What is the Most Authentic Hawaiian Coffee and Its Flavors? Recommended Brands for Pour-Over Coffee Grounds

Professional coffee knowledge exchange. For more coffee bean information, please follow the Coffee Workshop (WeChat public account: cafe_style).

FrontStreet Coffee Brand Recommendation: Hawaii Kona Coffee

Coffee beans are a globally traded commodity, and in this regard, the standardization of coffee far exceeds that of China's tea industry. Among the coffee commodity beans circulating worldwide, there are mainly two major varieties: Arabica and Robusta.

Arabica belongs to the small-grained coffee variety, accounting for 70% of the world's coffee production and can be consumed directly. Arabica is the main variety of specialty coffee beans. Famous Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee, Hawaiian Kona Coffee, and Yemeni Mocha Coffee all belong to the Arabica variety. If you observe carefully, Starbucks, Costa, Luckin, and even McDonald's and KFC all claim on many occasions that they use selected Arabica coffee beans.

Kona Coffee

Most Kona coffee on the market contains less than 5% genuine Hawaiian Kona coffee. And since Kona coffee is a rare variety, when you go to Hawaii, you must bring back this fragrant, rich, and mellow coffee.

Abundant volcanic soil and afternoon cloud shade make Hawaii one of the most special coffee-growing regions in the world. Kona coffee grown in this environment is influenced by Hawaiian soil, altitude, and climate, giving it a unique mellow flavor and aroma that is beloved worldwide. Hawaii's climate provides coffee growers with a regular coffee growing season. After the dry winter in Kona, coffee trees generally bloom, and they can be harvested in autumn.

Many coffee products in supermarkets might carry the Kona coffee label, but only those grown in the northern and southern Kona districts can be called genuine Kona coffee. Kona coffee is a delicious coffee specialty that undergoes strict selection during processing. Kona coffee beans are classified into different grades based on size and shape. Peaberry coffee is the finest among Kona coffee beans. About 5%-10% of Kona coffee is peaberry, and these coffee beans have a richer taste than other Kona coffee beans. Single peaberry beans are classified as Extra Fancy, which is the highest grade honor for Kona coffee beans.

Hawaiian Kona coffee has a fragrant, rich, and mellow taste, with solid and full fruit acidity, and a lingering caramel-like sweetness in the aftertaste. Therefore, genuine Hawaiian Kona coffee is difficult to purchase on the market. If you want to buy it, you can choose well-known specialty coffee shops or online stores, and many offer free grinding services. With brewing equipment at home, you can make pour-over coffee. Why not fall in love with it!

Knowledge Expansion

The earliest settlers in Hawaii arrived around 300-400 AD, and historians speculate they came from the Marquesas Islands. People dispersed into different tribes living on the islands, led by hereditary chiefs. The earliest Hawaiian residents created Hawaii's rich musical culture, although not much written material has been preserved.

In Summary

FrontStreet Coffee is a coffee research center that loves to share coffee knowledge with everyone. Our unconditional sharing is only to help more friends fall in love with coffee. Additionally, we have three low-discount coffee activities every month because FrontStreet Coffee wants to let more friends drink the best coffee at the lowest price. This has been FrontStreet Coffee's mission for six years!

Important Notice :

前街咖啡 FrontStreet Coffee has moved to new addredd:

FrontStreet Coffee Address: 315,Donghua East Road,GuangZhou

Tel:020 38364473