Kua

Coffee was first cultivated in Ka‘u in 1894 by J.C. Searle. When the sugar industry collapsed one hundred years later, and the Ka‘u sugar plantation closed in 1996, the displaced plantation workers looked to coffee as one of the most promising avenues for post-plantation agriculture. The two coffees comprising of our Ka’u Morning Glory come from farms planted in 1998, in an area aptly named “Cloud Rest”. Deep, rich soil, morning sun and afternoon clouds and rain define this pocket of land.