The best of
Mama's Kona Coffee comes from
"Kua-ola".
Where all things
thrive and grow.
"Ma-ka Ao'ao" . Along side of our mountain
Hua-la-lai.
Where the voice of honey creeps of the verdant mountain
Hua-la-lai.
Lily Kong Sr.
(mama)
Mama's Kona Coffee Presentation Slides. 
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We use these slides to introduce our coffee to roasters or friends who want to know more about our 100% Kona Coffee.
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Mama's Kona Coffee LLC
Our Farm
The way Mama's Kona Coffee is processed is explained
(wehe wehe) in Hawaiian and translated in English.
Our farm is located approximately 1380 ft. above sea level on the volcanic slopes of the Hualalai in the North Kona District of Hawaii on the Big Island of Hawaii known as Keauhou-Kona. For years our family has sold coffee cherry beans harvested from our farm to the neighboring bigger coffee farms where it is mixed and processed with other Kona coffee beans (from other small Kona coffee farms like ours). This year, my mother, her Hani-daughter Michelle and I decided to start our own Kona coffee business.
Lily jr.
Our Farm Through Pictures
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Mama designed our coffee house so that the air flows in and through with a clear ceiling to allow plenty of natural sun light.
As we do the picking, mama will do the pulping to insure the beans we pick are up to her standards. |
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Our redwood tub is used to soak, clean and float the inferior beans to the surface for removal.
Redwood was selected because it is natural and will last forever. |
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Once the coffee beans have been processed and the inferior beans removed. We place the beans on rolling dry racks. Why? It makes transferring wet beans to empty dry racks easier. |
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As the beans dry, their outer hardshell becomes dry, thin and brittle. The beans are now referred to as "Parchment". Meaning ready for hulling. |
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We are the middle of march. The coffee trees are blooming with what we call "coffee snow". Soon each peddle will dry up, fall away and a coffee bean will grow.
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It was really amazing to see all of the coffee trees in Kona start blooming. The trees are all a brillant rich green color. |
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By late May, the majority of our beans will turn a bright red color which will signal the start of harvest mode. |
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Here we are in the first couple of weeks of April and we are starting to see more red coffee cherries. |
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Everyday when we are out pruning or standing up coffee branches filled with green coffee beans, we see signs that this year will be a good harvest. Thank you mama for teaching us how to care for the coffee trees. |
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Soon the main harvest will begin. We harvest coffee cherries that are ripe, bright red or mostly red. Anything else floats to the top at soaking time. Mama says, "don't make extra work, don't waste time. Do it right the first time". |
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...and because we are selective with what cherries we pick, we will be picking most of the year. Allowing the beans to mature.
It takes longer, but we harvest a better product this way and it's also the standard mama set for us. |
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Up mauka on property belonging to the family there is a bamboo forest. It used to be filled with coffee trees, but as you can see once bamboo starts growing it's very hard to control.
Bamboo is a wonderful re-newable resource. It grows very quickly. Mama Lily also looks for young shoots which she peels, cleans and soaks then uses for cooking.
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In this picture Lily jr. is tying up the cut bamboo to hand haul (drag) to the truck which is about 100 ft. down the mountain.
Mama carries the tools, Lily jr. and Michelle drag the bamboo.
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We've been having alot of rain in the late afternoons. To keep the branches from breaking, we have to stand up the branches with bamboo.
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This is one of my favorite pictures of the the bright red cherries still on the tree. Soon the cycle starts again. |
Our pictures will be updated periodically.
Our Photo Albums
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Mar 26 2011 Day at Hulihe'e Palace. A wonderful event given by the "Daughters of Hawaii". This was a celebration in honor of Prince Kuhio Kalanaiana'ole.
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Jan 29 2011 He Lei Hiwa No "Iolanie Luahine" Held in honor of the famous hula dancer "Iolanie Luahine" While we only came to watch the different halaus. There were workshops given by some of the kumu hulas in the area.
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Feb. 26, 2011 - Keauhou Shopping Center Concert Series hosted by KAPA Radio On-air personality Ka'ea Alapai. This series is scheduled on the last Saturday of each month. On this date, Mama interviewed with Ka'ea and talk story about growing up in Keauhou Bay. This is part of the Keauhou Kapuna series.
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Nov. 17, 2010 we attended a luncheon given by the Four Seasons Hualalai Resort to celebrate the Holidays and to thank us (the farmers) for being part of their "Sustainable" program.
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Feb. 10, 2010 Mama Lily was asked to do an interview for a segmant of "Another Shade of Blue" with Ty Sawyer for the Travel Channel.
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