Posted by TheShot on 03 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: Beans, Foreign Brew, Machine
This coffee farm specializes in the under-appreciated (next to Kona) Hawaiian coffees on the East side of the Big Island (Puna, Ku’a, Hamakua) as well as Kona and coffee from the other islands (Maui Moka, Oahu Waialua, Kauai). They take in beans from many local farms for roasting or selling as greens, and they’re at [...]
[view full post]Posted by TheShot on 14 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: Beans
I’ve written before about how my personal rediscovery of the Maui Moka bean at the 2006 WRBC was, at least for me, something akin to finding a live dodo…or at least a ceolecanth. But a coffee that was presumed extinct for four years is one thing. One that has been presumed extinct for over 50 [...]
[view full post]Posted by TheShot on 09 Sep 2006 | Tagged as: Beans, Foreign Brew, Roasting
Here’s an update for the fellow home roaster geeks who have lamented the demise of Hawaii’s Ka’anapali Farm … from today’s The Maui News: Buzz over coffee has come back to Kaanapali. As reported here in March, I first spotted the return of the Maui Moka bean — easily my favorite bean stock for homemade [...]
[view full post]Posted by TheShot on 06 Mar 2006 | Tagged as: Barista, Beans, Local Brew
The Petaluma Hot List
As I mentioned in a previous post, the 2006 Western Regional Barista Competition was held in Petaluma over this past weekend. Twenty-two baristas from across California and Hawai’i participated in the annual competition — many for their first time. In addition to bringing out some of the best espresso preparation the region [...]