Kona Coffees have built a reputation as the world's highest quality. Using age-old processes dating back centuries and incorporating the latest in state of the art technology, Kona Premium consistently delivers a superior coffee with an unforgettable, mellow flavor.

Growing

Our superior quality coffees begin with the healthiest Kona Arabica Coffee trees grown in fertile, volcanic soil enhanced with a blend of natural nutrients and minerals.

Continuous soil testing is performed to insure that every generation of Kona Premium Estate Coffee grows in a soil mixture with an optimum nutrient composition.

Processing

With conventional coffee processing, after the skins are removed from the harvested coffee beans by a process called pulping, the beans are soaked in water for many hours in a step called "fermentation" . This often results in an inconsistent fermentation process that has a negative effect on the taste of the coffee as well as involving a large consumption and contamination of water.

Kona Premium uses a revolutionary technology based upon waterless pulping. Not only does this produce the highest quality and consistent coffee taste, but in addition, helps the environment by lessening usage and contamination of our water supply.

Drying

Most coffee worldwide is dried in the sun - an unpredictable method that can take from 5 days to 3 weeks, introduce molds and mildews, and have other negative effects on the quality and flavor of the coffee.

Increasingly, "better" quality coffees are being dried mechanically - producing a more consistent product but in some cases overcooking or contaminating the beans.

Kona Premium uses a new and very advanced combination drying method to insure quality and enhance flavor. Kona Premium coffee beans are initially dried in the sun to take advantage of the chemical processes present in this drying technique. The beans are then carefully "finish dried" using low temperature dehydration. This two part drying method insures perfect consistency and retention of quality.

Roasting Kona Premium's roasting technique is very important to the coffee's flavor and utilizes a hot air fluid bed roaster. This roasting method is new to the coffee industry and offers several advantages over traditional coffee roasting techniques. Unlike traditional roasting techniques, fluid bed roasting, in which the beans are bathed in hot flowing air, provides uniform amounts of heat to each bean. And, by the nature of the flowing air, contaminants such as smoke, dust, and burning oils are cleanly removed as they are produced, enhancing the quality of the roast and insuring a great tasting coffee.

Kona Premium offers only the highest grades of coffee. An estate roast that combines the full range of flavors from the harvest, and the Private Reserve Roast that combines only the very largest beans with Peaberry Beans to produce a truly special flavor. Both of these grades are roasted at a "Medium Dark" temperature that is best suited for Kona Coffee.