Kaʻu Coffee Mill, LLC is a full-service coffee mill providing services and retail sales in the district of Kaʻu on the Island of Hawaii. The Visitor Center and Gift Shop provides free tours of coffee orchards twice daily during weekdays, as well as the milling and roasting facilities. The products available for sale include a wide variety of fine Kaʻu coffee, macadamia nuts, coffee treats and gifts. Visitors are greeted enthusiastically and welcomed to free tours, samples, and unique items for sale found nowhere else on the island.
Farm Profile
Farm Manager: Louis Daniele
Acreage: 100 acres
Elevation: 1,700-1,850 ft
Years in coffee: 14 years
Coffee Varietals: Typica, Red & Yellow Caturra, Red & Yellow Catuai, Bourbon
Processing Methods: Washed, Semi-Washed, Natural, Honey, Infusion: whisky, coffee liquor
What are your biggest challenges as a coffee farmer? Rust and the cost to mitigate this issue. Marketability of 100% Ka'u Coffee.
What are your biggest joys as a coffee farmer? Watching peoples reaction once that have tasted our coffee.
What does coffee mean to you? I have been a coffee drinker all my life, never imagining being in the industry in Hawaii. I have dedicated the last 10 plus years to coffee. My desire is to produce the best cup of coffee as we can. Coffee is a way of life.
Where can your coffee be found for purchase?
Our retail store at the mill in Pahala.
Our retail store in Kona
KTA
Island Naturals, island wide
All military PX's
All "I love Guam" stores on Guam
Kona and Hilo Airports