We’ve been using a lot of electrons talking about the volcano this month, so I thought I should throw in a line or two about coffee, since that is what BehindTheCoffee.com was originally all about.
Yet the activity at Kilauea is intimately wedded to what is happening with coffee on the Big Island of Hawaii. There […]

The usual coffee picking season here in Kona is late August through late January. Guess what. Some farms here in Kona Coffee country have already started picking coffee cherry. This presents some benefits for coffee consumers, but a two-sided coin for coffee farmers.
First, the benefits. Peaberry coffee, always a scarce commodity, should be in greater […]

(Dear BTC reader. I apologize for it taking this long to post the second part of this. They thought the Volcano Updates should take precedence. But here it is now. I hope they know what they are doing. Ed.)
Link to Part One
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Pat: That’s okay. I’ll take the heat. I’d like BehindTheCoffee.com to be real. And […]

Pat: So you don’t feel like writing a post today.
Mark: No. Too hot, and there’s too much vog.
Pat: There goes the myth about Hawaiians being so used to the heat of the tropics that they never feel it.
Mark: Who says that?
Pat: Nobody. Listen, you feel like talking about coffee?
Mark: I always feel like talking about […]

I did not mention in the previous post that the coffee trees are still doing well, even in the vog. Actually, I believe it is because of the vog. As mentioned in previous various posts on BehindTheCoffee.com, apparently the additional cloud cover and the stimulation of rain caused by the particulates are both really good […]

Okay, this list is for the adventuresome. The tours these smaller farms give are basically by appointment only, and can be pretty informal. This can be good, because it means very personal attention to you, since you may be the only people on the tour. But the downside is that sometimes tours can’t be given […]

This list is of farm tours includes farms that are again in the upper echelon of Kona coffee farms, and I know some of the people involved. I think their tours should be interesting. One of the best parts of touring Kona coffee farms is that each gives a different view. All the farms are […]

There are a number of coffee companies in Kona that offer tours. That does not do you a whole lot of good if you don’t take a journey to Kona, but if you do, it’s a really great thing to do while you’re here.
I’m going to do this list in three parts. This first list […]

Have you ever wondered why there’s an aroma of coffee floating deliciously in the isle at the store where they have the bags of coffee? It’s pleasant, for sure. Kind of draws you into thinking about having a cup so you can smell that aroma again.
Surely it does not come from any tinned coffee. Vacuum […]

In Kona, yes, but where exactly?
Before I answer that, let me take you for an entirely pleasant journey of the Kona Coffee District circa 1866. That was the year Samuel Clemens … sorry, I mean Mark Twain… took a voyage from San Francisco to the islands of Hawaii Nei, and sent back dispatches to the […]