Two major brands of Hawaiian coffee: the difference between Hawaiian Kona and caffeine _ which is better for Hawaiian coffee

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There are numerous islands formed after the volcanic uplift in the Pacific Ocean rises out of the sea, among which the remote and romantic Hawaiian Islands is a sea pearl of the United States.

Hawaii not only has a unique culture and folk customs different from those of the United States, but also attracts tourists from all over the world. Because it is located in the coffee growing zone and has fertile volcanic soil, coupled with the year-round cloudy and foggy climate formed by the tropical maritime climate, it is conducive to the growth and development of coffee trees, and has a particularly important impact on the flavor of coffee after maturity, so the coffee produced in KONA Island and KAU Island of Hawaii is gradually familiar to the world.

Kona and Kona are located in the southernmost island of Hawaii (commonly known as the Big Island), and Mauna Loa, the world's largest volcano, is located on the Big Island. Experts point out that there are 13 climates in the world. Eleven can be found around Kona and Kafu. There are desert, jade forest, tropical, temperate, monsoon and alpine climate patterns on the island, which influence each other. The temperature drops suddenly at night, returns to the temperature at noon, and the temperature difference between day and night is big.

The most special thing about Oshima is that the dry and wet season is distinct. After a short dry season, the rainy season begins. Coincidentally, the rainfall increases as the coffee fruit ripens, and when the harvest is ready, the rainfall begins to decrease and enter the dry season. This rainfall pattern is most suitable for coffee aroma and flavor, but also gives birth to the unique coffee flavor of Dadao.

Kona and Kawu are located on the west and south of Mauna Loa respectively. Although they are planted at an altitude of only 200m-800m, the average annual temperature is less than 20 ℃, and thick clouds come in the afternoon, providing the best shade for coffee. It is probably these favorable natural conditions that make the average yield of Kona in Hawaii very high, reaching 2240 kg per hectare, while in Latin America, coffee yields only 600kg per hectare.

It has been 180 years since Kona planted coffee in 1828, but for more than a hundred years, she mainly planted sugarcane, until after 1990, sugarcane lost its competitiveness, sugar cane farmers were displaced, and their livelihood was difficult. with the promotion and guidance of relevant agencies of the United States Department of Agriculture, she switched to coffee in 1996.

Kona and Curry are both varieties of iron pickup. Under the specific geographical environment of Hawaii, the original varieties of iron pickup gradually vary. Compared with Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee, which is also iron pickup, the raw bean is slightly larger than Blue Mountain, and the EF grade of Kona is more than 18 mesh. The whole is full, uniform and waxy, and the washed raw bean has a rich smell of grass. Sun-dried raw beans will show the smell of caramel, wine and so on. At present, Kona basically only has water washing and sun treatment, while coffee farmers with coffee fog are more willing to try multiple treatments, such as tanning, semi-washing, honey treatment, wet planing and innovative Pepsi Cola and sea water treatment. Hawaiian Kona raw beans are divided into three grades: ExtraFancy, Fancy and NumberOne, while hand-selected round beans (Peaberry) account for about 5 per cent of production.

Henry, 1873. Nicholas. Kona Coffee, grown in Greenville, was awarded a "Certificate of Excellence in quality" at the Vienna World Expo, which made Kona coffee famous in the world. Greenville's house is still a place of interest on the big island, and the Greenville Manor he runs is currently Cona's heavyweight coffee farm.

Kona Chuang is famous for its early planting of Brazilian Tibica, but farmers find that when Brazilian Tibica's coffee fruit is ripe, it is easy to fall off in the event of wind and rain, causing losses, and the yield has periodic fluctuations, one more year, and the output drops sharply every other year. Later, the improved Tibica from Guatemala was introduced by German judge Weidman of the Kingdom of Hawaii. after trial planting, the yield was stable and the fruit was not easy to fall off. So farmers abandoned Brazilian Tibica and planted Guatemalan Tibica instead.

Kona is far more famous in Chinese mainland than in Curry, although Kona is never inferior to Kona in flavor. In the Chinese market, the famous Greenville Manor, Hula Daddy Manor and Kaj Farm Coffee are rare, but another Queen Farm has a relatively high market share in China because of the winnable promotion in Shanghai. In the Kona area, there are about 600 independent coffee farms, most of which are small family farms, usually with an area of between 18 and 42 acres. Visitors to Hawaii can visit the coffee farm, see or participate in various processes such as coffee harvest, bean processing, roasting and grinding, and make a cup of coffee that really belongs to them.

On Kona Island, only about 1400 hectares of coffee is produced, and because Hawaii is world-famous for tourism, has a large number of tourists, people have a high level of income, and retail prices are extremely expensive in Hawaii and the United States. Even "matching Kona" (with a kona blend content of no less than 10%) is sold. However, in recent years, neighboring islands such as maui, kauai and molokai have also begun to grow coffee commercially.

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