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The farm, in photos and video
Kau Ocean Vista Coffee Estate sits just outside the town of Pahala in the Ka’u district on the southeastern side of Hawaii Island, on a lookout about 350 meters (1,150 feet) above sea level. This page holds 19 photos and 2 videos from the farm. Click any photo to enlarge it.
Around the farm
This video shows how large the farm is and its clear view over the ocean. A Japanese article about the video is in our farm blog.
Hawaiian breeze
Photos
John checking green coffee cherries before they ripen. 
Looking down on the Pacific from the farm, a lookout about 350 meters above sea level. 
A coffee branch just starting to set fruit. These will grow into red coffee cherries. 
Farm owner John Ah San. He has grown coffee in Ka'u since 1989. 
Pickers at harvest time. Only the red, ripe cherries are picked by hand. 
Beans after pulping, on their way to the dry mill to be sun-dried. 
The sun-drying shed. The beans are turned every day as they dry. 
Young coffee trees on a red-dirt slope. Ka'u is blessed with good soil. 
Inside the farm. Beyond the rows of coffee trees lies the Pacific. 
Roasted Ka'u coffee beans. 
Coffee trees in bloom, and the sea. On Hawaii Island the trees flower around February. 
Coffee blossoms. On our farm the flowers are pollinated naturally by honeybees. 
A panorama of the farm, just outside the town of Pahala near the southern tip of Hawaii Island. 
John throwing a shaka on the farm at harvest time. 
A tractor between rows of coffee trees taller than a person. 
Hand-picked coffee cherries. The pickers choose the ripe red ones. 
Cherries ripen at different speeds even on the same branch. The red ones are picked first. 
John checking the yellow-flowered ground cover, a plant in the peanut family. It keeps weeds down, helps drainage and adds nitrogen to the soil. 
Green coffee cherries next to an open hand, to show their size.
Read more about the farm
What the photos show
| Group | Photos | What you will see |
|---|---|---|
| Landscape | 4 | The farm looking down on the Pacific, rows of coffee trees, a panorama |
| Farm work | 5 | Newly planted trees, drying after harvest, roasted beans, a tractor |
| Flowers and cherries | 6 | White coffee blossoms, and cherries ripening from green to red |
| People | 4 | Farm owner John Ah San, and the pickers at harvest time |
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