Kona Coffee FAQs-Roasting, Sourcing, and Shipping
Find answers to common questions about our 100% Kona coffees, roasting schedule, shipping times, and sourcing practices.
品嚐筆記
複雜的香氣,帶有茉莉、薑和覆盆子的氣息。咖啡呈現出活潑的酸度和豐滿的口感,帶有草莓醬和粉紅檸檬水的風味。果香與細緻的花香縈繞不散,在最後一口後逐漸消逝。
背景資訊
每年我們都期待品嚐來自哥倫比亞的粉紅波旁 (Pink Bourbon)* 咖啡。這個品種是幾年前在烏伊拉 (Huila) 的一個農場發現的,並被發現具有卓越的杯測品質。現在它已在該地區的多個農場種植,並持續生產出我們從哥倫比亞品嚐過的一些最令人驚豔的咖啡。它仍然主要局限於哥倫比亞的烏伊拉地區,因此比藝伎 (Geisha) 和帕卡馬拉 (Pacamara) 等品種稀有得多。
到目前為止,我們提供的所有粉紅波旁咖啡都是水洗處理的。我們過去曾查看過日曬粉紅波旁的樣本,但總是發現處理風味蓋過了粉紅波旁品種珍貴的細膩花香。最終我們找到了一款,它將日曬處理的果香濃郁飽滿的特性與該品種的複雜性完美結合。
2021 年,出口商 Coffee Quest 及其合作夥伴為烏伊拉的咖啡農舉辦了一場杯測比賽。我們從那一年開始購買比賽中排名靠前的咖啡。今年,我們購買了排名第五的咖啡。這款令人驚豔的日曬粉紅波旁來自 Finca Corozal。
關於 Finca Corozal
*雖然被稱為粉紅波旁,但這個品種與其他國家發現的波旁家族品種無關,這就是為什麼我們將這個品種指定為「哥倫比亞粉紅波旁」。咖啡農傾向於將他們發現的任何帶有粉紅色/橙色果實的樹稱為「粉紅波旁」,因為這是唯一已知具有這種顏色的栽培品種。然而,當紅色和黃色果實品種在同一田地中同時存在時,它們有可能雜交,一些後代將呈現中間色。這很可能是這個品種的來源。對這些植物進行的基因檢測顯示它與波旁根本沒有關係,但與一些衣索比亞咖啡很接近!
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.