by andrew | Mar 3, 2010 | competitions, events, hawaii |
In two coffee industry firsts this past weekend in Los Angeles, Pete Licata of Honolulu became the first representative from Hawaii to win the Western Regional Barista Competition and also the first-ever to prevail at any barista competition using 100% Hawaiian...
by andrew | Sep 11, 2009 | hawaii, news, origin, roasting
This morning I was forwarded a link from Campos Coffee in Sydney with their review of Hula Daddy Coffee’s Kona Sweet, which has been selected as their featured coffee of the month. Rarely do coffees meet expectations- especially when they are prohibitively...
by andrew | Jun 24, 2009 | hawaii, news, origin
Shawn Steiman, PhD serves up an insightful overview of Hawaii’s coffees and makes a few recipe suggestions for cooking with coffee in today’s Honolulu Star Bulletin newspaper. From the Honolulu Star Bulletin: Coffee has become big business in Hawaii....
by andrew | Jan 20, 2009 | events, hawaii
The 2009 Kona Coffee Farmers Association Expo will be held Friday, January 30th from 10:00 AM to 2:30 PM at the Makaeo Pavilion at the Old Kona Airport, Kailua Kona. Admission is free. In addition to a selection of vendors that will be on display, a number of speakers...
by andrew | Dec 5, 2008 | hawaii, news, quality
Hula Daddy Kona Coffee of Hawaii has received an historic 97-point score out of a possible 100 for its Sweet Kona Light Roast coffee in the December edition of Coffee Review. The score makes Hula Daddy the highest-ever rated Hawaiian coffee and ties only 3 other rare...
