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:牙買加
地區:藍山
生產者:Coffea Diversa
品種:Bourbon Rey
處理法:水洗
海拔:900-1000 公尺
風味描述
這不是您父母喝的牙買加藍山咖啡!這是一款濃郁、飽滿的咖啡。杯中散發著杏桃、烤椰子和黑糖的風味。餘韻持久,帶有黑巧克力的點綴。杯測風味與其他大顆粒品種相似,如帕卡馬拉(Pacamara)和馬拉戈日佩(Maragogype)。
2019 年,我們將此品種在牙買加的首次收成送往 Coffee Review,獲得 93 分。這是他們對牙買加咖啡評分的歷史最高紀錄!
背景
貢薩洛·赫爾南德斯(Gonzalo Hernandez)喜歡誇耀他已累積了世界上最大的私人咖啡樹收藏:超過兩百種物種、植物品種、變種和栽培品種,生長在他位於哥斯大黎加充滿異國情調的「咖啡花園」——Coffea Diversa。他的收藏包括世界上一些最稀有的咖啡——許多人從未聽說過或品嚐過的咖啡。
每個品種貢薩洛只有幾棵樹,他的咖啡以 10 公斤小袋裝出售給世界各地的行家烘焙師和朋友,先到先得。我們在 11 年前首次造訪了 Coffea Diversa 並見到了貢薩洛,從那時起我們就一直期待著分享這些咖啡。
2014 年,他與克利夫頓山莊園(Clifton Mount Estate)的夏普家族(Sharp Family)合作,在牙買加藍山開始了一個農場,種植了他從哥斯大黎加原始農場中精選出的最佳杯測品種。這個農場終於開始生產,而天堂(Paradise)是世界上第一批有機會分享這些咖啡的烘焙商之一。今年牙買加的收成非常少。只生產了一桶 30 公斤的這種咖啡,當 Coffea Diversa 提供給我們時,我們欣然接受了。
Bourbon Rey 是在哥斯大黎加 Biolley 的 Coffea Diversa 農場發現的波旁品種變異,它會產生巨大的咖啡豆。其大小和杯測風味與 Typica Mutant Maragogype 以及由此品種開發的雜交種,如 Pacamara 和 Maracaturra 相似。我們已經連續幾個收成季品嚐了他們牙買加農場的幾種咖啡,而 Bourbon Rey 年復一年地始終是我們的首選之一。
2019 年,我們將此品種在牙買加的首次收成送往 Coffee Review,獲得 93 分。這是他們對牙買加咖啡評分的歷史最高紀錄!
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.