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Special Deals on Special Coffees – Emeralda, Kona Peaberry

Posted in Kona, specials, tagged , , , , on August 10, 2009 | 2 Comments »

We’re talking rock star coffee, folks.
Our friend Cea at Smithfarms, who in addition to growing the world’s best coffee makes a mean tuna salad sandwich, contacted me the other day to let me know they had some parchment go to the mill.  Low and behold, they had a nice yield of peaberry from it.  So [...]

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You Can Get Anything You Want…

Posted in Blends, Holiday, Kona, New Coffee, wwjd, tagged , , , , , , , , on October 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

At Alice’s Restaurant… ‘Ceptin Alice….
Growing up near Philly, you could always count on WMMR to play this classic on Thanksgiving day (WARNING – DO NOT CLICK THE VIDEO IF YOU DO NOT HAVE 19 MINUTES TO KILL… KILL… KILL).

So what in the world does this have to do with coffee, you [...]

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Kona Coffee Update

Posted in Kona, New Coffee, inventory, tagged , , , on August 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Yesterday I had the opportunity to give a call to Cea Smith at Smith Farms on the big island of Hawaii. Many of you know that Bob and Cea are our coffee farmer friends in Hawaii, and we have been proud to limit our Hawaiian offerings to only their estate coffee. It is [...]

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Wow, that was fast…

Posted in New Coffee, tagged , , on May 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The Smith Farms Kona is sold out for the foreseeable future.  I’m sure we’ll get more as the season progresses.

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It’s Back! Pure Kona, baby!

Posted in New Coffee, tagged , on May 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I have another small shipment of the stupendously, ridiculously good Smith Farms Kona on the way. It’s a small lot and it will NOT last long. If you want some, send me an email. Selling price will be about $23 or $24. I finish mine a little differently than Bob does [...]

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Get Real – Buy 100% Kona Coffee

Posted in Blends, Kona, rants, tagged , , , , on March 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Robert Badgett’s blog has a post today from the head of the Kona Coffee Farmers’ Association (KCFA) – the good guys – about some tough talk by the Hawaii Department of Agriculture to get them to cease and desist their educational campaign about Kona blends. I laughed out loud at the DoA’s sentiment that [...]

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Kona Coffee in the House

Posted in Kona, roasting, tagged , , , , , , on February 5, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Our shipment of Kona arrived from the Big Island yesterday! We are offering 100% Smithfarms Kona, from the estate of Bob and Cea Smith. Their farm overlooks the Captain Cook bay from an elevation of 1500 feet. Bob uses all natural and sustainable methods (no synthetic fertilizers or pesticides) to produce their [...]

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