06-19-2014, 06:10 PM
The two wahine who used to have the coffee place in Hilo Shopping Center called Kope Kope sold that store and bought the land and built what is now Hilo Coffee Mill .
They put up a huge amount of capital of their own and got loans to start what it is today.
$700K will get them out of debt by maybe 100K ,so they can start a new venture elsewhere.
Some of our family used to work for them.
Better coffee elsewhere in Puna .
They did install a HUGE solar array but had a horrific time with HELLCO to approve the grid tie . ( Years )
They have also a farmers market on Saturdays but we never go.
Coffee as a crop is fertilizer heavy feeders and very labour extensive / expensive .
Bugs also are a major setback and problem.
Better to plant dryland Kalo or other crops less intense than coffee in our opinion.
Good luck to the new owners of said establishment.
They put up a huge amount of capital of their own and got loans to start what it is today.
$700K will get them out of debt by maybe 100K ,so they can start a new venture elsewhere.
Some of our family used to work for them.
Better coffee elsewhere in Puna .
They did install a HUGE solar array but had a horrific time with HELLCO to approve the grid tie . ( Years )
They have also a farmers market on Saturdays but we never go.
Coffee as a crop is fertilizer heavy feeders and very labour extensive / expensive .
Bugs also are a major setback and problem.
Better to plant dryland Kalo or other crops less intense than coffee in our opinion.
Good luck to the new owners of said establishment.