Limited Release Organic
Grown on the Hala Tree Estate on the Big Island. This rare coffee exhibits subtle black tea and peach flavours upfront with a smooth, creamy body, finishing with sweet caramel. Considered as one of the world’s finest coffees.
Hawaii – Hala Tree ORGANIC
100% Hawaii Kona 100% Organic
Hala Tree Estate – Limited Release
Grown on the western side of the big island of Hawaii, near the township of Captain Cook. This rare Hawaiian coffee exhibits subtle black tea and peach flavours up front with a smooth, creamy body, finishing with sweet caramel. Considered as one of the world’s finest coffees.
Coffee Production Process
1. Pruning
The season begins between January and February, with pruning the trees. Pruning is cutting old branches from the tree to cycle new young branches to produce coffee. When pruning, the minimum number of branches to leave is three. These three branches will hopefully be one year apart in age; this causes the oldest branch to produce the bulk of the coffee for a tree that year. The following year this branch will be cut.
Another method of pruning is called the Beaumont-Fukunaga. This method cuts an entire row (alternating every year) every three rows. Both ways keep a farm looking clean and easy to move in and help keep trees healthy.
2. Clipping
A few months after the pruning is complete from April to June, the trees will have plenty of new branches sprouting along the trunks and branches. This is the time to do the clipping.
Most of these sprouts should be cut off when they become more than a few inches. A few nodes should be kept when clipping to become the future-producing branches. This is arguably the most crucial decision for coffee production and health since these branches will stay for three years.
3. Picking
Around September to December (this can change a little every season), the trees produce their beans, and they are turning red. This means it is time to pick the coffee. On average there will be three or four pickings a year; this is done to pick the coffee at the perfect time when they are red, not brown or green. This can play a vital role in the taste of the coffee. The picking can be done by anyone, but is time-consuming and better done in a large group to finish while the cherries are ripe. The beans are put into burlap sacks and transported to the processing area.
4. Pulping
Pulping Ideally a few hours, usually the same day, after the cherries have been picked they begin the processing. The first step is to pulp the cherries. There are a few variations on the pulping machine, but the idea is the same. Pulping squeezes the cherries until the bean pops out of its skin. The beans are now ready for step 5.
5. Fermentation
Out of the pulping machine the beans are covered in a sticky coating. This must be rinsed/cleaned off the beans. There are two ways of doing this. The traditional way is to soak the beans in water for 10-15 hours (overnight) and then rinse the beans of the sticky coating; this may also affect the flavour. The other way is more modern using a machine called a demucilager that acts as a large washing machine for the beans; it is much quicker. Farmers do either way depending on their preference.
6. Drying
Once the beans have been rinsed they must dry. A machine can be used to do this in 10-15 hours. However, the majority of farmers use a platform to lay out the beans and let them dry from the wind and sun. This can take a few weeks. The ideal moisture level of the beans is 11%. At this level, it can be stored for up to two years.
7. Hulling
After the drying has been completed, and once it is ready to be roasted, the beans should be hulled. This process removes the thin layer that covers the beans called the parchment. This helps to avoid a burnt taste in the coffee roast.
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