Why is Hawaiian coffee so expensive? What are the characteristics of Hawaiian coffee?

North America is the third largest continent in the world, with many highlands and mountains, and has many active volcanoes, many rivers and waterfalls. In addition, North America spans tropical, temperate and cold zones with a complex and diverse climate. Due to the appropriate geographical environment and climate, coffee is grown in many countries, such as El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico and so on.

Although the United States is within the scope of North America, the climatic conditions are not very suitable for coffee growth. at present, some states in the United States have also successfully grown coffee under certain conditions, that is, Hawaii and California.

Among them, Kona coffee produced in Hawaii is the most famous. At that time, Blue Mountain Coffee in Jamaica was called "the Emperor of Coffee", while Hawaiian Kona Coffee, which also grows iron trucks, was called "Queen of Coffee".

The title is due to the local geography and climate of Hawaii. Hawaii State is the only archipelago state in the United States, consisting of 8 large islands and 124 small islands in the central Pacific Ocean, 3700 kilometers from the United States mainland.

The Hawaiian islands are formed by volcanic eruptions, of which Hawaii is the largest island. There are also two active volcanoes on the island, with a forest cover of nearly 50%. It has a tropical maritime climate and is mild and pleasant all the year round. although the altitude is not high, the quality of its coffee is much higher than that of other areas at the same altitude.

The coffee industry in Hawaii is full of ups and downs. According to records, coffee cultivation in Hawaii dates back to the early 19th century, when the first coffee trees were brought to the island of Ouhu, but failed to grow. Then, in the 1820s, the chief of Oahu, Hawaii, introduced the bourbon Bourbon variety in Brazil, and coffee was successfully grown in Hawaii.

After that, coffee cultivation began to spread across the islands of Hawaii and was planted on a large scale on the island of Kauai, but soon after, pests came and Hawaii coffee trees were almost wiped out, leaving only coffee trees in the Kona area. It was not until the 1870s that the Guatemalan Typica variety of iron pickup was introduced, which quickly adapted to the environment of Hawaii, and then more and more people began to grow coffee. Hawaiian coffee slowly developed.

By the end of the 19th century, the kingdom of Hawaii was annexed by the United States and became the 50th state of the United States. Then in the 1930s, when the United States experienced the Great Depression, Hawaii was also affected, and many coffee farms could no longer operate and had to sell their land. Due to the economic environment at that time, could not bear too large plots of land, can only be split into small plots of land for sale, so there are about 600 plantations in the Kona area of Hawaii.

Later, after the end of World War II, the coffee market in Japan became so prosperous that it could not be satisfied even if it monopolized the Blue Mountain Coffee market. As a result, Kona, Hawaii, has a geographical environment and climate similar to Jamaica's Blue Mountains, and grows the same variety of coffee, so it has become their target. However, due to the protection of labor and wage regulations in the United States, and the limited farmland available to grow coffee, the supply is very small.

At present, in Hawaii, boutique coffee is mainly grown in Ka'u, Kona and Maui. Kona produces more coffee than other islands, and only coffee produced in this area can be called "Kona" coffee.

In the western part of the Greater Hawaii Island is the Kona producing area, which is full of volcanoes, and coffee is mainly grown on the slopes of Mauna Loa volcano MaunaLoa, at an altitude of 6-1100 meters. On the island of Hawaii, Kona is a high altitude, so some people have tried to transplant Kona's iron pickup to other islands, but because the temperature of other islands is too high and the altitude is too low, the iron pickup does not grow smoothly and cannot breed the soft and sour fragrance unique to Kona.

At present, the price of Hawaiian Kona coffee on the market will be more expensive because of the low output and high input cost.