Roasted with Aloha

It all began when we took over the Koloa store and tried an espresso drink. It was awful! Back in 1985, making a decent cup of coffee on Kauai wasn’t exactly a popular idea. But on a trip to Mill Valley, California, I stumbled upon a man roasting his own beans in a small Italian roaster at his corner coffee shop. I thought, "We can do that."

Soon after, we bought a 25-pound roaster, tucked it into a container behind our ice cream production area, and set off to the Big Island to find Kona coffee beans. After visiting farm after farm, we finally landed on a coffee that hit the spot. That’s how our first blend, Kona Supreme, came to life. At first, we were just brewing coffee. But everything changed when we saw a man in Oahu selling pour-over coffee. The freshness was something else. We knew immediately that we had to bring that same freshness to our customers.