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A Cup of Aloha: The Kona Coffee Epic
Contributor(s): Kinro, Gerald Y. (Author)

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ISBN: 0824826787     ISBN-13: 9780824826789
Publisher: Latitude 20
OUR PRICE: $19.95  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: March 2003
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Annotation: Kona is one of the world's premium coffees. Given its small-scale cultivation on family farms, however, it has been especially susceptible to price swings and market gluts. A Cup of Aloha is a heartfelt portrait of the farmers, millers, landowners, merchants, and laborers who struggled to keep themselves and their industry alive. The author traces coffee's history in Hawai'i -- from its arrival in 1828 to Kona's position in today's highly competitive specialty coffee market. Through the author's use of oral history interviews, readers will experience day-to-day life on a coffee farm and the challenges, natural and man-made, that inspired innovations and adaptations to the agricultural, economic, and social life in the Kona Coffee Belt.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Corporate & Business History - General
- Business & Economics | Industries - Agribusiness
- History | United States - State & Local - General
Dewey: 338.173
LCCN: 2003040295
Physical Information: 0.45" H x 6.04" W x 8.16" L (0.55 lbs) 168 pages
Themes:
- Geographic Orientation - Hawaii
- Cultural Region - Oceania
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
 
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Kona is one of the world's premium coffees. Given its small-scale cultivation on family farms, however, it has been especially susceptible to price swings and market gluts. A Cup of Aloha is a heartfelt portrait of the farmers, millers, landowners, merchants, and laborers who struggled to keep themselves and their industry alive. The author traces coffee's history in Hawaii--from its arrival in 1828 to Kona's position in today's highly competitive specialty coffee market. Through the author's use of oral history interviews, readers will experience day-to-day life on a coffee farm and the challenges, natural and man-made, that inspired innovations and adaptations to the agricultural, economic, and social life in the Kona Coffee Belt.
 
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