Coffee Review Newsletter- Ken Davids- August 2014
Hawaii 2014: The Classics Rule By Kenneth Davids; Reviews by Kenneth Davids with Jason Sarley read entire article here
Chefs Choice 5 Star Award Winners- December 2013
The 15th Annual Coffee & Art Stroll with KCFA’s own Mary Lou Moss as the Event Chair, added a Chefs’ Coffee Judging to its annual celebration of coffee and art. With more than 30 Kona coffee farms participating and serving coffee in the Coffee & Art Stroll, chefs from three of Kona’s restaurants were asked…
Kona Kai Position Paper 1991
The Status of the Kona Coffee Industry November 1991 click here: konakai.position.paper.1991
Farmers Asking For Immediate Suspension of Green Coffee Imports
Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, October 30, 2010 Email: info@KonaCoffeeFarmers.org website: www.KonaCoffeeFarmers.org Farmers Asking For Immediate Suspension of Green Coffee Imports The Kona Coffee Farmers Association has passed a Resolution (entire text may be found here: Resolution Calling for the Immediate Suspension of Green Coffee Imports Into Hawai’i) calling for an immediate suspension…
“KONA” name
Only coffee grown in the North and South districts of Kona may use the geographic designation of Kona. The KCFA feels that the use of the word “Kona” in a 10% Kona Blend (90% of which is non-Kona) is abusive. There are no Federal regulations protecting Kona Coffee. Anyone outside of Hawaii can use the…
Kona Coffee – Shade Grown, Bird Friendly, and always Fairly Traded
The above terms are used in the coffee trade to describe coffees from third-world growing areas where farmers have changed from the old techniques of ” slash and burn” in order to plant coffee, and they are now planting coffee in a more environmentally-aware way, and receiving a fair farm-gate price for their crop. Kona…
Kona Coffee’s Unique Ecological & Agronomical Profile
Science has not yet proven why certain soil and exposure sites produce finer coffee than others. We can only point to certain correlations between quality coffee with certain varieties of carefully processed arabica coffee and with origins that include well-drained volcanic soils, higher elevations, and seasonal tropical wet-and-dry climates. Kona’s coffee-growing belt mimics other coffee-growing…
Economic Analysis of Coffee Farming
BEST PRACTICES: ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF COFFEE FARMING ECONOMICS OF COFFEE FARMING USING THE CTAHR SPREAD SHEET click here to access the Coffee Production Analysis Spreadsheet (PDF) Stuart Nakamoto, CTAHR agricultural economist, demonstrated a highly detailed spread sheet (developed by Dr. Kent Fleming) that could help make decisions on whether or not to farm coffee in…