Hawaii (Kona)
One of the few coffees grown in the United States, on volcanic slopes of the Big Island.
- Region
- Pacific
- Regions
- Kona, Ka'ū, Maui, Kauaʻi
- Altitude
- 150–900 m
- Harvest
- Aug–Jan
- Species
- Arabica (Kona Typica)
- Processing
- Washed
- Production 2024
- 3,817 tonnes
- World rank
- #46
Varieties grown here
About
Afternoon cloud cover on the slopes of Hualālai and Mauna Loa lets coffee grow well at low altitude. Labour costs make it expensive; "Kona blend" need only contain 10% Kona.
From Wikipedia
Hawaii is one of the few U.S. states where coffee production is a significant economic industry – coffee is the second largest crop produced there. The 2019–2020 coffee harvest in Hawaii was valued at $102.9 million. As of the 2019–2020 harvest, coffee production accounted for 6,900 acres of land in Hawaii.
The coffee industry in Hawaii is well supported by organizations such as the Hawaii Coffee Association, the Hawaii Agriculture Resource Center and the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaii at Manoa and the state's Department of Agriculture.
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