100% EXTRA FANCY KONA #1150

Tastes Like: Chocolate, Mango, Passionfruit

Curator’s Notes: Favorite kid status? You’ll have it with this gift! If mom’s a coffee lover, she’s gonna go nuts for Waikiki Coffee’s smooth, chocolaty Kona. Before you brew this one, buckle up: the aroma is rich, unmistakable— you're going to smell it all the way across the house. Flavors are super smooth and bold, with a syrupy body and full, familiar notes of dark chocolate and toasted macadamia nuts. But the finish is where this particular Kona shines, with a roundness of profile and a slight hint of tropical fruit, mango, or passion fruit, that lingers in your mouth.

Kona is to coffee what Napa is to wine; with only 1500 acres of growing space on the island, it’s one of the most exclusive coffees in the world. It’s only grown on the west coast of the big island of Hawaii, nestled alongside the Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea volcanoes. The super-specific origin of these beans gives this Kona a wine-like taste of the land, and rare clarity of flavor. The lava-based soil is rich with minerals, well-draining, and the combination of morning sun, misty rainfall, and cool nighttime air creates the perfect conditions for coffee plants to flourish. Greenwell Farms, like many Hawaiian coffee farms, is a time capsule, operated by the same families for multiple generations. Established in 1850, Greenwell is still operated within the family, currently run by the founders' great grandson, Thomas. Their Kona is grown in a specially cultivated, 35-acre patch in the center of the farm, where it's handpicked and processed to bring out the complexity, balance, and flavor that makes Kona coffee so renowned. Most recently, Greenwell Farms took top prize at the Hawaiian Coffee Association's 11th Annual Cupping Competition, held in 2019.

Bottom Line: You’ll love this coffee if you love Hawaiian coffees, chocolate-covered macadamia nuts, or fresh summer mangoes.