As the Ka’u Coffee Festival is set to begin this weekend in Pahala on Hawaii’s Big Island, news has surfaced from the Hawaii Department of Agriculture that the dreaded coffee berry borer, alias CBB, alias Hypothenemus hampei or ‘douche-bug’ has...
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...