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Coffee lovers sip what they think is premium Kona coffee, only to discover it’s a mass-produced blend lacking the unique ...
Debbie Hoshide, owner of Hoshide Farms, took first place at the 2008 Gevalia Kona Coffee Cupping Competition held at Keauhou Beach Resort last week on Hawaii's Big Island. Hoshide Farms is located ...
The world's best coffee is grown on small family farms in Hawaii, according to many coffee enthusiasts. Abby Munoz of Monarch Coffee on the Big Island shared insight with Fox News Digital.
Hawaii’s coffee industry, half grown in Kona, is weathering changes because of a new state law. Act 198 aims to address deceptive labeling, raising the mandatory percent of Hawaii-grown coffee ...
Nurtured by the Island of Hawaii’s unique mingling of abundant sunshine, afternoon rain and lava-infused soil, Kona coffee retails for more than $30 for an eight-ounce bag.
Hundreds of farmers in the Kona region of Hawaii, which is known for making some of the most expensive coffee in the world, recently won more than $41 million in settlements from companies that ...
The Kona coffee-growing area, for example, is just 30 miles long. Harvesting the beans by hand is also labor intensive but necessary due to the region’s rocky, inclined topography.
A tangle of litigation over Hawaiian-grown coffee hinged on testing to show which beans were from Kona -- and which were not. It's a master class on how to fight dupes.
After testing coffee samples from around the world as well as more than 150 samples from Kona farms, Dr. Ehleringer’s team identified several element ratios — strontium to zinc, for example ...
L&K Coffee Company, LLC., the parent-company of Magnum Coffee Roastery will pay $6.15 million to Kona coffee farmers in a class action lawsuit settled with one of more than 20 coffee wholesalers ...