I stand corrected. Mark has noticed that I intimated in my previous blog that some ‘really, really toasty’ roasted coffee might find it’s way into the Kona Blends. Not so. The big processors buy only green beans. So I still don’t know what he does in case he ever makes a mistake with a batch.
But… […]

5 cups sugar
1-1/2 cups VERY strongly brewed 100% Kona Coffee
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
Put sugar and water in smooth pan. While cooking, wash down sides of pan with pastry brush dipped in cold water. Bring to boiling point, stirring constantly. Add cream of tartar, cover, and steam 3 minutes. REmove cover, put in thermometer, and […]

4 cups brewed 100% Kona Coffee
1/2 cup qiuck-cooking tapioca
1/2 cup sugar
Cook 15 minutes or to package directions.
Put in decorative mold or individual serving dishes
Chill in refrigerator.
Serve with cream or whipped cream.
Serves 6 to 8

1/2 tablespoon granulated gelatin (vegegarians may use agar-agar) soaked in:
2 tablespoons cold water
3 tablespoons hot water
1 cup (8 oz) of hot brewed 100% Kona Coffee
pinch of salt, if desired
1 pint heavy cream, beaten stiff
Dissolve soaked gelatin in hot water. Add coffee, salt, and sugar. Stir thoroughly. Strain into refrigerator try or bowl. Chill until thickened. […]

1/3 cup butter
1 cup sugar
3 egg yolks
1/3 cup boiling water
1 teaspoon vinilla
Cream butter (mix until smooth), add sugar gradually, and egg yolks slightly beatern. Then add water and cook in a double boiler (or a smaller pan floating within a larger pan filled with boiling water) until mixture thickens. Add vanilla, serve over Kona Bread […]

2 cups stale bread cumbs
1 quart milk, scalded (heated to just below boiling) with 4
tablespoons ground 100% Kona Coffee
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup melted butter
2 eggs, slightly beaten
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon valilla
Alternative:
1/4 to 1/2 cup crushed Macadamia nuts or Coffee Chocolate Covered
Macadamia Nuts
Soak bread crumbs in milk, set aside until cool. Then add other
ingredients. Bake 1 […]

1 cup sugar
1-3/4 cup flour
1/4 cup butter (1 cube)
1 egg, slightly beaten
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 cup milk
1st alternative:
scald… heat but do not boil… milk with 1 tablespoon ground 100% Kona Coffee, strain before adding)
2nd alternative:
add (or serve with) 1/4 lb Coffee Chocolate pieces from Kona Mountain Coffee
Topping
3 teaspoons granulated sugar
1-1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
Mix and sift dry […]

Frankly, I find some of the stuff on this blog a bit serious. We have one guy who is talking about life and death and how the Love of Aloha overcomes everything. Okay, it’s real stories of real people, and there is some romance in the fact that you get a glimpse of Don Ho’s […]

This is the first moment of Behind the Coffee. It’s an exciting moment. But perhaps more exciting for me than for you, at the moment. Because you have no idea how exciting this particular grouping of blogs is going to become in the future, if not at the moment.
Promises, promises… but where’s the bean? It’s […]