Kona Coffee FAQs-Roasting, Sourcing, and Shipping
Find answers to common questions about our 100% Kona coffees, roasting schedule, shipping times, and sourcing practices.
國家: 厄瓜多
地區: 維爾卡班巴, 洛哈
處理方式: 雙重厭氧水洗
品種: 綠藝伎 / 藝伎 T.2722
海拔: 2000-2150公尺 (6500-7000英尺)
風味描述
香水和檸檬茶般的香氣。對於藝伎品種咖啡來說,口感非常醇厚。口感複雜,帶有香菜、青檸、佛手柑和開心果的香氣。
拉諾麗雅莊園
一個屢獲殊榮的莊園。2023年,他們的綠藝伎在厄瓜多卓越盃和厄瓜多金杯賽中均獲得第一名。
ChocoVilcaMundo (CVM) 是一家厄瓜多農業公司,由 Bernard Uhe 及其來自哥倫比亞的咖啡種植家族所有。El Dorado 和 La Noria 咖啡農場由 CVM 家族管理,該家族擁有來自哥倫比亞伊巴格省的數代咖啡種植者。他們與熟悉當地地形的厄瓜多人合作,在厄瓜多安第斯山脈種植高海拔、屢獲殊榮的阿拉比卡咖啡。
農場於 2017 年開始種植。El Dorado 農場海拔 1700-1900 公尺,La Noria 農場從 2000 公尺開始,一直延伸到令人難以置信的 2265 公尺。
La Noria 農場種植藝伎、黃藝伎、SL28 和 Typica Mejorado。
他們咖啡的優越品質歸因於高海拔、肥沃的土壤、富含礦物質的山泉水、營養豐富的遮蔭樹、全年 12 小時的日照,以及在植物上施用印楝和蚯蚓茶。這些因素共同增強了咖啡植物和咖啡豆的活力,沖泡出美味健康的咖啡。
綠藝伎
選自著名的藝伎 T.2722/藝伎品種。藝伎品種的樹木幼葉有綠色或銅色尖端。一些種植者將幼葉呈綠色的植物分開,認為這些植物具有更好的杯測品質。Finca La Noria 從哥倫比亞的一個農場採購了他們的綠藝伎。
對於這個品種,他們採用雙重厭氧水洗處理法。首先將咖啡櫻桃在密封袋中發酵 3 天,然後去果肉並再次發酵 3 天,最後在架高的篩網上進行乾燥。
Kona Coffee FAQs-Roasting, Sourcing, and Shipping
Find answers to common questions about our 100% Kona coffees, roasting schedule, shipping times, and sourcing practices.
Kona coffee grows on the volcanic slopes of Hawai‘i Island, where mineral-rich soil, afternoon cloud cover, and slow cherry maturation create a naturally sweet and balanced cup. Our Kona Classic Medium is sourced from high-elevation farms and hand-harvested for clarity, smoothness, and elegant sweetness.
Yes — this roast is Authentic Kona coffee made exclusively from North Kona district-grown coffees, never blended. Our Kona coffees comes from small farms at the highest altitudes in the region.
Medium roasts highlight Kona’s signature profile: gentle sweetness, soft citrus, toasted almond, and milk chocolate. The result is a balanced, approachable cup ideal for everyday brewing.
This coffee shines in pour-over, drip, and French press. Use filtered water just off the boil and a medium grind for maximum clarity and sweetness. If you are looking for a Hawaiian coffee for espresso use we recommend our Hawai‘i Island Blend
Kona is the highest labor cost coffee region in the world. Wages for farm workers here are 15-20x higher than almost all other coffee producing countries. Limited and expensive land, hand-picking, and high production costs create a naturally small supply each year — especially from high-elevation farms like those we partner with.
We roast and fulfill all of our coffee orders in Hilo, Hawai'i.
We roast in small batches using a Diedrich IR12 roasting machine.
We source an array of the top specialty coffees worldwide that appeal to an array of different palates.
If at any point you have difficulty brewing, or just appreciating one of our roasted coffees, no problem. Shoot us an email within 5 days of receiving your coffee and we'll help you find the correct brew settings for your coffee, or give you a credit (minus actual shipping costs) on your next purchase. Yep, we're a Satisfaction Guarantee coffee company!
Please note, our Satisfaction Guarantee only applies to U.S. orders of roasted coffees, and you must contact us within 5 days of receiving the coffees. Credits do not include actual shipping fees, which may be different from posted shipping fees.
We roast and ship on Monday/Wednesday/Friday.
Our commitment to you is to serve exceptional, fresh-roasted coffees. And part of being exceptional means roasting before the flavors inherent in the green bean begin to fade, which happens over time.
Like apples and pumpkins, coffee is a seasonal agricultural product and each country has a different harvesting cycle in which coffees are at their peak. If we were to insist on serving a single origin all year long, the flavors in that coffee would be noticeably better one half of the year over the other. So the reason you no longer see that coffee you loved is because the optimal season has passed. For more on seasonality in coffees, see this blog post here.
Hopefully so. If it was a popular product or we receive customer requests, we will make every attempt to bring it back. However, please note that coffees from a certain producer may not taste the same year after year.
If you loved a coffee and no longer see it listed, shoot us an email and ask us what is similar. We’d be happy to provide a personal recommendation.
We aim for balance and completeness along with differentiation and distinction. You shouldn't need to be a professional coffee taster to tell the coffees a part, so, when we’re selecting coffees, we want them to be distinct from each other.
We avoid ”one-trick pony” type coffees, such as Ethiopians with great aroma but no body or acidity, or coffees with good aroma and acidity but lacking sweetness. These elements, which are often reflections of the growing conditions, are harmonized through good roasting.
And, obviously, defects — even subtle defects — influence our selection. Since we live and work at origin, we’re sensitive to coffee defects like “past crop”, pulpy, and naturals that border on over-ferment. With naturals, we’ll only carry these when great examples are available.
Our perspective on roasting is similar: we seek balance and distinction. To expect that a coffee is “best” when roasted to some pre-determined degree (i.e. only light roasting or only dark roasting) is analogous to thinking that each person would look best in the same outfit, or each coffee should be grown in the same way. We believe it’s our job to discover the roast degree which best highlights outstanding qualities in each coffee.