{"id":190,"date":"2017-10-15T20:39:18","date_gmt":"2017-10-15T20:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/konacoffee.com\/kona-coffee\/?p=190"},"modified":"2024-05-08T05:17:50","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T15:17:50","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.konacoffee.com\/kona-coffee\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History of Kona Coffee – Rich as its Taste!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0The History of Coffee in Kona<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Uchida Coffee Farm on Kona Living History Farm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

History of coffee in Kona is as rich as its taste!\u00a0With an area of over 4,028 square miles, the island of Hawaii, also known as “The Big Island”, is home to a beautiful region in the west known as the Kona District. The Kona District is home to many different and wonderful attractions, including the Hawaii Ocean Science & Technology Park<\/a>, the world-famous Ironman World Championship<\/a>, the rugged “Gold Coast” with some amazing beaches, sea-turtle habitats, and Kona coffee farms<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Reverend Samuel Ruggles<\/a>\u00a0(wikipedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Coffee isn’t native to Hawaii \u2014 it was brought to Kona by\u00a0Samuel Reverend Ruggles in 1828. He brought arabica cuttings from Brazil to see how well it would take to the Big Island’s climate.<\/p>\n

As it turned out, Kona’s daily cycle of morning sunshine<\/a>, afternoon cloud cover and rich volcanic soil was perfect for the coffee plants. Consequently coffee\u00a0 established itself as a major crop in Hawaii by the end of the 1800s.<\/p>\n

A crash in the price of coffee in the late 1890s led to today’s system of independent family farms. The plantations which had been producing most of the coffee beans were forced to sell their land.\u00a0 As a result the workers bought or leased the land. Generations later, many of these plantation worker descendants are still farming\u00a0 Kona coffee on the same land.<\/p>\n

Harvesting and Processing – little change throughout history.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Harvesting (picking) and then\u00a0\u00a0processing<\/a>\u00a0coffee is a tradition in Kona that you’ll see typically from August to January. Farmers and hired pickers collect the red coffee berries.\u00a0 These berries contain the coffee beans. Then they pulp the fruit. Also known as “wet milling”. Separating the inner bean from the skin or outer layer.\u00a0The sun, breeze and consistent raking dries the parchment<\/a> beans. With the exception of some machinery this is the same system used for generations. Then after dry milling the green beans are roasted, bagged\u00a0<\/a>and sent around the world. And finally, into your coffee cup.<\/p>\n

Order yours here!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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