> On Tue, 09 Sep 2008 09:25:04 -0500, "Brian Bigler"
>
>
verizon.net> wrote:
>>> Lawrence,
>> Try this
linkhttp://www.sharkyscoffee.com/store/catalog/index.html I
>> admit
>> that shipping adds a few dollars, but Sharkey's charges $55 for five
>> pounds.
>> I don't understand the difference between "Estate Grown Coffee" and
>> "Estate
>> House Roast", which is $13 a pound. Any clue? Likely a better bean?
>> My
>> knowledge of beans aint worth beans.
>
> I know quite a lot about coffee beans having been in the farming end
> of coffee for over 20 years.
>
> Estate Grown Coffee is a loose term- no basis for fact--UNLESS it is
> certified Estate by a coffee group i.e. KCFA. Then and only then does
> it indicate a paper trail back to the farm from where the coffee came
> form. It has to only come from that farm. Here in Sharkey's
> definition, it means nothing.
They're in Hawaiian Acres, Road 1 I believe. As long as the Coffee
Grower's Association doesn't establish a Puna (or East Hawaii)
chapter there's nobody there to certify things on this side.
The link for "Big Island" on the Coffee Association still goes to
a page named "kona.html" - even if that page makes mention
of Hamakua, Kau and Puna coffee now.
A price difference between $11/lb and $13/lb could be attributed
to volume discount ...
For all I know they grow their own coffee.
Aloha,
Maren
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