Kona Coffee is Looking Good September 11
This blogging stuff isn’t so tough after all. Enjoy the spectacular vista from our farm in Captain Cook looking south toward Honaunau. Perfect Mauka (uphill) elevations around 2100 ft and summer daytime tempratures averaging near 75 have plumped up and ripened our coffee cherry very nicely. Most farms have been harvesting for about a month. Our higher elevation farm just finished the first picking round. I’ll have more photos up soon. Next, I’ll have a short primer on fee simple vs leasehold land ownership. A hui hou!
Ann Sep 12
Can I see what the cherry looks like?
Fred Sep 12
Aloha Ann,
Here’s a picture of a coffee branch loaded with coffee cherry ready for picking. You’ll notice the ripe beans (cherry) with some of not-yet-ripe beans. Each tree will get picked multiple times between September and March.