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dickbottorff

5 days ago1 min read

'Apapane Coffee Awarded 3rd Best Kona Heritage Coffee

The 2024 Kona Coffee and Cultural Festival conducts an annual blind tasting competition open to all 700 farms in the Kona district on the...

dickbottorff

Aug 11, 20231 min read

Disaster Strikes Maui

We are heartbroken to see from afar the loss of life, damages and dislocations that have impacted our neighbors on the island of Maui....

dickbottorff

Jan 26, 20231 min read

Kona Snow and More Cherries

The Kona Low rain event in late December sent 6 1/2 inches of rain our way and as a result we had a full flowering of Kona Snow by...

dickbottorff

Dec 5, 20221 min read

'Apapane Coffee Farm Awarded 8th Best Kona Coffee

In the annual blind tasting at the 2022 Kona Coffee Cultural Festival, our traditional washed Typica was awarded the 8th best coffee...

dickbottorff

Oct 8, 20221 min read

18 Coffee Pickers and 3 Days

After 3 days and today 18 pickers on site, we are wrapping up a solid picking of the 5 acres. Our pickers are from Micronesia and very...

Richard

Aug 13, 20221 min read

Buy this 100 pound bag!

OK. It's only 96 pounds of parchment, but the bag on the left has 92 pounds and we'll gladly send you a sample of our green 100% Kona...

Richard

Aug 12, 20221 min read

Who likes dirt?

This is mulched dirt from years of avacado leaves and branches that fell on the ground, with added wood from avacado branches we chipped...

Richard

Aug 9, 20221 min read

What's a perennial peanut?

We've begun to transplant perennial peanuts on 'Apapane Coffee Farm, a gift from our kind neighbor, Deb. These plants affix nitrogen in...