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The start: digging holes..
..lots of holes..
..through lava..
..lots of lava!
Getting the seedlings
from Huahua Farm
in Holualoa.
Car full of baby trees!
Their new home.
Planting...
... planting...
... planting...
enlisting the help
of family
and friends.
Nascha
Bob Brown
John
Watering..
..and watering..
..and watering..
Irrigation system installed!
Baby, please now grow!
Brand new...
..shiny..
..leaves.
Growing up...
... and up...
Fast forward to today..
The Orchard in 2018
"Makai Patch" (oceanside)
"Mauka Patch" (mountainside)
"Volcano Patch"
"Akau Patch" (north)
"Hale Patch" (home)
First flowers
Full bloom
"Kona snow"!
Flowers and green cherries
Green cherries
First red cherry!
Green, yellow, orange...
More reds..
Ready for harvest
Picking..
... picking...
..picking..
First harvest
Off to the "lab"..
Into the pulping machine
John
The Pulper
Hana
Pulped cherries
Rinsed and out to dry
Fermenting
Sundrying for days/weeks..
Finally dry.
The cleaning crew
Our first customer!
Parchment into huller..
.. hulling..
"Green" beans
The roaster!
Checking temperature
Listening for first crack
Hot!
Out!
First roast!
Full City roast!
First roasted batch
First taste
Ready to ship!
The little coffee factory!
Weighing, bagging, labelling..
Our 3 roasts
Aloha!
Tekona!
Nascha