DelanceyPlace.com-“Today’s selection– from The Most Delicious Poison by Noah Whiteman. The surprising—and dangerous—properties of caffeine”: “Caffeine and the human mind seem like a match made in heaven. But even though billions of people imbibe caffeinated beverages each day, caffeine first evolved in the absence of humans. The two main species cultivated for coffee beans, Coffea arabica (the…
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from Peter Young-© 2025 Ho‘okuleana LLC 03/15/2025 Mr Takashiba When we were kids, during the summers, we used to load the jeep and trailer on a Young Brothers’ barge and head to different neighbor islands to camp. After a while, we ended up repeatedly coming to Kona. On one of those Kona trips, sixty years…
DetailsFrom Dr. Melissa Johnson’s CBB and CLR research presentation at the Symposium last Tuesday. We ran out of these handouts at the table and they can be found below. Here they all are. below 1. Coffee Berry Borer (CBB) Spray Calendar by Elevation 2. Coffee Leaf Rust (CLR)-IPM 3. Spray Calendar for Coffee Leaf Rust…
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DetailsThanks to all who joined us at our KCFA Coffee Symposium 2025. We’d like to give another big shoutout to our Diamond Sponsors: The Hawaii Department of Ag’s Market Development Branch, the Hawaii Coffee Association, and SHAC. For your reference, here are the PDF versions of the presentations from our speakers. CLR and CBB Management…
DetailsCome to a free Roasting Workshop as part of our Symposium! 10 am on Wednesday the 26th, at Lions Gate Farm, Honaunau. email davehart@ashellc.com or suzanne@coffeeofkona.com to reserve your spot today!
DetailsThe Kona Coffee Farmers Association is hosting its annual Symposium for all coffee growers and agribusinesses on February 25th at the Outrigger Keauhou Resort. It will be full day of coffee-related speakers, information and networking on the issues facing Hawaii farms. It’s an event not to be missed. Register here. The Keynote speaker will be…
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