The show Dirty Jobs on the Discovery network is all about getting the host Mike Rowe to spend a day working on those job that involve getting dirty. In season 2, Mike heads out to Hawaii to spend the day working on an organic Kona coffee plantation. Discovery has uploaded the entire clip to [...]
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Years since the Second Continental Congress approved the Declaration of Independence, formally separating the American colonies from Great Britain. Translation: Happy Fourth of July!
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August 21, 2009 will mark the 50th anniversary of U.S. statehood for Hawaii, the only significant coffee-growing state in the U.S.
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Ranking of the United States among the world’s coffee-importing countries.
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Countries that [...]
In the post Kona Coffee Confusion, I covered all the different labeling rules for Hawaiian Kona coffee. The conclusion was to look for the 100% label.
BUY 100% Kona Coffee – Island coffee is special and will cost more. Make sure you getting 100% Kona.
Andrew Hetzel thinks Hawaii can even do better than labeling the [...]
I forgot the exact dollar amount, but I recall during college a friend telling me they got a full pound of Hawaiian Kona coffee at price that seemed too good to be true. I looked at the bag and sure enough it had a picture of Hawaii, a Kona label and then I saw the [...]
A little over two months after launching INeedCoffee back in April 1999, I got a feisty little kitten named Kato. Kato loved to pounce on things. One of the things she loved to attack was a Hawaiian Kona coffee plant in the corner of the room. At the time I didn’t know if the plant [...]
