coffee business strategies

In a story printed in today’s Pacific Business News, LION Coffee of Hawaii announced that it will launch an antioxidant-spiked coffee line on August 1st. Lion Coffee is introducing a new line of antioxidant-rich coffee called Pure Choices. The new line will use all-natural KonaRed Coffee Fruit in four flavors: original, French roast, coconut and [...]

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Last week’s Hawaii Coffee Association statewide cupping competition was won by Rusty’s Hawaiian coffee of Ka’u. No surprise there, it’s really outstanding stuff. However, what I did find interesting is that of the top 5 scoring coffees, only 1 is from Kona (4th place). Slots 1, 3 and 5 went to Ka’u farms and Maui’s [...]

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A trifecta of Hawaiian coffee masters will present this weekend at the 2nd annual Kau Coffee Festival in Pahala on the Hawaii’s Big Island. Not since John, Paul and George (minus Ringo) has so much talent come together on one stage. Admission for coffee training events is free to all coffee farmers and $25 for [...]

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On the SCAE Guest Blog, intrepid origin tour leader Colin Smith adds his comments and introduction to the complete Cafe Europa account of our origin trip in Hawaii last year. You may have already read my summary of the tour back in November, but the Cafe Europa article goes into much more detail and includes [...]

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From the Pacific Business News: Hawaii’s revenue from coffee production plunged 13 percent year-over-year to $25.6 million in the 2009-10 growing season. The drop in revenue was a result of a 6 percent decline in the average farm price and an 8 percent decrease in production during the season, which typically runs from August through [...]

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