oldphoque (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

If it is a blend, you will know by taste if you have ever been to Hawaii. But if it is a blend, it "should" say on the package somewhere or say 100%. The price should be a dead giveaway too. Nobody, not even Costco is gonna blowout $25+ per lb. coffe. Sams does sell Hawaiian coffee from I think Maui, real cheap but it doesn`t taste that good and is dehydrated. Very dry and old tasting!

BennyCorleone (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

U forgot one thing ~ Where do you buy it? :O

cxsheppard (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Sorry to say, but it cannot be cheaper. Kona is not a third world country - workers get paid US rates. It costs $4 a finished pound just to pay pickers, plus all the US rates, rents, utilities, fertilizer, pruning etc. We calculate the base cost of a pound of roasted Kona coffee, without any profit at all to the farmer yet, at a minimum of $11 a pound. Your best bet is to buy farmer-direct, no middle man to pay, only 60 cents a cup - see the Kona Coffee Farmers Association

cxsheppard (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Greenwell is a processor (a good one) buys coffee from many small farms, so their coffee is a blend, of 100% Kona, not a blend with foreign coffees. However there are more than 150 small farms that produce 100% Kona coffee, using only beans from their farm, estate coffee. And it IS Kona coffee. In Hawaii, all foreign beans have to have an import license, so we know EXACTLY who is importing to make blend, and it is not the estate farms. Buy direct from an estate and get the best Kona ever :>)

cxsheppard (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Hi BennyThere is NO Kona coffee plantation of 1100 acres. The entire Kona coffee belt is 2290 acres (State statistics) and has approximately 635 farms of an average of 5 acres each. there are some larger farms now but none that even come close to thousands of acres. Sorry :<(

BennyCorleone (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

I get mine from Costco in a gold bag. It has a Parry Estate Seal on the front of it. 100% Kona Coffee Direct From Our Fields. It also says its Kona's largest coffee plantation: 1100 acres. I hope this isn't a blend :(

14072GINY (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Here is my take on the matter. If it does not come from Greenwell Farms I say they are all a blend.Greenwell has been making 100% Kona coffee since 1850 they are the real deal.Take a tour of their farm and tell me if I am wrong . They are numero uno.

alohacaramia (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

It's true Kona Coffee is the best in the world. My family lived along the border of the Kona Coffee plantation in Kealakekua.

nonew3 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Thank you for posting this. I am a big-time coffee drinker. I am going to look for 100% Kona coffee.

oldphoque (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Kona coffee is the best hands down. I prefer it over blue mountain which is way higher in price even though it is rarely blended. I know the demand is high but Kona coffee is still too expensive to buy outright. This needs to be worked on. I used to be able to buy it at $9 per pound a few short years ago. Not today. If anyone has a better connection, I would apreciate it.