Comments for HulaDaddy.com http://www.huladaddy.com Plantation Fresh 100% Kona Coffee Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:27:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Brewing Premium Kona Coffee by Frank Gilbert http://www.huladaddy.com/coffee-talk/brewing-premium-kona-coffee.htm#comment-591 Frank Gilbert Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:27:25 +0000 http://www.huladaddy.com/?p=247#comment-591 Hey Richard, So, happy with the Technivorm coffee machine? Any problems. Generally I French Press all my coffee, but was looking for a quicker way to make coffee for friends. Hey Richard,

So, happy with the Technivorm coffee machine? Any problems. Generally I French Press all my coffee, but was looking for a quicker way to make coffee for friends.

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]]> Comment on How Typica is Your Kona Coffee? by financial advice http://www.huladaddy.com/articles/how-typica-is-your-kona.htm#comment-553 financial advice Thu, 08 Dec 2011 09:48:47 +0000 http://www.huladaddy.com/?p=710#comment-553 GREAT publish and impressive in turn …will bear a try all the tips..Thanks…… GREAT publish and impressive in turn …will bear a try all the tips..Thanks……

]]> Comment on How to Make Better Tasting Coffee by Karen http://www.huladaddy.com/articles/make-better-tasting-coffee.htm#comment-552 Karen Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:50:59 +0000 http://www.huladaddy.com/?p=256#comment-552 Aloha Liz You should notice a difference in the freshness of your coffee. Thanks you for your comment Karen Aloha Liz You should notice a difference in the freshness of your coffee. Thanks you for your comment Karen

]]> Comment on How to Make Better Tasting Coffee by Liz http://www.huladaddy.com/articles/make-better-tasting-coffee.htm#comment-551 Liz Wed, 07 Dec 2011 06:26:40 +0000 http://www.huladaddy.com/?p=256#comment-551 I found you guys through <a href="http://hiloliving.blogspot.com/2011/11/coffee-time-in-kona-hawaii.html" rel="nofollow">a review I saw of your plantation</a>. I didn't know that coffee picked up other flavors that easily. I store mine in a Ziploc bag, but maybe now I'll stick it in the freezer, too. Thanks for the great tips! I found you guys through a review I saw of your plantation. I didn’t know that coffee picked up other flavors that easily. I store mine in a Ziploc bag, but maybe now I’ll stick it in the freezer, too. Thanks for the great tips!

]]> Comment on How Typica is Your Kona Coffee? by Paul Sanchez http://www.huladaddy.com/articles/how-typica-is-your-kona.htm#comment-549 Paul Sanchez Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:07:37 +0000 http://www.huladaddy.com/?p=710#comment-549 You have some genuinely beneficial information composed here. Good job and keep posting good stuff. You have some genuinely beneficial information composed here. Good job and keep posting good stuff.

]]> Comment on Kona Coffee Farmers at a Crossroad by Karen http://www.huladaddy.com/articles/kona-coffee-farmers-at-a-crossroad.htm#comment-542 Karen Sat, 26 Nov 2011 19:18:27 +0000 http://www.huladaddy.com/?p=696#comment-542 Aloha Jim Mahalo nui loa for you comment. You are right, just like every other product we make in the USA we face stiff foreign competition. Companies who have tried to outcheap foreign companies have always failed. US companies who have focused on top quality have usually suceeded. We think Kona Coffee is amazing when it is grown. processed and roasted with quality. We want Kona farmers to focus on top quality and let the low quality competitiors kill each other off. You have made our day with your comment, Happy Holidays. Aloha Jim

Mahalo nui loa for you comment. You are right, just like every other product we make in the USA we face stiff foreign competition. Companies who have tried to outcheap foreign companies have always failed. US companies who have focused on top quality have usually suceeded. We think Kona Coffee is amazing when it is grown. processed and roasted with quality. We want Kona farmers to focus on top quality and let the low quality competitiors kill each other off.
You have made our day with your comment, Happy Holidays.

]]> Comment on Kona Coffee Farmers at a Crossroad by Jim Boulter http://www.huladaddy.com/articles/kona-coffee-farmers-at-a-crossroad.htm#comment-541 Jim Boulter Sat, 26 Nov 2011 16:23:13 +0000 http://www.huladaddy.com/?p=696#comment-541 Aloha Karen, Your last two posts (Twenty Five Steps and Crossroads) were remarkable. They should be required reading for all coffee growers, producers and consumers. Especially consumers since both posts highlight the challenges you face and the considerable effort you have invested in producing world class coffee. The parallels with crafting top-flight wines - from growing, harvesting, processing, and marketing - are spot on. As you suggest, aggressive protection of the Kona brand is important, and continuous reevaluation of coffee cultivars, farming and processing methods is critical. It's unlikely that marked improvement will be seen with any single change in coffee growing parameters; however, with perseverance, incremental and sustained improvement are almost guaranteed. At the risk of stating the obvious, it seems like the biggest challenge faced by Kona coffee growers is competition from countries that can afford to bring top-flight coffees to the world market at a fraction of your costs. A quick glance at the Coffee Review website shows coffees from Kenya, Ethiopia, Panama, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Indonesia (to name a few) that are rated in the low to mid 90's with retail prices in the $15 - $20 per pound range. There's no doubt about it - for Hula Daddy (and other Kona coffee growers) , such market conditions must be worrisome. The business of coffee growing aside, I also wanted to say how *much* I enjoy Hula Daddy Kona coffee! It seems clear that you and your staff have an amazing passion for growing coffee and making it available to customers like me. When one truly enjoys their life's work, the uncertainties of any commercial adventure are put in perspective, and solutions will invariably be found. Best wishes for the Holiday Season and mahalo for your commitment to great coffee! Jim Boulter Hollywood, California Aloha Karen,

Your last two posts (Twenty Five Steps and Crossroads) were remarkable. They should be required reading for all coffee growers, producers and consumers. Especially consumers since both posts highlight the challenges you face and the considerable effort you have invested in producing world class coffee.

The parallels with crafting top-flight wines – from growing, harvesting, processing, and marketing – are spot on. As you suggest, aggressive protection of the Kona brand is important, and continuous reevaluation of coffee cultivars, farming and processing methods is critical. It’s unlikely that marked improvement will be seen with any single change in coffee growing parameters; however, with perseverance, incremental and sustained improvement are almost guaranteed.

At the risk of stating the obvious, it seems like the biggest challenge faced by Kona coffee growers is competition from countries that can afford to bring top-flight coffees to the world market at a fraction of your costs. A quick glance at the Coffee Review website shows coffees from Kenya, Ethiopia, Panama, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Indonesia (to name a few) that are rated in the low to mid 90′s with retail prices in the $15 – $20 per pound range. There’s no doubt about it – for Hula Daddy (and other Kona coffee growers) , such market conditions must be worrisome.

The business of coffee growing aside, I also wanted to say how *much* I enjoy Hula Daddy Kona coffee! It seems clear that you and your staff have an amazing passion for growing coffee and making it available to customers like me. When one truly enjoys their life’s work, the uncertainties of any commercial adventure are put in perspective, and solutions will invariably be found.

Best wishes for the Holiday Season and mahalo for your commitment to great coffee!

Jim Boulter
Hollywood, California

]]> Comment on Tour the Hula Daddy Coffee Plantation by Karen http://www.huladaddy.com/hula-daddy-news/visit-huladaddy.htm#comment-539 Karen Wed, 23 Nov 2011 04:14:19 +0000 http://www.huladaddy.com/?p=279#comment-539 Thank you for your post and to your son. He was obviously well brought up. Thank you for your post and to your son. He was obviously well brought up.

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