Coffee Arabica in Kona on the Big Island, Hawaii

Monday, January 12, 2015

Coffee Arabica in Kona on the Big Island, Hawaii

As I mentioned in my previous entry, when I went to my local Starbucks last month, I found this picture of coffee arabica there. While I loved coffee so much and had it every day, I had never seen coffee plant before. That's why I really wanted to see coffee arabica during traveling on the Big Island, Hawaii, this January.

Picture of Coffee Arabica

       On the Big Island, we drove through Kona, where is the most famous place to grow coffee in the U.S. Kona coffee is grown only in a very small area of the Big Island.

       According to WikiPedia, Kona coffee is the market name for coffee (Coffea arabica) cultivated on the slopes of Hualalai and Mauna Loa in the North and South Kona Districts of the Big Island of Hawaii. It is one of the most expensive coffees in the world. Only coffee from the Kona Districts can be described as "Kona". The weather of sunny mornings, cloud or rain in the afternoon, little wind, and mild nights combined with porous, mineral-rich volcanic soil create favorable coffee growing conditions.

       I had never seen coffee arabica before, but when I saw these trees, I immediately noticed that these were coffee arabica!