| Coffee trees flowering after
our dry season gets a shower. The coffee tree is from the Gardenia family
and the flowers are very fragrant! Our honey is harvested just after the
blooming. |
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| Coffee trees flower many times
for the next year's harvest. Here you can see the first flowering having
set and making small beans while the tree continues to flower for the
later 'rounds' of coffee.
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| In this photo, the last of the
previous year's harvest is just coming ripe, while the trees flower for
the next year's harvest. The trees never rest for long! |
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| Coffee cherry just picked being
brought to the mill for pulping. It is a family affair. |
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| Macadamia nuts getting ready to
husk. The nuts are picked off the ground as they fall off the tree as they
are mature. |
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| We husk them and then sort for
spoilage and let them dry naturally to separate the nut meat from the
shell for cracking. |
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| Hawaii is a paradise for
lovers, as our local lizards demonstrate. They are harmless and very
entertaining bug catchers. |
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| This is our newly remodeled
mill. In the foreground, we have our emergency coffee dryer- when we get
extended cloudy times during the harvest, so we can finish dry our coffee.
We always use the sun for a minimum of 5 days to dry. |
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| Looking under the hoshidana(
sun drying deck) one can see the roaster, peeler and catador. The peeler
takes parchment of the dried coffee and the catador helps sort the green
beans for roasting. |
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| At the end of a long day, the
sunset is our main treat. |
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| Our new estate at the 1800 ft
level, will be ready to harvest this fall. |
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This estate is at the 1500 ft.
elevation and will have only a little coffee this year.
Honaunau: |
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| This photo was taken in 1976 of
the Honaunau Valley just after we finished hand clearing our coffee from
the overgrowth. Look carefully in the center of the photo to see our long
parcel with the bare coffee stumps barely visible. Notice the abandoned
fields surrounding our farm. It is not like this now as the entire area is
producing in coffee and macadamias. |
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