Coffee growing, as you might imagine, is hard work. But it wasn’t long until a lot of help showed up. Much of it in the form of wild creatures that felt, as we did, that this was a great new place to live. Now the work force includes turkeys that scour the rows for insects, Chinese (Kalij) pheasants that spend the day in seemingly endless arguments about unfathomable subjects, and ringneck pheasants whose call resembles the forcing of a frozen lug nut.

In the early spring Cardinals build their nests in the coffee trees. This year all of the families were successful and everyone got off to a good start as far as we can tell. Later in the spring the small native hawaiian birds build their nests in great abundance, delivering stern reprimands to anyone walking down their coffee row. We try to respect their insistence on privacy. And, as the sun sets the peacocks down the road greet the sunset with their eery calls.

Along with the careful respect for traditional methods, we have also added a little technology to make some things more reliable, and to reduce the impact on the environment. As examples, our coffee dryer uses dehydration to dry the beans rather than diesel fuel, our pulping machines use almost no water to reduce pollution, and our coffee roasting is controlled by microprocessors so that each roast is exactly perfect. And, although we are not a certified organic estate, we do not apply any insecticides to the trees.

Thanks very much for visiting our web site. Barb and I hope you enjoy our coffee very much. In fact we hope it is the best you have ever had. We would also enjoy hearing from you and hope that you have time to watch our estate tour. If we can be of help in any way, don’t hesitate to email or call.