Kona Coffee

Kona Coffee is considered to be one of the cleanest coffees in the world. Only grown on the big island of Hawaii in Kona growing region. Kona coffee requires a special amount of sunlight and water, only Hawaii warm climate can give. The coffee is harvested by hand ensuring the best beans. The ripe berries are red when they are ready to be picked, they are then dried, pulped to remove the outside skin and hulled before being sorted by a machine into different grades depending on their size. The largest beans are more expensive because they are said to be the most flavorful. After sorting, the roasted and sealed in a tin to preserve freshness and is ready to be sold worldwide. 

History 

Samuel Ruggles was the first man to introduce Kona coffee to Hawaii in 1828. Even at the time it was known as arabica coffee, it later became known as Kona coffee after growing so well in the Kona region which was home to thick volcanic soils that made for perfect conditions for growing coffee of all kinds. After many different cultures had experienced the rich and flavorful Kona coffee, its popularity grew enormously and became one of the largest economic development in the 1880s. Farmers experienced ups and downs during the Second World War, but sales slowly progressed afterward and have been booming ever since. Most people believe that this rare and wonderful coffee to be one of the finest and certainly the most expensive coffee in recent decades, and this statement is probably true, even Mark Twain wrote about it saying "I think Kona coffee has a richer taste than any other to be the grown where it can. " 

Buy Kona Coffee

It is important to pay attention to labels when buying Kona coffee some companies say that their coffee is the purest and finest, but some of the time is not the case. Some of these coffees only contain a small amount of actual Kona coffee, they are usually mixed with a sort of South American coffee. For this reason, be sure to buy 100% Kona beans from a true Hawaiian market. Online is usually the best way to find Kona beans because most can not find them in a regular market, and they are usually fresh and can be sent in just a matter of days. 

Grades of Kona Coffee

Kona beans come in many different qualities, Extra Fancy, Fancy, Kona # 1, Prime, Kona # 1 Peaberry, and Kona Peaberry prime. Kona beans are usually graded by size with some farmers saying that bigger is usually better, others say it does not affect the taste of the coffee. One of the key elements involved in making the coffee taste good, are harvesting and processing part of the job, that hat is where only the best Kona beans are picked and processed so that only the finest to be sealed and shipped. It is better to buy all the Kona beans rather than ground, because of the freshness, the entire Kona beans last for several months while the ground will only last about one month at the most. Kona coffee has been around for hundreds of years and has no signs of slowing in popularity. It is sure going to be the best coffee in the age.