Blog - 100% Kona
Peaberry: the best of the best
Peaberry is considered the “Champagne of Kona coffee” - it’s our rarest and most sought after coffee. Find out why we think it’s the best of the best. …
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Mahalo
With the Black Friday buzz already in the air, we’d like to take a moment to embrace what Thanksgiving’s really about, by showing some gratitude to a few of the people who help get our coffee from our farm to your cup. Thank you for believing in 100% Kona coffee. We hope you and your loved ones have a happy Thanksgiving!
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Hui Aloha Kīholo
#GivingTuesday is a global day of giving fueled by the power of social media and collaboration. On Tuesday, December 3rd, 2019 we will give 20% of our sales to Hui Aloha Kīholo in celebration of #GivingTuesday.
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Handmade Soap
We’ve partnered with soap maker Amanda Richards of Paper Crane Soaps to use ingredients from our farm, and other farmers in Hawaii, to handcraft soaps. Our selection of soaps include farm honey, 100% Kona coffee latté, mamaki mint tea, and hibiscus orange (seasonal). We interviewed Amanda to get to know the woman behind our soaps....
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2019 IRONMAN® World Championship Photos
Chance of Chance Punahele Photography captured some amazing images of the 2019 IRONMAN® triathletes as they completed the final leg of the 140.6-mile journey. The race course passes our Kailua-Kona café.
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First Harvest 2019
Annually, we invite the public to come to the farm and help us pick the first coffee of the season. It gives our community of Kona coffee lovers a chance to see where their coffee comes from and learn more about our process.
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Kona Coffee & Tea’s very own IRONMAN®
2019 marks the first year Kona Coffee & Tea has sponsored a sole athlete competing in the IRONMAN® World Championship. We feed him our peanut butter/banana with chia seeds on a bagel and he drinks a Kona Bullet...
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Cold Brew Q & A
What’s all the buzz about cold-brewed coffee? We’ll demystify your questions about this trendy brew method and show you how to easily make it at home. In comparison to its fast and furious cousin iced coffee, cold brew is a gentle giant of refined flavor.
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2019 Crop Tasting Notes
Aloha and welcome to our annual crop assessment and tasting, where our four primary roasts (light, medium, dark, and peaberry) were cupped. From the dry aromas of roasted hazelnut, to sips with notes of milk chocolate and citrus…
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Pregnancy and Kona Coffee
Director of Operations at Kona Coffee & Tea, Malia Bolton Hind, shares how her relationship with coffee has changed while being pregnant with her first child and being at the center of one of the world’s coffee Meccas…
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Blue Zones Approved
Kona Coffee & Tea’s Kailua-Kona café just became Blue Zones approved by offering new healthier menu options and being committed to cultivating a place of community. The Blue Zones Project is a community-wide well-being improvement initiative around the world…
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Sustainably Farmed
We are frequently asked whether our coffee is organic. So, we thought we would take the time to explain our philosophy and commitment to sustainable farming practices…
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