffees in the world, but the two regarded as the best are 100% Kona and Jamaica Blue Mountain. Accept not substitutes
Very informative … Very informative and educational. I just wonder what this means for the small Kona growers not in the coffee growers assoc. whether by choice or other, I bet their 100 % Kona coffee is still as good, maybe even better and def comparable.
Well done publicity … Well done publicity video. Kona coffee is very good but to say it is the best in the world is only an opinion. I have tasted coffee from the Southern districts (Kau) of Hawaii that I thought was comparable.
Don’t be fooled by 10% blends! 100% Kona Coffee is the real deal. Let the Kona Coffee Farmer’s Association help you identify REAL Kona Coffee.
January 5th, 2010 at 9:49 am
I enjoy 100% Kona …
I enjoy 100% Kona coffee but I only buy the green beans & roast my own. It takes full city roast very well. Ocassional drinking is OK & unblended it’s NOT for espresso. I use a 40% Costa Rican full city + or Vienna blend to get the aroma & flavor I prefer. IMO the Jamaican Blue Mountain is a much richer tasting bean than Kona. But the Ethiopian Yirgacheffe is 1/4 the cost & tastes amazing too. Fresh roasted is always better than stale beans that’ve been sitting on a shelf for 6 months..
January 5th, 2010 at 9:49 am
Why would that be?
Why would that be?
January 5th, 2010 at 9:49 am
Only Kona coffee …
Only Kona coffee does give you CANCER!!
January 5th, 2010 at 9:49 am
has any one heard …
has any one heard about a coffee that has an added ingredient that really helps wakes you up ?I think it might be from Indonesia or Thailand I had a cup once at an event I was attending but failed to remember what it was called
January 5th, 2010 at 9:49 am
It also takes 8 lbs …
It also takes 8 lbs of red cherry coffee that needs to be pulped, fermented, washed, then dried in the sun for several days depending on the weather, then chaffed, polished, sorted, then roasted, ground if desired, then bagged and sold. That 8 lbs will take 20 to 30 minutes to pick by hand will produce 1 pound of roasted coffee, and thats why its so expensive compared to blends…which may have been picked by machine.
January 5th, 2010 at 9:49 am
Remember too that …
Remember too that Kona Coffee itself comes in different grades, the rarest is the “Peaberry”, next is the “Extra Fancy” , followed by “Fancy”, and then the “supermarket” grades, #1 and prime.
Many of the “estate” coffees are great but many do not sort the green bean into these catagories…and the overall taste may be diluted as the lower grades get mixed in.
January 5th, 2010 at 9:49 am
Thanks for the …
Thanks for the great video. Now only if we could get the message out. My family has been in the Kona Coffee business since 1910. And my sons are still helping on the farm as 5th generation farmers.
Remember too that Kona Coffee is Caffea arabica. Many of the larger plantations in Kauai, Oahu, and Maui grow the species Caffea robusta and its not of the same species. They cannot be cross pollinated. Robusta is harsher.
January 5th, 2010 at 9:49 am
I have the same …
I have the same package, and I went to their website, it’s actually only 791 Acres.
January 5th, 2010 at 9:49 am
I love Kona Coffee. …
I love Kona Coffee. My family owns a Kona Coffee Farm and i agree the Kona Coffee is truly the best coffee in the world.
January 5th, 2010 at 9:49 am
I just paid $24.00 …
I just paid $24.00 for 8 oz. of “100%” Jamaican Blue Mtn but it was clearly adulterated. In small print on the side it said made with Jamaican and “select Aribica beans”. Beware of the “100%” claim, its bogus. True estate coffee is next to impossible to find in American stores.
January 5th, 2010 at 9:49 am
If it is a blend, …
If it is a blend, you will know by taste if you have ever been to Hawaii. But if it is a blend, it “should” say on the package somewhere or say 100%. The price should be a dead giveaway too. Nobody, not even Costco is gonna blowout $25+ per lb. coffe. Sams does sell Hawaiian coffee from I think Maui, real cheap but it doesn`t taste that good and is dehydrated. Very dry and old tasting!
January 5th, 2010 at 9:49 am
U forgot one thing …
U forgot one thing ~ Where do you buy it? :O
January 5th, 2010 at 9:49 am
Sorry to say, but …
Sorry to say, but it cannot be cheaper. Kona is not a third world country – workers get paid US rates. It costs $4 a finished pound just to pay pickers, plus all the US rates, rents, utilities, fertilizer, pruning etc. We calculate the base cost of a pound of roasted Kona coffee, without any profit at all to the farmer yet, at a minimum of $11 a pound. Your best bet is to buy farmer-direct, no middle man to pay, only 60 cents a cup – see the Kona Coffee Farmers Association
January 5th, 2010 at 9:49 am
Greenwell is a …
Greenwell is a processor (a good one) buys coffee from many small farms, so their coffee is a blend, of 100% Kona, not a blend with foreign coffees. However there are more than 150 small farms that produce 100% Kona coffee, using only beans from their farm, estate coffee. And it IS Kona coffee. In Hawaii, all foreign beans have to have an import license, so we know EXACTLY who is importing to make blend, and it is not the estate farms. Buy direct from an estate and get the best Kona ever :>)
January 5th, 2010 at 9:49 am
Hi Benny
There is …
Hi Benny
There is NO Kona coffee plantation of 1100 acres. The entire Kona coffee belt is 2290 acres (State statistics) and has approximately 635 farms of an average of 5 acres each. there are some larger farms now but none that even come close to thousands of acres. Sorry :<(
January 5th, 2010 at 9:49 am
I get mine from …
I get mine from Costco in a gold bag. It has a Parry Estate Seal on the front of it. 100% Kona Coffee Direct From Our Fields. It also says its Kona’s largest coffee plantation: 1100 acres. I hope this isn’t a blend
January 5th, 2010 at 9:49 am
Here is my take on …
Here is my take on the matter. If it does not come from Greenwell Farms I say they are all a blend.
Greenwell has been making 100% Kona coffee since 1850 they are the real deal.
Take a tour of their farm and tell me if I am wrong . They are numero uno.
January 5th, 2010 at 9:49 am
It’s true Kona …
It’s true Kona Coffee is the best in the world. My family lived along the border of the Kona Coffee plantation in Kealakekua.
January 5th, 2010 at 9:49 am
Thank you for …
Thank you for posting this. I am a big-time coffee drinker. I am going to look for 100% Kona coffee.
January 5th, 2010 at 9:49 am
Kona coffee is the …
Kona coffee is the best hands down. I prefer it over blue mountain which is way higher in price even though it is rarely blended. I know the demand is high but Kona coffee is still too expensive to buy outright. This needs to be worked on. I used to be able to buy it at $9 per pound a few short years ago. Not today. If anyone has a better connection, I would apreciate it.
January 5th, 2010 at 9:49 am
The State Attorney …
The State Attorney General of Hawai’i is attempting to supress this video!!! Presumably at the request of the big blenders (the 10% Kona bunch), they have issued a request to the Kona Coffee Farmer’s Association indicating their desire to have this video removed. They have not yet requested YouTube to remove it, but somehow they DID get my REAL name. I think YouTube “outed” me to the Hawai’i AGs office without due process. More on this as it develops.
January 5th, 2010 at 9:49 am
This is a wonderful …
This is a wonderful video. It says nothing different from the juice commercials urging consumers to beware of 10% juice drinks trying to imitate 100% pure juice.
The big offense is to criticize agribusiness who rely on consumer deception to maximize profits. What we see is that 100% truth is offensive. Thank you for the wonderful education and the worlds best coffee!! Mahaloa Kona coffee growers!!!
January 5th, 2010 at 9:49 am
Thanks for the …
Thanks for the comments. Just to clarify a couple of points, this video was produced by the Hawai’i State Ag Department as a promotion of 100% Kona Coffee. This is in response to the actions of the coffee blenders who use 10% Kona and dilute it with Columbian and seek to call their coffee “Kona Coffee”.
As for the question of quality, I agree there are plenty of good coffees in the world, but the two regarded as the best are 100% Kona and Jamaica Blue Mountain. Accept not substitutes
January 5th, 2010 at 9:49 am
Very informative …
Very informative and educational. I just wonder what this means for the small Kona growers not in the coffee growers assoc. whether by choice or other, I bet their 100 % Kona coffee is still as good, maybe even better and def comparable.
January 5th, 2010 at 9:49 am
Well done publicity …
Well done publicity video. Kona coffee is very good but to say it is the best in the world is only an opinion. I have tasted coffee from the Southern districts (Kau) of Hawaii that I thought was comparable.