Varieties of Hawaiian Kona Coffee

It was in 1828 that Kona Coffee was introduced in the Kona Islands by a Reverend Samuel Ruggles. As agricultural commodity, it was not considered at that time to be a viable enterprise. With the California gold rush, this was all about to change and put a need on the marketplace for coffee from farmers of this region. The massive estates on the Kona islands were leased from the local farmers to their Japanese workers during the world coffee market crash in 1899. Throughout the history of kona coffee about 600 plantations throughout the district were farming coffee on small farms of around 5 acres in size.



From this original planting, coffee trees were introduced to the different farms around the Islands, including the now famous Kona Coast. But you can find something expressly exceptional and different about the Kona coffee beans produced that has earned Kona coffee a global reputation for excellence and decadence. The difference can and is found in the precision with which Kona coffee is harvested. The coffee from the Kona region is picked by hand, to ensure that only the very best quality berries are harvested for kona coffee production.



The Kona Coffee region in Hawaii reaches across 900 acres, high on Mauna Loa's volcanic mountain slopes. There is really a clear difference between the rainy and the dry seasons. The Plantations where Kona Coffee is grown are bathed in clear crystal water, cooled by Pacific trade winds. The mixture of the weather, both moist and dry give Hawaiian Kona Coffee it's striking exotic and fragrant quality. Superiorly smooth-bodied, pleasant acidity, delicately aromatic, this seductive mixture produces a strong taste that is renowned internationally as being an all round favorite.



The is demand is high for Kona coffee due to the distinctiveness of the taste and quality. Individuals and large corporations have corrupted the reputation of the truly good and real kona coffee by selling the name and by selling coffee that is just not truly Kona. Many of the counterfeit blends are sold under the name "Kona Coffee" yet they have only 10% of Kona and ninety percent of coffee brought in from abroad, including cheaper imports from Colombia or Brazil.



You will find labelling laws in Hawaii, but there exists no corresponding Federal law to support it. So plenty of harm is done to the reputation of the Kona industry, and that gives a false impression to the consumers regarding the quality of pure Kona coffee. It seems to be and still is an ongoing loosing battle for the farmers that have been involved in fighting to be able to trademark the name "Pure Kona Coffee".



Hawaiian Coffee is available in several flavored varieties. Kona Coffee is the finest coffee to come from the Hawaiian Islands.