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Old 10-10-2016, 11:54 AM
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Trader Joe's sells more than orchids. I don't buy much there so I don't look through all the aisles often. They used to have only Kona "blend" coffee. Who knows what that means? This time I found 100% Kona coffee. Enjoying a cup now!
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I've been drinking pumpkin spice coffee. Lucky you, though!
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Trader Joe's sells more than orchids. I don't buy much there so I don't look through all the aisles often. They used to have only Kona "blend" coffee. Who knows what that means? This time I found 100% Kona coffee. Enjoying a cup now!
It has to be 100% Kona!
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Taken from wikipedia:

Kona blends
Because of the rarity and price of Kona coffee, some retailers sell "Kona Blends". These are not a combination of different Kona coffees, but a blend of Kona and Colombian, Brazilian, or other foreign coffees. Usually they contain only the minimum required 10% Kona coffee and 90% cheaper imported beans.

Current Hawaiian law requires blends to state only the percentage of Kona coffee on the label but not any other coffee origins. There is no matching Federal law. Some retailers use terms such as 'Kona Roast' or 'Kona Style'. To be considered authentic Kona coffee, the state of Hawaii's labeling laws require the prominent display of the words "100% Kona Coffee".
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I wrote my message while brewing it. I ground it finely and used my 3-piece hexagonal espresso maker. I know what Kona is supposed to taste like.

It was yukky. Too acidic, too bitter, too burnt.

I'm going to try some with the drip method. If that's no good, it's back to mail-ordering from The Coffee Shack.
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Trader Joe has coffee from all over the world. I've had from Malawi, Tanzania amongst others. And I feel good helping out the less fortunate with my daily fix. And the coffee is good too.

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Do you drink it with sugar?
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Do you drink it with sugar?
No, that was the taste black. I added sugar and cream after that. Still very acidic.
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If the acid, burnt and bitter is too strong, make cold brew. It doesn't give you the hot brew aroma but gets rid of the acid and mellows the burnt and bitter.
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I looked at a job in Kona in about 1991. The coffee! 100% Kona is truly amazing. And the Big Island is so different from the others, and so wonderful.
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