Bob Olhsson wrote:


when I was touring Kauai I was told that they had the best coffee,
but then on Hawaii in Kona, their coffee was best. Each one I liked, and
each one I brought home, and each one disappointed when brewed with the
water.


I never stumbled into any decent Kona for years but there IS such a
thing and it absolutely lives up to its reputation as one of the
world's great coffees. I had sincerely believed it all to be hype.

$20-25 a pound at the plantation. Generally shipped home as gifts or
hand carried to the mainland.