> " Kona Blend.
>
> And a no-name blend at that.
> That's it.
> I steh so depressed.
>
> Aloha mai Nai`a!
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> Sometimes I go to the local Longs... it's not that I *like* Lion
> Coffee... its that finding it is comforting, somehow. ;-)

>
> On Aug 2, 6:25 pm, Melodious Thunk gmail.com> wrote:
>

>> Sometimes I go to the local Longs... it's not that I *like* Lion
>> Coffee... its that finding it is comforting, somehow. ;-)

>
> Went to a local coffee shop on the way home which usually has some
> discounts-- called IIRC Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf Hawaii-- and asked
> for some 100%% Coffee. They don't sell that as a drink, but they do
> sell the coffee for $40 a pound. It's sold in a tinny winny bag.
> Suspect that only at expensive restaurants do they sell the drink. I
> guess that they've found that most people wont buy if they sell it as
> a drink. It's a lot different about 40 years ago when as a grad
> student, a group of us used to buy a 5 lb bag for about $10 from the
> factory to treat ourselves to Kona coffee after lunch. I have sprung
> recently for a sale from Longs at $6 for a 7oz bag. But this 100%% Kona
> coffee didn't taste like the stuff I have drunk in the past. Perhaps
> the coffee shop bag has the more authentic taste, but I don't like the ...

> http://www.smithfarms.com/

>
> Lawrence Akutagawa wrote:
>

>> http://www.smithfarms.com/

>
> D'0H!
> Bookmarked.
>
> Aloha mai Nai`a!

>
> On Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:50:01 -0500, Nai`a lava.net> wrote:
>

>>
>> Lawrence Akutagawa wrote:
>>

>>> http://www.smithfarms.com/

>>
>> D'0H!
>> Bookmarked.
>>
>> Aloha mai Nai`a!

>
> Hey thanks you guys. I've been away on a trip and came back to look
> at s.c.h. :).
>
> I think the package one poster bought in a store like Longs(?) could
> be that it was really old. In my coffee world, fresh roasted is the ...

> I think the package one poster bought in a store like Longs(?) could
> be that it was really old. In my coffee world, fresh roasted is the
> best. You know those poor Longs people can't be throwing away stuff,
> so fresh is best if you want good Kona. There's lots of junk Kona and
> Kona Blends- arrgh- don't get me started!
>
> aloha,
> beans
> roast beans to kona to email
> farmers of Pure Kona

>
>
>smithfarms.com> wrote in message news:1218599700-sch@news.lava.net
>...

>>
>> On Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:50:01 -0500, Nai`a lava.net> wrote:
>>

>>>
>>> Lawrence Akutagawa wrote:
>>>

> Yes I could tell Alvin that our coffee (2 pounds roasted w/postage)
> would come to a total of $44.25 but he probably wouldn't hear me:).
>
> Thank you for the reminder. If you want good and fresh 100%% Kona, that
> is the price.