KONA MAHINA
ROAST | MEDIUM-DARK
HONOMALINO, KONA REGION OF THE BIG ISLAND
NOTES: DARK CHOCOLATE, RED APPLE, HAZELNUT, HONEY
Our new medium-dark roast Kona coffee from Aloha Star Farm’s Rodriguez Ohana! It has been a fantastic experience working with Armando & Karina for the past years and we are excited to continue to showcase their hard work. With our dark roast coffee-loving customers in mind, we developed this roast to bring out a more robust, heavier bodied cup of coffee bean juice with minimal notes of roastiness. In the cup, you’ll experience notes of dark chocolate, caramel, red apple, sweet spices & dark honey. This is currently the coffee we use on filter at our Holualoa trailer and it has proved to be an overall crowd pleaser. Enjoy it straight up black or with cream n sugar!
PRODUCERS: ARMANDO & KARINA RODRIGUEZ
FARM NAME: ALOHA STAR KONA COFFEE
HARVEST PERIOD: HAND PICKED IN Q1 2024
VARIETAL: TYPICA & PACAMARA
PROCESS: TRADITIONAL WASHED
ALITITUDE: 1900-2000FT ABOVE SEA LEVEL
ROASTING SCHEDULE
Note: We currently roast and ship out all orders on Tuesdays & Fridays.
About Armando & Karina Rodriguez
Situated along the Western slopes of Mauna Loa, Aloha Star 100% Kona Coffee Farm was originally a macadamia nut farm which the Rodriguez family purchased in 2004. Armando and Karina owned a construction company in Arizona and they would take time in between every year to come to the Big Island to tend to their macnut farm. However after years of traveling back and forth, the Rodriguez family decided to make Kona their permanent home in 2013. Along with settling into their new environment, they also took on the new challenge of coffee farming by planting the farm’s first “keiki” trees which neighboring coffee farmers gifted to them.
Fast forward nine years later, Armando and Karina are now experts in their craft and their farm produces some of the best tasting Kona Coffee out there. What started off as a few “keiki” trees has now grown to over 6000 coffee tree which comprised of various coffee varietals such as Typica, Pacamara, & Geisha. From the time coffee tree is planted into the farm’s rich volcanic soil to the time of harvesting, processing, & drying the cherries, every process, every season is done with meticulous care and attention to quality. Even with multiple awards under their belt and top placings in competitions, Armando and Karina are on a continuous learning path to improve on what they do and to continue to push the boundaries of Kona Coffee.
We are so honored to be working with Armando and Karina in this season to showcase their hard work. Being Latino immigrants, Armando and Karina didn’t let the many obstacle they faced stopped them from being successful at what they do. What struck us when we set foot on their farm was the strong sense of “Ohana.” It was apparent that Aloha Star was a huge family effort and that everyone - the grandparents, kids, and grandkids - were all involved in coffee farming. Conversing about life while enjoying some tamales at their lunch table, we really felt welcomed into this family and hope that this is a beginning to a strong farmer-roaster relationship. Keep your eyes peeled for amazing more coffee and collabs with Armando and Karina in the near future.
