Starbucks Verismo 580 Review If you’ve been in a Starbucks in the past couple of months you may have noticed the Verismo 580 brewers on display. The Verismo machines are Starbucks’ attempt to enter the world of single-cup brewers, which you may have noticed is a rapidly expanding market. Starbucks …
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The Best Single Serve Coffee Makers Being able to brew a single cup of coffee with a push of a button is a precious time saver. No wonder then that single cup coffee makers have been surging in popularity over the past few years. What started out as a Keurig-dominated …
Read More »What is Kona Coffee?
What is Kona Coffee? When coffee is referred to as ‘kona coffee’, it means coffee that’s grown in the North and South Kona districts of Hawaii. The 2-mile long stretch of land is informally referred to as the “kona coffee belt” and is home to over 600 coffee farms. Initially …
Read More »Coffees of Hawaii: An Island Guide
The Coffees of Hawaii: Exploring Hawaii’s Coffee One Island at a Time. You’ve probably heard the terms ‘hawaiian coffee’ or ‘kona coffee’ before. What most people don’t realize is that every major Hawaiian island has a coffee growing region. In addition to Hawaii (the Big Island), there are coffee plantations …
Read More »Hualalai Estate Peaberry Coffee Review
Welcome to my Hualalai Estate Peaberry Coffee Review A heart-warming story enhances a tasty coffee The story of how Hualalai Estate Coffee came to be makes this coffee worth the price of admission as it is. It started with a local Kona math teacher named Joel Cooperson. He started growing …
Read More »Kona Mountain Coffee Review
Welcome to My Kona Mountain Coffee Review: A must-see stop for any coffee (and chocolate!) lover. When you’re driving from the airport to Kona, it’s hard to miss the Kona Mountain Coffee storefront. Perched on top of a hill next to the highway (with the ocean on the otherside), it …
Read More »Koa Coffee Review: Kona Peaberry
Koa’s Kona Peaberry Coffee: Rating: Aroma: 4.5 Acidity 4.9 Body 4.0 Aftertaste: 5.0 Overall: 4.85 Koa Coffee Review: About the Coffee The Koa Coffee Plantation is actually a relatively new coffee plantation, founded in 1997 by Marin and Cathy Artuckovich. The Artuckovich family runs the coffee plantation (I’ve found that …
Read More »Redbird Kona Coffee Review: A Citrusy Smooth Coffee
I Happened upon Redbird Kona Coffee by Chance: I bought some of the Redbird coffee in a Foodland as an impulse buy. I tend to grab coffees the way other people will grab a People Magazine when they’re in a grocery store. I noticed that there was a seal on …
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