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Do you enjoy your coffee with dessert?  Do you think of it as an American tradition like Baseball and Apple Pie? A Little Background One of the things that first attracted me to the Kona Coffee world (some 22 years ago) was the recipe contest at the annual Kona Coffee Cultural Festival. (Konacoffeefest.com) Pro and amateur chefs use Kona Coffee in both savory and sweet dishes for prizes and prestige. My wife and I, both avid home cooks, (she is a professional baker) never missed it. The gourmet nature of Read More…

Learn my secret formula for a perfect Father’s Day and how to make 100% Kona Coffee Macadamia Nut Brownies.  My gift to you for this upcoming Father’s Day. Studies that follow credit card purchases show mass concentration at sporting goods stores and liquor stores 48 hours before Father’s Day. The mad scramble to get Dad something cool sends panicking shoppers to “Gift Ideas for Dad” websites filled with lists of gadgets, Bar & BBQ accessories, logo-ed sportswear, and craft beer or specialty coffee subscriptions. When my children ask me what Read More…

Our farm tours at Greenwell Farms are a sprightly mix of farming practices, coffee processing, plant identification, history, and local color. Our tour guides are fascinated with coffee history and all of the amazing and amusing stories that circulate through coffee lore. So, on June 6th, 2020, the 76th anniversary of D-Day, let us take a pleasant stroll through time and look at the relationship between coffee and the military.  If you are of the generation who doesn’t immediately know about D-Day, let’s take a moment to catch you up. Read More…

Lessons from a 100% Kona Coffee farm to share with 2020 Graduates My high school senior son, graduating in 2020, gets no prom, no yearbook signings, and no live graduation ceremony (Due to COVID 19 in case anyone reads this in the future and has forgotten). Sad as this is for me, he shrugs it off as “whatever” and gets together with his friends online, playing games, making dis videos, and seeing who can get more TikTok likes. He’s been accepted to a great University on the other side of Read More…

Greenwell Farms provides farm tours led by expert guides who share the rich history and craft behind producing Greenwell Farms 100% Kona Coffee. Meet Olivia, she will give you a taste of the farm in a brief interview below.   Welcome to Greenwell Farms, my name is Olivia, I am a tour guide here and we specialize in 100% Kona Coffee. What’s your favorite place on the farm? One of the most amazing thigs about the farm here is that we have fruit all year-round including oranges, papaya, apple banana, Read More…

You’ve chosen some of the best coffee in the world. How do you reveal its character and complexity? First, what separates Kona Coffee from others? If you are laying down Kona Coffee Money, you will need some information to get the most from your coffee.  Believe it or not, while 100% Kona Coffee tastes amazing, it is not actually famous for its exact flavor profile. Imagine a Sour Cream and Onion potato chip for a second. That particular combination of salty and fatty with a hint of bitter/sour comprises the Read More…

Greenwell Farms provides farm tours led by expert guides who share the rich history and craft behind producing Greenwell Farms 100% Kona Coffee. Meet Chai, she will give you a taste of the farm in a brief interview below.   Aloha, my Name is Chai, I’m one of Greenwell Farms Tours guides and when I’m not doing tours, I do quality control and I am one of Greenwell Farms Q-graders. What’s your favorite place on the farm? One of my favorite places on the farm is the retail store, I Read More…

Greenwell Farms provides Kona Coffee farm tours led by expert guides who share the rich history and craft behind producing Greenwell Farms 100% Kona Coffee. Meet Elnora, she will give you a taste of the farm in a brief interview below.   Aloha, Hi, I’m Elnora a tour guide at Greenwell Farms, known for high quality 100% Kona Coffee. What’s your favorite place on the farm? One of my favorite places on the farm is where the coffee trees are, especially when they are in bloom. This is a coffee Read More…

Greenwell Farms provides farm tours led by expert guides who share the rich history and craft behind producing Greenwell Farms 100% Kona Coffee. Meet Tomoko, she will give you a taste of the farm in a brief interview below.   Hello, I’m one of the Japanese tour guides working at this farm specializing in 100% Kona Coffee.  My name is Tomoko, if you come here, I am happy to show you the farm. What’s your favorite place on the farm? I love this spot with our 100-year-old trees. When I Read More…

Greenwell Farms provides farm tours led by expert guides who share the rich history and craft behind producing Greenwell Farms 100% Kona Coffee. Meet James, he will give you a taste of the farm in a brief interview below.   Aloha, my name is James, I’m one of the tour guides here at Greenwell Farms. What’s your favorite place on the farm? One of my favorite parts of Greenwell Farms is the roasting room. Behind me is a massive 100-pound roaster.  It’s a drum roaster, the coffee spins around, an Read More…

Greenwell Farms provides farm tours led by expert guides who share the rich history and craft behind producing Greenwell Farms 100% Kona Coffee. Meet Bronson, he will give you a taste of the farm in a brief interview below.   Aloha, I’m Bronson, one of the tour guides here at Greenwell Farms and we specialize in 100% Kona Coffee. What’s your favorite place on the farm? So, my favorite spot on the farm is going to have to be right here down at the nursery.  At any given moment we Read More…

Greenwell Farms provides farm tours led by expert guides who share the rich history and craft behind producing Greenwell Farms 100% Kona Coffee. Meet Matt, he will give you a taste of the farm in a brief interview below.   Aloha, welcome to Greenwell Farms, this is a fifth-generation family farm and we specialize in 100% Kona Coffee.  My name is Matt and I am one of the guides here. What’s your favorite place on the farm? One of the really cool places on the farm is what we call Read More…

Greenwell Farms provides farm tours led by expert guides who share the rich history and craft behind producing Greenwell Farms 100% Kona Coffee. Meet Kawena, he will give you a taste of the farm in a brief interview below.   Aloha! My name is Kawena, I am a guide here at Greenwell Farms. What’s your favorite place on the farm? This is our facility called the wet mill, where we receive coffee from local farmers, the whole process begins here. Our latest piece of equipment is called a laser optical Read More…

New Opportunities for Greenwell Farms Greenwell Farms President, Thomas Greenwell, and his cousin Eugene Clapp, along with Eugene’s wife and family, have embarked on a new passion project. It consists of transforming the 200-acres of Kopiko Farms land,  used for sugar and cattle production in the late 1800’s, into harvested 100% Kona coffee. The purpose of this coffee is to supply more variety and steady production of Kona coffee beans to Greenwell Farms. For Tom, this project is something that he can make his own, as most of the Greenwell Read More…

Hawaii Island is the largest of the 8 main islands that comprise the state of Hawaii. Often referred to as the Big Island (because all the other islands would fit inside of it), it is the first island found by Polynesians, the birthplace of Kamehameha and rich with the history and culture of the Hawaiian people. The West side of the Big Island is called the Kona Coast and is loved by visitors and residents alike for its warm days, clear blue oceans and magical sunsets. If you are planning Read More…