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Aloha!
At
Captain’s Ohana Farm, we are a family owned and operated
business. Located on the Big Island of Hawaii in Honaunau (20
miles south of Kailua-Kona), our farm is at the 1000 ft.
elevation on the southern side of the Kona Coffee District.
This area is warmer and more arid than most of the Kona coffee
belt. The trees here are not quite as environmentally
comfortable as in the higher elevation farms thus producing
slightly smaller beans. However, they tend to have a slightly
more intense flavor and a bit more caffeine. An advantage due to
their struggles!
As a
family we plant, grow, maintain and pick all our own coffee. We
hand pick often and only at the peak of ripeness to ensure a
quality bean to roast. We practice the old Hawaiian method of
processing our cherry and see it through to sun drying and
proper storage of parchment. We only mill when needed to ensure
the green bean is fresh. We sell our 100% Kona coffee as green
bean or roasted and whole bean or ground.
Captain’s
Ohana Farm is unique and diverse. We grow 85 types of exotic
fruits and vegetables on our 12.67 acres and have over 200 fruit
trees. Our varieties range from the well-known avocado, mango,
papaya, grapefruit and lime to the exotic lychee, sour sop, abiu
and rambutan. Our coffee trees are all nestled among our fruit
trees. Our farm is fortunate to house approx. 2000 honeybee
hives. These busy workers provide our crops with excellent
pollination. The combination of the fruits and the bees give our
coffee a wonderful bouquet. Because we grow fresh produce and
are home to many fragile friends, we are environmentally
friendly. We fertilize organically and use no herbicides or
pesticides on or around anything we grow. Most importantly we
are directly above one of the world’s most valuable coral reefs
and take that obligation very seriously with our entire farming
practice.
Since
moving to Hawaii and becoming farmers we have never worked so
hard, but have never felt such passion and pride for what we do
and what we are fortunate to produce. We feel so blessed to live
and work in such a beautiful place.
We
welcome you to visit our farm if you’re in the neighborhood, please
stop by.
Jack and
Tina Turner, Owners
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