HAWAIIAN KONA HALA TREE ORG ESTATE (8oz)

PROFESSIONAL CUPPER’s ATTRIBUTES

• HONEY, MOLASSES, PEANUTS, NUTMEG, PEAPOD, MALIC ACID, CITRIC ACID, SOUR AROMATICS, LEMON, ORANGE, APPLE, JASMINE

COFFEE ORIGIN INFORMATION

Processing Type : Washed

Farm : Mavis Banks

Altitude : 175m

Botanical Varieties : Arabica Typica

Harvested Period : September – March

This great cup of coffee and a newer farm for us – very lovely caring people who have produced one awesome cup of Kona. Very clean, sweet and brighter than most – once gets a variety of caramelly, fruity, chocolaty, floral, lemon-grass and spice notes in the cup – highly dependent on roast – this lot should impress any of you island premium fans.

This family owned and operated coffee farm is nestled in the picturesque slopes of one of Hawaii’s active volcanos – Mauna Loa – overlooking the Historical Kealakekua Bay. It is located in Captain Cook village in the heart of Kona Coffee Belt. It is an old traditionally terraced Japanese farm that thrived for generations. When they bought the land it was sadly abandoned and neglected for over a decade. They worked hard to bring back the farm to its old glory. Cleared the land of unwanted plants and trees, they weeded, pruned and fertilized those 80 year old coffee trees and it is very rewarding to see their lush, shiny, green leaves today.

They work only with organic products and do not use pesticides of any kind, just getting fully certified as of this crop. This is the first year the farm is 100% certified.

The 6 acres of land is with many fruit trees, apple bananas, mangoes, lychees, papayas, avocados, mountain apples, persimmons, cherimoyas, nonis, ulus (bread fruit), citruses and guavas. They sell those seasonal fruits freshly picked on the local market. They harvest guavas to make delicious jam. The upper part of the property was mostly a tropical forest, so they cleared and terraced 2 acres and planted new grafted trees. They should produce coffee already next year, but they would be in full in about 5 years.

They left some patches of undisturbed land to steep to be tamed and terraced, only removing invasive unwanted species. This natural habitat will one day be a beautiful guava forest with all kinds of wild ginger and many different kinds of ferns. They want the farm to be as healthy and productive as beautiful.

This is the new 2018/19 crop.

Tasting Notes:
A great cup of coffee and a newer farm for us – very lovely caring people who have produced one awesome cup of Kona. This cup is quite delicate, not quite as acidic as last year. Very clean and sweet, one gets a variety of tones; caramel, fruity, nuttiness, chocolaty with some floral. Highly dependent on roast – this lot should impress any of you island premium fans.

Roasting Notes:
A great medium to borderline darker roast coffee. Medium roasts produce a sweet cup with a caramel/nutty like tone with just a hint of acidity and floral. Right before second crack is  fulled bodied, lower acidity, sweet and savory with a bit of an islandy finish.