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Hawaiian Coffee — Why It’s Called The Best In The World

I'll take a massive coffee cup of java-- to me, does not matter if it has cream or sugar-- it just must be Hawaiian coffee! Why Hawaiian coffee you ask? Because I admit it-- as well as am proud to claim it-- I'm a coffee snob. Let me be a lot more specific-- a Hawaiian…
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History of Kona Coffee in Hawaii

How did this ornamental tree imported into Honolulu in about 1813 by Kamehameha the Great's Spanish interpreter and physician Don Francisco de Paula y Marin become Kona's economic mainstay? The first coffee was planted in Kona by missionary Samuel Ruggles in 1828 or 1829. These first arabica trees were taken from cuttings planted on Oahu…
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