MOA`ULA KA`U
CLOUD REST COFFEE
THE VERY BEST FROM KA'U

"Wake up to the taste and aroma of aloha" with this fine, 100% freshly roasted Hawaiian coffee.

A Special Message from Jimmy & Lisa Dacalio

If you wish to place an order for this fine coffee please call us or e-mail us at orders@KauCoffee.com or use our convenient Order Form

We are happy to announce a new line of coffee called, JOHN BULL COFFEE.

NEWS!
We're approaching 2009/2010, As well, our John Bull roadside Vista Center has progressed to a roadside with a bathroom, and we should be starting construction on our new house here in the next few weeks, to completion next Spring.

In that regard we will be able to serve the public better by living on site, and open more hours.

We plan to roast our first batch of "John Bull" soon and the elevation difference from Moa'ula is about six hundred feet less; Jimmy states that he thinks the crop is huge for only being planted less than three years. Two acres and over 1,200 trees; our coffee production is increasing to accommodate lots of new and dedicated customers.

We continue to 'grade' our beans and have committed to Neiman Marcus and Alan Wong's Grille at Hualalai Four Seasons, in Kona. They desire our top line of peaberry and we continue to harvest between 5 and 8 per cent peaberry these past few years.

We still roast at Holualoa Kona Coffee Company, travelling 77 miles one way every ten days to keep our coffee as fresh as the two of us can get it; so that the aroma is high. Our striving to be one of the big island's best coffee's at a reasonable price has always been our intention, despite the recession on everyone's minds. We are able to say that people's desire for this coffee has not affected our sales; and it appears the Ka'u coffee competitions are providing a solid groundwork for internet sales. We have not competed this past year in taste tests due to a limited amount of coffee and we are just able to keep the coffee moving into households at a steady rate. . Our abilities to grow larger are simply not there since we do not procure beans from any other growers and we do not desire to overstep our abilities to keep a tastey and robust bean of high quality.

There are possibly twenty or more growers in Ka'u and it appears more and more acres are being planted between Pahala and Wood Valley.

We hope that everyone will try Ka'u coffee; and continue to let us know via email any and all comments.

Aloha and Happy Coffee Drinking in the next year and we hope to see you at the 49 mile marker, John Bull Coffee Vista Center . . where Moa'ula coffee is available to taste test.

Mahalo, Lisa and Jimmy Dacalio

 

Our New Oasis Ka'u gazebo is located at 49.5 mile marker Mamalahoa Hwy 11.   Even the boss gets to enjoy conversation sometimes at the Oasis . . . Jimmy Dacalio, local farmer, from sugarcane harvest to coffee bean production; this man never stops amazing me . . check out his fence and gate when you visit our Oasis; he's also a welder/fabricator . . great job Jimmy! (wife's comments of appreciation)     Jimmy got to take a vacation in June to San Francisco and Las Vegas; our first full-on vacation since we've been married and growing coffee.		This is how coffee is dried after being picked after the 'red' cherry covering or skin was removed. Beans require up to 3 weeks to dry before ready to be hulled (parchment/ fingernail coating removed), then this green bean can be roasted. These drying tables are used when the coffee picking season begins in September through March, when that final bean is harvested. Our hot house has twelve drying tables and this overflow sundrying table outside at our Pahala home. Lisa selling coffee at Volcano's Sunday farmer's market.