by andrew | Oct 2, 2008 | events, hawaii
Espresso training, coffee roaster training, a farm tour and a new professional coffee tasting class will be held ahead of this year’s Kona Coffee Cultural Festival on the Big Island. The Hawaii Coffee Training Workshop series sponsored by the Kona Pacific...
by andrew | Sep 29, 2008 | hawaii, origin |
Despite an increased number of farms and acreage, coffee production on the Big Island of Hawaii was off by about 3% in the 2007 season. I find it interesting that the Pacific Business News prefers to look at the “glass is half full” side of this story,...
by andrew | Jun 20, 2008 | events, hawaii, oddities |
Adding yet another definition to the phrase “hot coffee,” it was reported by the Hawaii Island Police that a half ton of green coffee was stolen from a residence in the Kailua View Estates subdivision of North Kona. Knowing the area and the extremely small...
by andrew | May 21, 2008 | hawaii, news, origin
Coffee scientist Shawn Steiman has released his first work, the Hawaii Coffee Book: A Gourmet’s Guide from Kona to Kaua’i, by Watermark Publishing. Pre-orders are being accepted now, with the first shipments expected next month — I hear that some...
by andrew | May 12, 2008 | hawaii, origin, restaurants |
The company claims that the new shakes, priced at $2.49 for a 16oz and $2.99 for a 24oz serving, have a “sophisticated flavor that will appeal to coffee and shake fans alike.” I have a couple of problems with this: 1) It is highly unlikely that any company...
by andrew | Jan 31, 2008 | economy, hawaii, origin, quality, sustainability
In an impressive piece of writing and editing of a news story (involving me), Erika Engle of the Honolulu Star Bulletin masterfully extracts the essence of a very complicated and obscure subject (coffee tasting and the Hawaii coffee industry) in a tidy 14 inch daily...
