Posts by Mahina Mele Farm
Want Organic Kona Rose Coffee every month?
Aloha, we are offering our estate Organic Kona Rose Coffee to preferred monthly customers who join now. Our Coffee Cuppers have reserved coffee that will be mailed to you monthly, freshly roasted!!! There is a limited supply from our estate gourmet coffee,which we would love to reserve for you. Kona Rose Coffee is roasted med-dark…
Read MoreWhat does RAW Macadamia Nuts mean?
We proudly dehydrate our Certified Organic macadamia Nuts at low temps (113 degrees) for 6 days. This maintains their nutritive qualities without roasting them away. “Raw” macadamia nuts need to be dehydrated first to maintain their freshness. Macadamia nuts off the ground and cracked will go rancid within 24 hours unless frozen. A recipe I…
Read MoreKona Coffee Harvest
This years Kona Coffee harvest is ahead of its time. It is time to pick the beautiful red berries now. Usually harvest begins In late August but this years rainfall has been the highest in 10 years. As some of you may know about the coffee berry borrer (CBB) that found its way to the…
Read MoreJonesin’ For Organic Kona Rose 100% Kona Coffee???
The coffee flowers are intoxicating! The Kona snow is in full bloom and working in the fragrance is delicious. Kona Rose Coffee is still available while the next season will begin in July and August. The slight drought we had last month and the heavy rains we have now caused enough stress to put the…
Read MoreOrganic Macadamias are so Paleo
This week the Paleo diet is on my mind with recent phone calls and orders from people currently on the Paleo diet. I’m learning that the Paleo diet is based on food before the industrial revolution or even the new world. A diet rich in protein from organic meats and nuts, fruit and veggies. It…
Read MoreHawaiian Raw Certified Organic Macadamia Nuts are a Super Food
Check out the Gerson clinic which says a few macs a day keep the cancer at bay. When they are “RAW” the macadamia oils are not altered and do your body good. The natural enzymes are not broken down, changed, or altered. Rich in equal parts Omega3s and 6s, these yummy gems have the oils …
Read MoreOrganic Kona Coffee is Superfood too!
Kona Rose Coffee is one of my superfoods, If you have tried Organic Kona Rose Coffee then you know it is separates itself from the rest! Kona Rose Coffee is smooth and rich with chocolate and fruit undertones, this is partly because of the way its picked (red off the vine). I just read…. “research…
Read MoreCity girls helping with coffee and nuts on Mahina Mele Farm
Last week two wonderful girls landed on our farm to work, Two girls with little to no experience actually working on a farm. They came positive and willing to learn, the two key traits that brings anyone to, a place of self growth and satisfaction. They have been pruning coffee, mulching, dragging branches, husking macadamia,…
Read MoreKona Snow shows good Coffee Crop for 2013
What all farmers hope for is that yes next year will be a good crop. The kona Snow is blanketed all of the trees and the smell of gardenias (coffeee is in the gardenia family) fills the air. The flowers last a day or two so when the coffee is white and in bloom we…
Read MorePredicting the future….
This is the time of year when we begin pruning the farm . There are so many ways one can go about doing this. There is the Hawaiian style which after 8 years of farming we are learning more and more bout. The Hawaiian style prunes every third or fourth row of coffee completely, those…
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