Just say Hawaii blend and if they mix it up they can put the percentage on it treat it as a mix drink and person can see what teste better in the different blends of Hawaii coffee
I'll be perfectly frank on this issue, like I would for any other coffee; if it is labeled with an 'origin' place, Sumatra, Kona, Columbian, etc., I kind of expect it to be 100% from that Origin and anything less a Scam. One of the reasons why I do NOT by Kona any longer... it is often at a premium price, but the quality of also often far less that I expect it to be.
Biggest problem for the Kona Coffee Growers is "Coffee Rust" which decimates the plants. I hear there's an outbreak on the Big Island. 50%+ Kona Coffee blends are not a problem if there a plenty of beans grown.
Honest labeling means consumers get a choice based on how coffee tastes to them. 100% Kona green cherry would make bad coffee too. Do honest business. Get honest rewards.
Just got back from a trip to Kona and toured heavenly farms. Part of why Kona coffee will always be expensive is because US farms have to pay fair wages to the people who harvest it and coffee is a crop with so much less post harvesting automation. I personally order my coffee from a roaster in Arizona who sources Guatemala beans. Unfortunately, as long as other countries regions produce great beans with the flavor characteristics you are looking for, it will always be cheaper.
And haoles who are jealous because they’re 0% Hawaiian, get so triggered by their own bland vanillaness and lack of culture, that they obsess over Hawaiian blood quantums, so much so that they resort to commenting about it online.
It’s not just the threat of lawsuits over the percentage grown in Hawaii that have driven down demand. Kona is a very mild, low-acid coffee that is best when blended with beans from other origins. When forced to use more than 50% Kona, the resulting blend can be pretty bland by today’s taste standards. This misguided law’s obviously arbitrary 51% requirement restricts retailers from making a well-balanced blend.
The point is, at what point can they claim their product is "Kona" coffee? I think the law SHOULD be if there is any blending of beans, it must be clearly labeled as a blend. To be 100% Pure Kona, it should be only Kona, with no blending at all. To be able to claim Kona even though it's only 51% mixed with something else? Uh, no. It's a blend. Clearly stating "Country of Origin" of the beans I think would lead to more interest in beans of other countries and regions. People might decide they actually like coffee from Vietnam mixed with Kona.
I don't want it blended with coffees from other origins. I love when I can bring home bags of Hilo Sharks and I understand it is 100% local. Everybody in Ohio is surprised how good it is when I serve it. And 100% local coffee is the best gift
I asked my local coffee shop why they don't carry Kona. He said it was impossible for a small shop to carry it because you have to buy a full container of beans at a time. That would seem to be a road block to business too.
Go to 100% and get the exclusivity of the luxury end of the market, big box stores dropped it because they don't make as much profit on the higher % Kona.
The coffee growers wanted to protect the premium their geographic label( Kona)commands by limiting what could be labeled as Kona coffee. They had a law enacted which protected their label.But when they legally pursued distributors, they frightened other potential buyers, leading to a decrease in sales. Beware the law of unintended consequences!
As of this morning 100% Kona coffee retails between $75 to $98 per pound (if it is pure Kona). Does that come in a gold bag or box? Way too expensive for the common man to buy. If it is going to rated by percentage of a blend than the bag should be marked with what is the blend composed of? Honesty is the best recipe.
This is about the integrity of the Kona name for those that actually enjoy Kona coffee. Make whatever blend you like, just don’t call it Kona cause ya tossed in a couple of Kona beans. The scammers are just trading on someone else’s name and reputation. If your low percentage Kona blend is really all that great, call it what it is and build your own reputation.
They could have just required that the percentage be listed on the packaging. As was said the politicians don’t care about the damage their law does, it’s the fact that they can say look we did a thing.
I stopped buying that rip off 10 years ago. I was in a gas station that claimed they were serving Jamaican Blue Mountain at there little coffee machine area. I started laughing. Since they weren't charging anymore for 50 bucks a lb coffee I bought a cup. It was ok coffee. It wasn't Blue Mountain. They may have waved a couple of Blue Mountain beans over it but it wasn't in that coffee. I used to drink BLue Mountain Coffee all the time before the usual fools jacked the price through the roof. No Other coffee tastes like it. Every 3 years there is a Kona scandal. Just stop buying it.
I'm not a coffee junkie... OK let me rephrase that, like a lot of people I like a cuppa joe in the morning, but I'm not a fanatic about it. I take my coffeee black with two sugars and I refuse to spend $10 on a cup froo-froo pidgin Italian hipsterism. Don't get me wrong, if that's your thing, do your thing. It's just not my thing. But I can respect a business group willing to take a short term loss for the sake of their own authenticity.
Light roast true Kona.... why my nickname is Kona Ken... Da Kine. best coffee I've ever tasted in my lifetime of 65. I grind daily pour over style with heavy cream and sometimes I add honey, or honey and cocoa powder.. mmmmmmmmm koaahnaah kanakaah
I’m not a fan of their coffee, actually. I find it too acidic and it gives me horrible heartburn and reflux. Not sure why…Sumatra coffee does that to me, too. Very acidic to me.
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Should be 100% to be called Kauai, Kona, Hawaii, etc.; anything less than that is a blend.
And percentages of different coffees should be marked in big stand out letters.
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What?!!! Should be100% for it to be called Kona! This world is so upside down!!!!
this is a joke. 100% or not
Just say Hawaii blend and if they mix it up they can put the percentage on it treat it as a mix drink and person can see what teste better in the different blends of Hawaii coffee
It should be 100%, not 51%.
I'll be perfectly frank on this issue, like I would for any other coffee; if it is labeled with an 'origin' place, Sumatra, Kona, Columbian, etc., I kind of expect it to be 100% from that Origin and anything less a Scam. One of the reasons why I do NOT by Kona any longer... it is often at a premium price, but the quality of also often far less that I expect it to be.
"We can't rip them off anymore so we're going broke"
Kona coffee has lost its appeal for me not because of its taste but rather the fakery of what greed has brought to our beloved Hawaii.
As right ! All these Haole is the farmer WTH they came from all of a sudden it’s discussing what happening in our islands
@@Titahood4lifeRight! You need to be a local, born and raised in Kona.
@@forreal8014 They've all relocated to Vegas.
@@forreal8014 I’m kanaka and every island is where my ancestors are from
I don't understand you comment. If you are from Hawaii, can you not tell who is authentic and who is not? All must suffer because of a few?
I have been to that farm. The people are really nice and they have a really cool (not public) pool to sit by and have a coffee to watch the sunset.
What the hell 51% it should be 100% or nothing !
Kona coffee is a joke, might as well drink tea.
Yeah, it's not even close to the best. Too mild.
100% Kona coffee is the best coffee in the world. It is smooth and actually tastes like coffee smells. It is the only coffee that I can drink black.
Biggest problem for the Kona Coffee Growers is "Coffee Rust" which decimates the plants. I hear there's an outbreak on the Big Island.
50%+ Kona Coffee blends are not a problem if there a plenty of beans grown.
Honest labeling means consumers get a choice based on how coffee tastes to them.
100% Kona green cherry would make bad coffee too.
Do honest business. Get honest rewards.
We get our Kona Coffee straight from the farm. Our favorite is Hula Daddy. ☕
Just got back from a trip to Kona and toured heavenly farms. Part of why Kona coffee will always be expensive is because US farms have to pay fair wages to the people who harvest it and coffee is a crop with so much less post harvesting automation. I personally order my coffee from a roaster in Arizona who sources Guatemala beans. Unfortunately, as long as other countries regions produce great beans with the flavor characteristics you are looking for, it will always be cheaper.
10% Hawaiians still call themselves Hawaiian.
And haoles who are jealous because they’re 0% Hawaiian, get so triggered by their own bland vanillaness and lack of culture, that they obsess over Hawaiian blood quantums, so much so that they resort to commenting about it online.
They might as well call it Hanoi Hilton Coffee, or Favela Coffee.
🤔 Didn't look like any of those talking head coffee people were true Hawaiians, just whyte colonialist transplants masquerading.
It’s not just the threat of lawsuits over the percentage grown in Hawaii that have driven down demand. Kona is a very mild, low-acid coffee that is best when blended with beans from other origins. When forced to use more than 50% Kona, the resulting blend can be pretty bland by today’s taste standards. This misguided law’s obviously arbitrary 51% requirement restricts retailers from making a well-balanced blend.
I agree .
51% of Kona or Kau grown mean nothing if it all green cherry.
There is nothing so bad that the government cannot make it worse.
The point is, at what point can they claim their product is "Kona" coffee? I think the law SHOULD be if there is any blending of beans, it must be clearly labeled as a blend. To be 100% Pure Kona, it should be only Kona, with no blending at all. To be able to claim Kona even though it's only 51% mixed with something else? Uh, no. It's a blend.
Clearly stating "Country of Origin" of the beans I think would lead to more interest in beans of other countries and regions. People might decide they actually like coffee from Vietnam mixed with Kona.
I don't want it blended with coffees from other origins. I love when I can bring home bags of Hilo Sharks and I understand it is 100% local. Everybody in Ohio is surprised how good it is when I serve it. And 100% local coffee is the best gift
I asked my local coffee shop why they don't carry Kona. He said it was impossible for a small shop to carry it because you have to buy a full container of beans at a time. That would seem to be a road block to business too.
Go to 100% and get the exclusivity of the luxury end of the market, big box stores dropped it because they don't make as much profit on the higher % Kona.
The coffee growers wanted to protect the premium their geographic label( Kona)commands by limiting what could be labeled as Kona coffee. They had a law enacted which protected their label.But when they legally pursued distributors, they frightened other potential buyers, leading to a decrease in sales. Beware the law of unintended consequences!
if it isn't grown there, it shouldn't be labeled as such.
As of this morning 100% Kona coffee retails between $75 to $98 per pound (if it is pure Kona). Does that come in a gold bag or box? Way too expensive for the common man to buy. If it is going to rated by percentage of a blend than the bag should be marked with what is the blend composed of? Honesty is the best recipe.
This is about the integrity of the Kona name for those that actually enjoy Kona coffee. Make whatever blend you like, just don’t call it Kona cause ya tossed in a couple of Kona beans. The scammers are just trading on someone else’s name and reputation. If your low percentage Kona blend is really all that great, call it what it is and build your own reputation.
I bought "Kona coffee" once, then realized it was only 10% Kona. Never again.
100% Kona is good tasting coffee… but the price is double that of other good coffee. Are you saying we may be able to afford 100% Kona coffee soon? 👍🏼
Watch out for those unintended consequences...
They need to grow Maul Waui the Kona Bud.
Watering Down is profitable , companies are in it for profits. What’s new.
Sounds like coffee growers are pissedthey called out on the scam of only 10% beans 😂😂 too bad scammer
i identified as Kona coffee
It’s just souvenir coffee.
Going to go get me some real KONA tomorrow!!!!
They could have just required that the percentage be listed on the packaging. As was said the politicians don’t care about the damage their law does, it’s the fact that they can say look we did a thing.
Let's help businesses thrive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The economy is garbage!
I've never had "Kona" coffee, as on the mainland it's all 10% "Kona" in the supermarkets.
I think it should be 100%
They can take there "reputation" and sit on it. It pisses me off that any Kona coffee I've had was adulterated with non Kona Beans just to get my $$$.
We can sell every bean we grow. Pure Kona coffee is valuable .
i would prefer it to be 100%
When words start to mean nothing they lack truth
If it is labeled 100% Kona, then it should be 100% Kona, nothing else
I stopped buying that rip off 10 years ago. I was in a gas station that claimed they were serving Jamaican Blue Mountain at there little coffee machine area. I started laughing. Since they weren't charging anymore for 50 bucks a lb coffee I bought a cup. It was ok coffee. It wasn't Blue Mountain. They may have waved a couple of Blue Mountain beans over it but it wasn't in that coffee. I used to drink BLue Mountain Coffee all the time before the usual fools jacked the price through the roof. No Other coffee tastes like it. Every 3 years there is a Kona scandal. Just stop buying it.
You can thank the likes of Starbucks for this even being an issue.
LOL, it's coffee, see it and drink it...
Kona coffee is not good. I agree with the new labeling law....so I know what to avoid.
Why not 75%? Let’s be honest.
I'm not a coffee junkie... OK let me rephrase that, like a lot of people I like a cuppa joe in the morning, but I'm not a fanatic about it. I take my coffeee black with two sugars and I refuse to spend $10 on a cup froo-froo pidgin Italian hipsterism. Don't get me wrong, if that's your thing, do your thing. It's just not my thing.
But I can respect a business group willing to take a short term loss for the sake of their own authenticity.
Light roast true Kona.... why my nickname is Kona Ken... Da Kine. best coffee I've ever tasted in my lifetime of 65. I grind daily pour over style with heavy cream and sometimes I add honey, or honey and cocoa powder.. mmmmmmmmm koaahnaah kanakaah
Wait, so Hawaiian coffee isn’t from Hawaii? That seems deceptive.
So they have been ripping people off for years
I will not drink “Kona Blend” coffees. Straight Kona or not at all.
like Kona coffee. I would not want to buy some blended version of it. It should be 100% Kona. 51% is a bad thing.
Ok farms supplies 90 percent of big island coffee
Why not require truth in labeling no matter what? Then do whatever you want. See what sells.
Corporate greed fking around and finding out
No bueno! 😢
Miranda's all day ❤
In the past the ninety percent was from Mexico (excellent), switched over to one hundred percent a long time ago.
Off island beans taste better anyway
I’m not a fan of their coffee, actually. I find it too acidic and it gives me horrible heartburn and reflux. Not sure why…Sumatra coffee does that to me, too. Very acidic to me.
Their opinions are not law. 😂
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Fake! Vietnam! Ohhh I'm mad! It will stabilize.
Don't like Kona coffee.
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Huh….where all the old Japanese coffee farmers??
Replaced with undocumented Mexicans and Filipinos. Cheaper labor.
Retired. Their kids work in bureaus.
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