Beware 10% Kona Coffee Blends
Posted on 25. Oct, 2010 by Bruce in Blog, Kona Coffee
The October/November issue of the Hawaiian Airlines in-flight magazine Hana Hou! for October/November contains a well-written article on Kona coffee, including a discussion of deceptive ’10% Kona blends.’ These packages of faux Kona contain up to 90% imported coffee from undisclosed origins. Jesse Katz, the author of the article, accurately observes: If no Kona flavor [...]
Kona Coffee Farmers Association ‘Roll of Honor’ Restaurants
Posted on 05. Sep, 2010 by Bruce in Blog, Kona Coffee, Kona Coffee Farmers Association, News
The Kona Coffee Farmers Association has recognized two of Kona’s fine restaurants, the Keei Cafe and Mi’s Italian Bistro, for offering 100% Kona Coffee as a menu item. Too many West Hawaii restaurants, including many high-end establishments, offer only generic coffee or ’10% Kona Blends’. When you are in West Hawaii, please patronize restaurants that [...]
Kona Coffee Cultural Festival
Posted on 25. Aug, 2010 by Lisa in Blog, Events, Kona Coffee Farmers Association, News
Visit Kona for the annual Kona Coffee Cultural Festival (November 5-14, 2010). Every year in early November West Hawaii enjoys this wonderful event honoring our coffee farmers and coffee heritage. There are ten days of parades, fairs, exhibitions, art shows, the Gevalia Kona Coffee Cupping Competition, and much more. Rancho Aloha will participate in the [...]
Alaska Airlines Introduces 100% Kona Cookies
Posted on 15. Jun, 2010 by Bruce in Blog, Kona Coffee, Kona Coffee Farmers Association
Alaska Airlines is featuring complimentary ‘Kona Mocha Chocolate Chip’ cookies on flights to Kona — and will soon be doing so on all Alaska flights to and from Hawaii. These delicious treats are baked by the Seattle-based Cougar Mountain Baking Company of Seattle and are flavored with 100% Kona coffee. Contrast this use of genuine [...]
Ken Davids’ Praise of Farm-Direct Kona Coffee
Posted on 15. Mar, 2010 by Bruce in Blog, Kona Coffee
In a March 2010 article on ‘Island Coffees’ on his Coffee Review website, renowned coffee cupper Kenneth Davids of Berkeley, CA provides must reading for coffee appreciators. Davids finds that Kona coffee sold directly by Kona coffee farms is dramatically superior to more generic Kona coffee sold simply by grade from the larger mills. Read [...]
Economic Impact of ’10% Kona Coffee Blends’
Posted on 18. Feb, 2010 by Bruce in Blog, Kona Coffee
In February 2010 resource economist Marvin Feldman released a fascinating preliminary study of the adverse economic impacts caused by ’10% Kona coffee blends.’ These blends use the ‘Kona’ name on packages which contain 90% inexpensive imported coffee. Though legal under current Hawaii law, these Kona blends do not disclose the origin of 90% of their [...]
