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Kona Coffee Farm Tour- Hawaii

Amidst the Big Island's surfing, snorkeling and boogie-boarding culture one can find over 600 coffee farms clustered along the Kona coast and the slopes of Mauna Loa.  Many of these farms offer tours for visitors (some complimentary,  others for a fee).   We opted to visit Greenwell Farm.



Now I am not a coffee drinker so I did not partake in the dozen free samples of different coffee but other visitors seemed to enjoy them.


Our guide took us around the farm and explained the different steps of coffee production.   The climate on the Kona coast of the Big Island is as perfect as it gets for coffee-growing- daily sunshine,  daily afternoon drizzle and warm temperatures year round.

 Coffee cherries

Beans drying in the sun (a staff member has to stir them every hour hour for ~7days)


In addition to discussing coffee, we learned about bananas, avocados and green peppercorns.

 Green green peppercorns

 One of the 100+ kinds of bananas

Avocado tree

We learned that, like coconuts, avocados fall off the tree when they are ripe.  Parker found a few loose ones on the ground and, to his delight,  was told he could keep them.

Homemade guacamole with his avocados!

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