What is Extra Fancy?
Extra Fancy is the top grade of flat beans: we select the large, thick beans.
Flat beans are the common bean shape: the two seeds inside a coffee cherry.
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We select only the large, thick beans
Hawaii KAU Coffee Extra Fancy is selected from the flat beans harvested on the farm, choosing the large, thick beans. The shape differs from the single round peaberry (No1 Grade), but the farm, the natural farming and the semi-washed process are the same.
It comes in two sizes, 100 g and 1 kg. The 1 kg pack is for those who drink it every day or want to buy in bulk. The thank-you gift in the Furusato Nozei (hometown tax donation) program of Shinjuku City, Tokyo, “Hawaii KAU Coffee roasted beans 200 g,” is also Extra Fancy.
Product details (NN DRINKS, as of September 15, 2026)
| Item | 100 g | 1 kg |
|---|---|---|
| Product name in the shop (Japanese) | 【送料無料】Hawaii KAU Coffee No2グレード【エクストラファンシー100g】 | Hawaii KAU Coffee No2グレード【エクストラファンシー】 1kg |
| Product code | A000000093 | A000000111 |
| Shop price | 2,980 yen | 18,360 yen |
| Shipping | Free shipping within Japan (shown as 送料無料 in the product name) | See the shop page for shipping |
| Origin | Kau Ocean Vista Coffee Estate, Ka'u district, Hawaii Island (100% Ka'u coffee) | Kau Ocean Vista Coffee Estate, Ka'u district, Hawaii Island (100% Ka'u coffee) |
| Processing | Semi-washed process, sun-dried | Semi-washed process, sun-dried |
| Delivery | Within Japan only | Within Japan only |
| Product page | https://www.nndrinks.com/c-item-detail?ic=A000000093Opens an external site | https://www.nndrinks.com/c-item-detail?ic=A000000111Opens an external site |
Please check the product page (in Japanese) for the latest information on price, tax, shipping and stock. The shop ships within Japan only.
Taste
Ka’u coffee has a rich aroma, refined fruitiness and sweetness with little bitterness, moderate acidity and a soft body (What Is Ka’u Coffee?). “Coffee: from bitter to sweet” is the motto of Hawaii KAU Coffee. Masashi Yamazaki, representative of M.G.K. Inc., our distributor in Japan, used to drink only sweetened coffee, and Ka’u coffee is what turned him on to black coffee.
How we recommend drinking it
Brew it in a French press
Our farm owner John is a French press person. His reason: a paper filter absorbs the oils that give coffee its aroma.
Best 3 to 5 days after roasting
By then the gas in the beans has escaped and the coffee brews with a clear taste.
Store at room temperature with the air pressed out
Coffee farmers usually keep beans in a zip-top bag with the air pressed out, at room temperature.
Buy Extra Fancy
Extra Fancy is the top grade of flat beans
Flat beans are the common bean shape: the two seeds inside a coffee cherry. Extra Fancy is the top grade of those flat beans, selected for the large, thick beans.
Our Extra Fancy is No2 Grade
These are 100% Ka’u coffee beans grown at Kau Ocean Vista Coffee Estate in the Ka’u district of Hawaii Island by farm owner John Ah San, with natural farming that does not rely on chemical fertilizer. After harvest they are processed with the semi-washed process, which leaves the sticky fruit pulp on the bean, and dried under the Hawaiian sun. The NN DRINKS online shop (ships within Japan only) carries two sizes, 100 g and 1 kg.
Also available through Furusato Nozei in Japan
The thank-you gift of Shinjuku City, Tokyo, “Hawaii KAU Coffee roasted beans 200 g (Extra Fancy)” for a donation of 18,000 yen, is this Extra Fancy. The program is available to taxpayers in Japan; see How to Buy and our Japanese pages for the portals and steps. Retailers, cafes, restaurants and importers: see our Wholesale & Import Inquiry.