Kona coffee

Kona coffee is the name of a type of coffee, (also Big Iceland engl.) is grown in the Kona district on the west coast of the island of Hawaii and is one of the most expensive coffees in the world. The growing area for Kona coffee is on the fertile slopes of the volcanoes Mauna Loa and Hualālai and provides favorable conditions for the production of high quality coffee.

Kona coffee is made from Arabica Coffee Bean, which was introduced by Samuel Ruggles in 1828 from Brazil to Hawaii. The British merchant Henry Nicholas Greenwell (1826-1891) helped Kona Coffee in the second half of the 19th century, achieved international acclaim.

The price of Kona coffee can be in Germany the ten to twenty times the conventional Arabica beans, which is why he sometimes passes as Kona Blend, or Kona blend into the trade. It is an offset with Kona coffee coffee from traditional Arabica beans, the percentage of Kona coffee is usually at 10 %.