Tag: Kona Coffee – Species Coffee

Kona coffee is one of the most expensive and prized coffees in the world. It is not a true variety (although growers sometimes call it “Kona typica”), because of its distinct flavor, not its genetic makeup. In return, it comes from the unique (and highly controlled) growing conditions and methods of the Kona region of Hawai'i. Kona farmers were among the first to treat coffee growing as a craft – and at a time when very few did. (Today, producers everywhere are …