Coffee

[Devany]

Sorry Wao, no I did not realize you meant on a National level. I try not to support or buy anything that is mass produced when it comes to food, so my mindset was much more local.

Maui has great coffee too.

One thing, Coffee is a crop that must be hand picked and in Hawaii, we must pay humane wages and provide benefits, thus making the cost 2-4 X that of countries that do not have such humane practices. 100 % Kona Coffee is generally 2 X the cost of any other beans, sometimes more. I don't see that there is a reason to really try and promote other Hawaiian Coffee aside from on the islands. Local is better. Small farms are better too. Know your farmer, even your coffee farmer.

Aloha au i Hawai`i,
devany

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