Farm workers removes lava rocks from the fields at Hula Daddy Kona Coffee farm in Holualoa on the Big Island of Hawaii.
Farm workers run a tractor at Hula Daddy Kona Coffee farm in Holualoa on the Big Island of Hawaii.
Coffee cherries on the branch at Hula Daddy Kona Coffee farm in Holualoa.
Coffee cherries on the branch at Hula Daddy Kona Coffee farm.
Coffee trees with ocean views at Hula Daddy Kona Coffee farm.
Coffee beans dry in the sun at the Hula Daddy Kona Coffee farm.
Coffee beans dry in the sun at the Hula Daddy Kona Farm.
Farm owner Lee Paterson inspects drying coffee beans
Farm owner Lee Paterson inspects drying coffee beans.
Hula Daddy owner Lee Paterson in the drying tents at his Holualoa farm.
Coffee beans dry in the sun at the Hula Daddy Coffee Farm.
The Hula Daddy Kona Coffee farm sits in the hills of Holualoa with ocean views. The elevation provides the prefered climate for the coffee trees.
Kona coffee is prepared in the tasting room at Hula Daddy Kona Coffee.
Ripe cherries wait for picking on coffee trees at Hula Daddy Kona Coffee farm.
Coffee trees with ripe cherries wait to be picked at Hula Daddy Kona Coffee farm in Holualoa.
Workers clear lava rocks at Hula Daddy Kona Coffee farm so tractors can come through the fields.
Green beans wait outside the roaster at Hula Daddy Kona Coffee.
Master roaster and licensed Q grader Laura Ross “cups” every batch of coffee at Hula Daddy Kona Coffee.
Master roaster and licensed Q grader Laura Ross smells a sample from a recently roasted batch at Hula Daddy Kona Coffee.
What different levels of heat does to coffee beans on display at Hula Daddy Kona Coffee.
Master roaster and licensed Q grader Laura Ross watched a roasted batch come out of the roaster at Hula Daddy Kona Coffee.
Kona coffee flies out of the roaster at Hula Daddy Kona Coffee.
Master roaster and licensed Q grader Laura Ross roasts a batch of coffee at Hula Daddy Kona Coffee.
Hula Daddy Kona Coffee owners Karen and Lee Paterson outside their farm.