Kona Estate Coffee

Just one sip and the Buddha in you will smile too. Our Kona coffee is hand-selected and sun dried on the edge of the ancient Kahaluu Reserve high above Kona Hawaii, a premier coffee growing region. The unique land and quality it provides is the spirit we share with you. Hawaiian Kona Coffee is the market name for a variety of coffee (Coffea arabica) cultivated on the slopes of Mount Hualalai in the Kona District of the island of Hawaii and whose seeds are dried, roasted, ground and brewed to prepare a beverage whose principal psychoactive ingredient is the stimulant caffeine. Kona Coffee beans are classified based on the seed type, commonly referred to as cherry because of the resemblance of the ripe berry to a cherry fruit. Type I beans consist of two beans per cherry and Type II beans consist of one bean per cherry. The further grading of these two types of beans depends on size, moisture content, purity of bean type and size. The grades of Type 1 Kona coffee are: Kona Extra fancy; Kona fancy; Kona Number 1; and, Kona Prime. The grades of Type 2 Kona coffee are: Peaberry; and Peaberry Prime.

Hualalai is the third-most historically active shield volcano on the Island of Hawai‘i in the Hawaiian Islands. Its peak is at 8,271 ft (2,521 m) above sea level. Hualalai lies more or less due west of the saddle between the much taller Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa mountains, and forms the backdrop to the town of Kailua-Kona. In fact, the town is built on the southwestern slope of this mountain, where most of the world famous Kona coffee is grown.

Kona is the name of a moku or district on the island of Hawai`i in the State of Hawai`i. In the Hawaiian language, kona means leeward or dry side of the island, as opposed to ko`olau which means windward or the wet side of the island. The moku of Kona is divided into North Kona (Kona 'Akau) and South Kona (Kona Hema). Famous towns in Kona include Kailua, and Kealakekua.