Comments on: Hawaii’s Islands Have Uncommon Coffee in Common

By: Marilyn

Marilyn — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 02:20:33 +0000

Originally from Ethiopia, It has been reported there are actually some Mokka trees grown at 10,000 ft in Yemen. They grow best on Maui at 500 feet above sea level. (Per MauiGrown Coffee)

By: Marilyn

Marilyn — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 02:00:10 +0000

Did you know that the Mokka Coffee plants, originally from Africa are now grown only on Maui at Kaanapali Coffee Estates for MauiGrown Coffee. It is gaining notoriety as the rare bean. Just as Kona Coffee has been, now MauiGrown is…

By: Cindy

Cindy — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:14:18 +0000

All true – yet I haven’t had a local Hawaii coffee that was bad

By: Wholesale Kona Coffee

Wholesale Kona Coffee — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:57:49 +0000

I agree that it is worth pointing out that coffee can only be called Kona Coffee if it is grown in the Kona region of the Big Island of Hawaii. Just like you can only call sparkling wine grown in a certain region of France Champagne.

By: David D.

David D. — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:04:16 +0000

It”s important to distinguish that out of the 6-7 million pounds of green coffee produced each year, only about 2 million pounds of that is “Kona coffee”.

Coffee grown outside of the Kona region is slightly different and cannot be called “Kona coffee”.

That makes for a very rare commodity.