Hawaii on the tip of the tongue

Abstract: as we all know, Hawaii is a good place to go on holiday, where there are bright sunshine, blue water, clean beaches and other dreamy scenery. In fact, Hawaii, a holiday paradise, is not only a "beauty", but also a "delicious beauty". Both Kona coffee and native vanilla will give you a different taste and make you unforgettable for the rest of your life.

ABSTRACT:As we all know, Hawaii is a very beautiful place with bright sunshine, blue sea and clean beach, which attracts lots of tourists every day. However, Hawaii is not only a "beauty", but also a "tasty beauty". This article introduces 8 Hawaii foods for you to know more about her.

As we all know, Hawaii is a good place to go on holiday, where there are bright sunshine, blue water, clean beaches and other dreamy scenery. In fact, Hawaii, a holiday paradise, is not only a "beauty", but also a "delicious beauty". Both Kona coffee and native vanilla will give you a different taste and make you unforgettable for the rest of your life.

1. Kona coffee

There must be coffee cherries to have coffee beans. Do you think it's weird? Visit the many coffee gardens and coffee factories on the slopes of volcanoes on the coast of Kona, Hawaii, and you'll see. From the towns of Kailuya and Horualoa to Kailakea, these Hawaiian towns are always covered with continuous clouds and the soil is rich in minerals, which is the ideal environment for coffee to grow. Freshly ripe coffee beans are cherry red and become known as dark brown coffee beans after drying and roasting.

Thunder Mountain Coffee Plantation is the largest organic coffee plantation in the United States and is a must when visiting the ancient town of Keruya. Before visiting the baking facilities of the award-winning plantation and tasting its private treasures, you can follow the chickens across the road (this is no joke) to see the coffee trees up close and learn about their growth. At the 120-year-old orchard at Greenwell Farm in Kayarakaya, coffee cherries are picked by bare hands or traditionally, then spread out on roofs to dry, and on rainy days, people need to make sure the fruits don't get wet.

two。 Or coffee?

For a taste of Hawaiian coffee culture, you can stay in Holualoa Inn for a few days. This breakfast hotel is located on the edge of the main road of the leisurely Holualoa art community. Whether you walk barefoot in its airy Zen space (with solemn statues of Buddha on both sides) or rest on its balcony overlooking a variety of tropical fruit trees (except coffee trees), you will enter a state of complete relaxation. The Coffee Cherry Room is also equipped with an outdoor private hot tub, where you can enjoy the view from the distant mountains to the seaside.

In the morning, you can enjoy a variety of delicacies, such as French passion fruit toast with grilled coconut and mini quiche, all of which come from the fertile local soil. Owner Cassandra Hazen called it an one-stop meal from the garden to the table, and some called it the most delicious breakfast ever.

3. Native Hawaiian chocolate

Although some chocolate companies also produce cocoa beans, most chocolate companies only focus on turning cocoa beans into sweet candies. Original Hawaiian Chocolate, which stands for original Hawaiian chocolate on the leeward slope of Conahu Alai volcano, is versatile, picking cocoa beans and supplying chocolates to bars. According to Bob Cooper, the owner of the company, although cocoa beans have been grown on the island of Hawaii for more than 100 years, this is the first time that 100% of the cocoa beans have been used in the production of individual products.

1350 cocoa trees are planted in farms and factories, which are covered with cocoa pods in different shades of red, orange, yellow and green. You can watch patiently the whole process of cocoa beans from being picked to being fermented in a wooden box and then exposed to the sun. Finally, after mixing and shelling, the liquid becomes a well-known and favorite substance with a smooth taste. Some chocolates will be molded into the shape of egg flowers after heat treatment. You can try it.

4. Honey

From the inland town of Weimeia, along Lalamilo Farm Road through the misty rainforest, you will soon see a vacant lot with framed buildings, almost all surrounded by large tropical flowers and dense grapevines, this is the Rare Hawaiian Honey Company. The company produces 25000 pounds of honey a year, which sounds like a lot of money, but it uses only a small portion of it in order for bees to survive.

Unlike the usual amber solution honey, the honey produced by Rare Hawaiian is pearl white and paste-like. Made only from the Kiawe forest, this single-flower honey is 100% organic, smooth and delicious. At the same time, because it is not heat-treated, it retains beneficial yeast as well as some pollen and propolis, which is of great benefit to the body. In the factory, you will see workers as industrious as bees. They need to taste all kinds of honey. Some are mixed with passion jam, some contain ginger, and some are made from myrtle and Hawaiian flowers with a unique taste.

5. vanilla

Vanilla blossoms only one day a year, and its pods are slender, so it is not enough to call it rare. Perhaps even rarer is that there is a company in the United States that specializes in vanilla, the Hawaiian Vanilla Company. Founded by Jim Reddekopp and Tracy Reddekopp, Hawaiian Vanilla is a 20-acre company that combines factories, production equipment and cafes in the rainforest of Paolo.

First of all, at lunchtime, you can taste all kinds of food mixed with vanilla in the factory or restaurant, including vanilla tea, vanilla lemon, vanilla pod ice cream and passion jam pie. Then you can pick up an umbrella (it's likely to rain) and walk to the farm, where vanilla vines even climb the poles of the high beds. Here, you can learn how to take care of delicate vanilla vines and learn about the process of artificial pollination. Finally, you can bring a fragrant vanilla pod home as a souvenir, which is even more precious if it is made into vanilla essence.

7. Hawaiian Food Association

Before "from farm to table" became a buzzword, a group of chefs founded the Hawaiian Food Association, which aims to promote local ethnic foods made from Hawaiian ingredients. These ingredients range from beef and seafood from Vimea meadows to melons and fruits from volcanic zones. Local restaurant pioneers have turned the fruits of the island into exquisite dishes, and the idea of using local materials has now taken root in the hearts of Hawaiian chefs.

Peter Merriman, one of the most famous chefs in early Hawaii, has been promoting the menu of local ingredients at his flagship restaurant, Merriman's Waimea in Merriman, for more than 20 years. From salads and appetizers to entrees featuring rice field eel, tuna, dolphin and other naturally raised meats, each dish can be traced back to the original ingredients and is described in detail in menu instructions, all from nearby farms and waters.

Other islands carry out slow food campaigns, focusing on the quality and environmental protection of food. Holuakoa Garden and Cafe in Holualoa, the most popular local gardens, advocate this idea. The garden is equipped with a koi pond where you can enjoy your avocado bacon lettuce and tomato sandwich while listening to the soft guitar sound from a nearby cafe.

8. The Future of Agricultural Tourism in Hawaii

A few days ago, Hawaii is preparing a program competition for rural commercialization, with a view to building a sustainable Hawaii. The Camerhameha School (Kamehameha School), as a non-profit organization dedicated to land management and natural resources conservation, is the core force of the movement. The campaign is arguably the most important food-related reform movement in Hawaii because it is intended to make Hawaii self-sufficient rather than dependent on imported food. For those tourists who want to taste delicious food, the sport means that they will taste out-and-out Hawaiian food in the future. Why not?

6. Hilo Farmers' Market

With a mild climate, fertile soil, abundant Rain Water and a variety of microclimates, Hawaii is a huge outdoor nursery. As many Hawaiian islands are rich in products, some people even jokingly call Hawaii a "bread basket". If you want to focus on buying all kinds of Hawaiian exotic fruits somewhere, the Hilo Farmers' Market, located between the Bay and the Mauna Kea volcano, is the place of choice.

Every Wednesday and Saturday, nearly 200 farmers sell their own fruits on the market, from vegetables (red Isatis indigotica, kale and taro) to tropical fruits (spiny red dansy, strawberry guava, dragon fruit and, of course, pineapple) to semi-finished foods such as mashed taro and Portuguese malasadas (a doughnut). Although other times are not as lively as these two days, there are about 30 vendors selling food, and you can also taste a lot of delicious food.