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Chocolate and The Big Island

October 30th, 2009 · No Comments · Food, Tourism

SFGate takes a tour of high end chocolatiers from across the Hawaiian Islands.  Here is what they had to say about the Big Island.
Cool beans: High above Keauhou, the Original Hawaiian Chocolate Factory was on a recent Aloha Friday list of green souvenir sources, but it’s justly famous as a pioneer in island chocolate. Although [...]

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Big Island Tea Gaining Steam

August 5th, 2009 · No Comments · Agriculture, Community

Everyone knows about Kona Coffee, but what about the tea?
The NYTimes has an article in the Dining & Wine section about the rise in commercial teas in Kona and on the Big Island – boosted in part with the help of the Department of Agriculture.
Hawaii is known for its Kona coffee. Now there is also [...]

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Kona Joe Coffee Creates Barack Obama Blend

July 8th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Agriculture

Kim Winklhofer at the Examiner.com reviewed the new blend created by Kona Joe Coffee, dubbed “Barack O Blend”.
In honor of our new president, Kona Joe Coffee has inaugurated a new coffee: Barack O Blend, a combination of Hawaiian, Kenyan and Indonesian coffees roasted to a medium brown “American roast.”
Joe generously sent me a sample of [...]

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