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At Hula Daddy Kona Coffee we show our guests how to taste coffee and how to identify the differences between coffees. Learning to differentiate coffees isn't hard. You don't have to "cup" coffees like the professionals. You can learn that later. Cupping is easier if you learn the basics of tasting coffee first. 1. Brew two different coffees. For the first time try to get coffees that are …
7 Easy Steps to Become a Gourmet Coffee Taster by Karen PatersonRead More
Consumers tend to judge coffee by region rather than by grower. So, for example, a consumer will comment that they like or don't like Jamaican coffee without differentiating that there are some excellent, some average and some poor Jamaican coffees. Oddly, this only happens in the coffee industry. Other gourmet beverages, such as beers and wines, are judged based on the grower or the bottler. Even …
Are Coffee Roasters Eroding the Pure Kona Coffee Brand? by Karen PatersonRead More
We get a few calls every year from customers who say that their Hula Daddy Kona Coffee doesn't taste as good at home as it did on our plantation. While we like to think that the ambiance of our plantation adds to the flavor of our coffee, it isn't really true. The difference is not the geography, it is either the brewer or the water. We always start with the water. Ninety-eight percent of a cup …
During the first harvest on the Hula Daddy Kona Coffee coffee farm we noticed that the pickers were picking green, yellow, red, purple, brown and black coffee fruit. When we asked our manager why the pickers were picking fruit that was under and over-ripe we were told everyone did it and that the pulping process would remove the bad fruit. When we went to the coffee mill we found fruit from other …
Getting to Ripe Coffee at Hula Daddy Kona Coffee by Karen PatersonRead More
My grandmother used a coffee percolator with a metal filter to brew coffee for my grandfather. She didn't choose the filter, that was the way the coffee pot came. The coffee was black, bitter and made your hair stand on end. But it kept my grandfather working the farm until he was 86. Today, if my grandmother went to the store, she would have to choose between a steel filter, gold filter, plastic …
Which Coffee Filter is Best for Hula Daddy Kona Coffee? by Karen PatersonRead More
The Kona coffee industry is at a crossroad. One road is the traditional path where Kona coffee farmers maintain the status quo until they are driven out of business by higher costs and foreign competition. The other path is the creation of top quality coffee grown in a renowned tourist destination. …
Kona Coffee Farmers at a Crossroad by karen PatersonRead More
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