Kona Coffee FAQs-Roasting, Sourcing, and Shipping
Find answers to common questions about our 100% Kona coffees, roasting schedule, shipping times, and sourcing practices.
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風味描述
香氣中帶有桃子和蜂蜜味,接著是糖蜜、麥芽和葡萄柚的口感。這是一款口感濃郁、結構令人印象深刻的咖啡。
背景資訊
馬拉戈日佩(Maragogype)是鐵比卡(Typica)變種,生產的咖啡豆是所有咖啡品種中最大的。它是更廣為人知的帕卡馬拉(Pacamara)混合品種的父本,帕卡馬拉繼承了馬拉戈日佩的大尺寸和優異的杯測品質,同時也擁有優異的產量。由於其低產量,馬拉戈日佩現在在大多數國家都不常見。
夏威夷只有少數農場種植這個品種,而且大多數只種植幾棵樹。我們的咖啡來自科納(Kona)凱納利烏(Kainaliu)海拔2000英尺以上的一個農場,由阿羅哈山莊(Aloha Hills)擁有。十多年前,他們意外地種植了幾英畝的這種咖啡,當時他們以為種子是鐵比卡品種。直到樹木成熟後才意識到這個錯誤。十年前,他們將咖啡展示給米格爾(Miguel),他對品質印象深刻,並鼓勵他們保留這塊田地並單獨採收,而不是重新種植鐵比卡。從那以後,米格爾一直幫助他們為這種特殊咖啡尋找歸宿,但這是他第一次親自處理一些咖啡櫻桃。
這批咖啡是他們拍賣的濕處理批次的副產品。在脫皮機之後有一台稱為「回流機」的機器。這台機器收集了大多數未脫皮的咖啡櫻桃和一些非常大的咖啡豆。所有通過回流機的都製成了水洗咖啡。而所有未通過的則作為大部分整顆咖啡櫻桃(日曬處理)和一些脫皮的咖啡櫻桃(蜜處理)在露台上曬乾。研磨後,我們手工挑選生豆,去除所有有缺陷的咖啡豆。
這是一款非常特別且數量有限的咖啡。我們首先將這款咖啡介紹給我們的夏威夷島之旅訂閱者,我們還有15磅的剩餘量供其他人享用。
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.