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Please note: this is unroasted, green Ka’u coffee. Do not attempt to grind it without roasting first. For roasted Ka’u coffee, please look here. HAWAI’I RESIDENTS: we cannot ship green coffees off the Big Island due to Hawaii quarantine laws. Unroasted Green Ka’u Wood Valley Coffee Grown just south of Kona in the district of Kau, this Wood Valley Single Estate Ka’u coffee is the very definition of specialty Hawaiian coffee, and is one the best Ka’u coffees we’ve had the pleasure to serve. The ripe red coffee cherry is hand – sorted and meticulously tended on a high elevation farm. The result is an intensely aromatic, syrupy sweet, and balanced cup. BACKGROUND: COMMITMENT & CRAFTSMANSHIP On a small, lush farm in the heart of majestic Wood Valley at 2300′, Alla and Rus – the couple pictured here – and farm owner Dennis have spent the past three years doing much of what we did our first years in Puna: pruning coffee trees, fertilizing, pulling weeds, rehabilitating the field day by day. Simultaneously, they’ve been harvesting and processing coffee, experimenting, and testing ways to improve quality. We’ve tasted this lot throughout the years and, while it’s been very good, this season’s crop is at another level: intensely fragrant, juicy, ripe, and sweet. And so to do this great Ka’u coffee justice, and as is our practice when we bring in new Hawaiian coffees, we’ve carefully designed the roast profile to reveal the exotic, inherent, hidden flavors. Freshly milled and then roasted, we cupped 10 different roast profiles before selecting our favorites. And that is what we’re now offering here. KA’U COFFEE REVIEW RATING: 93 Notes: Produced on a small farm in Wood Valley at an altitude of 2, 300 feet in the Kau coffee growing region and processed by the wet, or washed method. Big Island Coffee is an award – winning coffee roaster and coffee farm operated with hands – on passion by Kelleigh Stewart and Brandon von Damitz. Blind assessment: Richly floral – and nut – toned. Freesia, almond brittle, baking chocolate, black cherry, fresh – cut oak in aroma and cup. Deeply sweet structure with pert acidity; full, satiny – smooth mouthfeel. Finish consolidates to almond brittle and freesia. The bottom line: A higher – altitude Kau coffee characterized by spicy floral and sweet nut tones. | Wood Valley Single Estate, Green Ka’u Coffee Beans – 2 – 5 lb | 2 lb | Big Island Coffee Roasters