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Kona Pacific Farmers Cooperative is
the oldest and largest Kona Coffee Cooperative in the United States!
We have been continuously processing Kona Coffee at this site since
1910 and now process over two-million pounds of cherry per year.
Peruse this site to learn why Kona Coffee deserves to be the world's
finest and most safest coffee. Then go to our Products Pages to
purchase Kona Coffee of the highest
quality. Enjoy the benefit of America's direct prices on coffee,
mac nuts, candies
and more.
Our coffee, made from 100% hand picked Kona No. 1 grade or better
beans, is farmer owned, grown, and processed. Our farmers, with
over five-thousand years combined experience, take pride in the
quality of our coffee. In fact our farmers are absolutely “Stubborn
About Quality.” Kona Coffee is the world?s finest coffee and
Kona Pacific Farmers Cooperative produces
the "BEST" in Kona Coffee, insuring it by utilizing HDOA and CQI
grading and cupping standards.
Kona Pacific Farmers Coop incorporates safe-food handling by using
and having ServSafe certified team-leaders on staff.
Mmmmmmmmmm, "The Smell of Quality!"
What’s Happening at the Coop!
The crop year of 2008-2009 started off with a bang when our first
bag of coffee cherry was delivered on July 4, 2008. Our season is
now drawing to a close with only a few beans left on the trees and
the last bags being brought in on March 11, 2009. This coffee season
has proven to been very fruitful and one full of surprises for all
or our farmers and harvesters with Quality being a priority.
Our farmers and harvesters are now preparing the coffee trees by
plucking shoots, weed control and fetilizing to assist the trees
in producting the "BEST" of the "BEST" coffee crop yet to come beginning
this July.
As you drive through the different coffee regions of Kona, from
mauka to makai you can witness the many coffee trees in different
stages of growth at this time. Some will have flower buds, flowers,
and developing green cherry on them at the same time. As the buds
begin flushing, known as the Kona Snow, these flowers fill the air
with a scent of jasmine. With the onset of the developing green
coffee cherry the farmers know that the 2009-2010 coffee crop is
fast approaching with the first bag of coffee cherry expected on
July 1, 2009.
Kona Pacific Farmers Coop newest endeavor is the Farmer's Retail
and Roasting Facility which is five months young and has proven
to be a "GRAND" find and a "MUST SEE" place to experience "THE BEST"
cup/s of coffee in the Islands, and just kick back, relax and talk
story.
Headed to Kealakekua Bay for some water sports, driving or just
touring the Island, make Kona Pacific Farmers Coop Retail and Roasting
Facility top priority, stop in, visit, grab a sample cup of Kona's
best coffee and home-made products, and bring some of Kona home
with you. You will be glad that you did!!!
Kona Pacific Farmers Coop retail store is open seven days a week,
8 a.m to 4:30 p.m. and features free on-going coffee tours with
the last tour of the day beginning at 3:15 p.m. Kona Pacific Farmers
Coop main office hours are Monday through Friday 7 a.m. to 4:00
p.m.
Upcoming Events
What’s in Store!
Kona Pacific Farmers Cooperative has an assortment of different
items, from our farmers Raw (fresh Kona coffee green beans & raw
macadamias) to Roasted and Chocolate Covered products. We even have
Taro Shortbread Cookies, and have begun to bake other fresh items,
grading eggs, and sorting mac-nuts in our newly renovated certified
kitchen.
We also support our farmer members and local vendors in the community
who have special talents in making their own home-made jellies,
jams, syrups, lauhala weaving products and wood craft items. We
carry their products at KPFC and the products are locally grown
and handmade on the Big Island of Hawaii. Share a little piece of
the Coop & Hawaii with your friends and family. Buy Local,
Buy Quality, Buy Coop!
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