Heavenly Hawaiian Coffee Farm Review: Best Kona Coffee Tour
Wondering if you should take a Heavenly Hawaiian Coffee Farm Tour? Let me tell you!
I lived on the Big Island for a year and visited A LOT of Kona coffee farms. But one stood out among them all.
Let me point you in the direction of Heavenly Hawaiian Coffee Farm, one of my favorite and most memorable coffee farm experiences on the Big Island. With friendly staff, delicious samples, and views for days, this should be a must-stop coffee tour on your next visit to the island.
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Why Visit a Kona Coffee Farm?
One of the most unique things to do in Kona is visit a coffee farm. Hawaii is the only state that grows and produces coffee. You won’t be able to visit a domestic coffee farm anywhere else in the country. So that alone is a huge reason to visit a Big Island coffee farm.
Another reason to make sure you experience a Kona coffee farm is because Kona coffee is an internationally acclaimed coffee. Only 1% of the world’s coffee comes from Kona and people pay top dollar for its beans.
Because the trees grow in nutrient-rich volcanic soil and receive the perfect amount of sun and rain, the Kona Coffee Belt is the perfect area for coffee trees to flourish and produce delicious coffee.
Visiting a coffee farm will give you a glimpse into the process of how labor-intensive growing and producing coffee actually is. You will walk away with a new found appreciation to all the sweat, tears, and love that went into your next cuppa.
The reason I urge you to visit Heavenly Hawaiian Coffee Farm over other Kona coffee farms on the Big Island is due to the all-encompassing positive experience you are sure to encounter. Between the staff, the friendly cats, uniquely flavored beans not found elsewhere on the island, and a super informative tour, you’re going to get the best of everything.
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Where Is Heavenly Hawaiian Coffee Farm?
Up above Kona in Holualoa, on the slopes of Hualalai, is Heavenly Hawaiian Coffee Farm. As you turn off Mamalohoa Hwy onto Bishop Rd, you’ll make your way up further up the mountain.
The narrow paved road winds and switch backs up and up past private homes and coffee fields. Sandwich boards from Heavenly Hawaiian direct you and encourage you to continue on.
About 0.7-miles up Bishop Rd you’ll arrive at the front gates of Heavenly Hawaiian. Make your way through and up to the visitor center, taking it slow and being aware of tour groups and cats.
Once you’ve parked your car in the gravel lot that looks down on the visitor center, hike down to the front desk located just outside the white picket fence.
If you’ve made a tour reservation online already, just check-in with your name. Walk-ups are also allowed so if you are just dropping by, see if they have space for you on the next tour (more than likely they will). Tours are only $8pp, and trust me you get more than your money’s worth.
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The difficulty of the tour is easy, good for all ages. As long as you can stand for an hour and can walk a short distance uphill you will not have a problem. Also be prepared for the potential of a drizzle of rain, especially in the afternoons; have a rain jacket ready in the car.
As you’re getting checked in, you might be greeted by Umi the cat. You are sure to see him a few times during your visit while sampling coffees and trailing along on your tour. Other friendly cats also roam the property and keep you company.
Hang Out by the Pool at Heavenly Hawaiian Coffee Farm
After you’ve paid and checked-in for the tour, the front desk worker will lead you to the sampling station within the white picket fence and next to their pool with a concrete bridge and island. You’ll be hanging out here until the top of the hour when the tour starts.
Now is the time to work your way down the row of samples of their brews.
Kona Silk is a straight up 100% Kona coffee medium roast made from Kona Typica coffee trees. It’s smooth and dark with low acidity, causing it not to have a bitter aftertaste.
Fire Roast has the most unique flavor I’ve experienced in coffee by having a smokey flavor. The beans are roasted in a 1947 Mexican peanut roaster, with holes at the bottom that allow the flames to “kiss” the beans, or lightly grill them. When the fire is turned off, the beans sit in the smoke for a few minutes before being pulled off, which gives them that unique smokey flavor. This was my favorite of the four.
Kona Sweet is well…sweet. It has a unique twang to it because the beans are dried with the coffee cherry fruit instead of separated out. They suggest that those who like kombucha will like this roast as it has a yeasty, fermented flavor (but in a good way!).
Kona Bright is a light roast of the Kona Silk. It’s still smooth just with an added touch of brightness, or acidity.
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Access your inner coffee sommelier skills as you sip, contemplate, and compare your samples. These coffees have won multiple awards at various competitions and you’ll taste why.
Sit at an umbrella covered table or dip your feet in the pool and gaze at the coffee farm below with the Kona coast splaying out in the distance. If it’s raining, stay dry on their covered porch that still has a vista view.
The Konalani Coffee Bar room offers full servings of cold brew and teas for purchase. Consider ordering the Leilani with lavender, farm-raised honey, and cream or the Makai with nutmeg, maple syrup, sea salt, and cream.
Their teas can be served hot or iced. The Cascara tea is made from the otherwise unused coffee cherry skins that are removed from the beans during harvesting. Mamaki is made from a Hawaiian tea plant, similar to a mild green tea.
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Heavenly Hawaiian Coffee Farm Tour
At the top of the hour a tour guide will have you congregate by the pool while they start with an icebreaker and intro to your surroundings. Learn about the geography and history of where Kona coffee is grown, the science behind how and why coffee trees thrive here, and a heads up of what to expect on your tour.
Before heading out, grab a coffee sample cup to-go as your guide “calls in” some candy samples of coconut cream and orangesicle covered macadamia nuts and a peaberry coffee bean. You’ll be surprised how fast those samples are ready for the tour group; like Jimmy John’s freaky fast.
Once you’ve had a candy sample tasting paired with your favorite coffee, mosey on over to the edge of the lot. Here your guide will point out Ethiopian Geisha Champagne coffee trees that grow some of the most expensive coffee in the world at $308/lb. If that’s a bit out of your price range, you can at least try it from the Konalani Coffee Bar that sells it for $20 a cup.
The tour guide will then lead you down the driveway you drove up and lecture along the rows of coffee trees, just a portion of their 19,000 trees. Learn about the different growing stages of coffee, seeing them for yourself, and how it’s all harvested by hand.
On the opposite side of the road, notice the tall avocado tree growing above your head. Guests on my tour oohed and aahed louder over the avocado tree than anything about the coffee lol!
The last stop of the tour is in the hoshidana, or drying house. See the machines up close that pulp the coffee cherries and separate them out.
A pile of dried coffee beans sits in the middle of the green painted floor. Try your hand at raking the beans with a large wooden rake and create zen garden designs, it can be very therapeutic. Then see if you can spot the trap doors that can be opened during production to sweep the dried beans down.
Take in the vista views on the opposite side of the room, a good place to have your guide take a family photo for you, or maybe steal a selfie bomb 😛
Finally, the tour ends with one more wildcard coffee de jour sample from the Konalani Coffee Bar, perhaps a cold brew or one of their teas.
Afterwards, browse their quaint gift shop to buy your favorite goods that you’ve sampled. Choose from bags of the different coffee roasts. Besides the candy-covered macadamia nuts, they also sell a Kona coffee brittle. Buy a jar of honey that the bees on the property made from the coffee tree flower’s nectar. Non-food items that can be found are paintings, mugs, tshirts, and books.
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Extracurricular Activities at Heavenly Hawaiian Coffee Farm
If you just don’t want to leave just yet, Heavenly Hawaiian Coffee Farm offers other extra curricular activities to extend your visit.
The Paniolo Roasting Class will have you roasting your own beans over burners al fresco, like the paniolos (Hawaiian cowboys) of yore. After the 45-min tour you’ll be bringing home a one-of-a-kind bag of personally roasted Kona coffee beans. Price is $40pp. Book it here!
Brew Your Best Cup Workshop will have a coffee expert spend an hour to show you the proper way to brew your coffee to optimum levels. Learn skills that you can take home to make the perfect cup of coffee every time you make yourself a morning brew. Price is $55pp. Book it here!
Paint and Sip is a class held on an undisturbed section of their covered porch. With the aid of a teacher, spend 1.5-hrs painting an acrylic picture as you sip on fresh-from-the-farm coffee with a sweeping view of the property and island as your muse. Price is $70pp. Book it here!
Visit my other favorite Kona coffee destination:
Sacred Grounds Coffee Farm
Volunteer at Heavenly Hawaiian Coffee Farm
Heavenly Hawaiian Coffee Farm utilizes workstay hires for their labor force. Tour guides, shop workers, and farmhands are volunteers from around the world.
The volunteers work 28 hours a week with a minimum 3-month commitment in exchange for room and board in communal living. The program is open for ages 18+.
If you are interested in applying, contact Heavenly Hawaiian Coffee Farm at 808-322-7720.
You Might Also Like These Other Farms on the Big Island:
• Chocolate Farm
• Sea Salt Farm
• Vanilla Farm
• Ka’u Coffee Farm
Epilogue: Heavenly Hawaiian Coffee Farm
Heavenly Hawaiian Coffee Farm is a must-stop for Kona coffee seekers. A little bit off the beaten path, it doesn’t get the attention it deserves but it also makes it that much more of a special experience.
I consider this to be hands down the best coffee farm to visit on the Big Island. The crew is super friendly, their coffees unique, the view incredible, and the tour informative and interesting.
If you visit just one Kona coffee farm on the Big Island, choose Heavenly Hawaiian Coffee Farm.
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🚗 Is it safe to rent a car on the Big Island?
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📞 Will my phone work on the Big Island?
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🛏️ What’s the best way to book my Big Island accommodations?
For Big Island hotels, Booking.com is amazing because you can often reserve your room with no money down. If you are looking for an Airbnb condo with a kitchen and more space, don’t forget to check VRBO for potentially better prices and options.
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I recommend looking at Skyscanner for finding cheap flights. Pro Tip: check if flying into Hilo is cheaper than flying into Kona.
🛂 Do I need a passport to visit Hawaii?
NO — If you are a US citizen, you do not need a passport as Hawaii is part of the United States. If you are from out of the country, the same passport and visa requirements are the same as entering anywhere in the United States from your country.
🧳What should I pack to the Big Island?
Pack for tropical weather but also prepare for colder than expected nights and early mornings, so a light sweatshirt is recommended. Check out this list of 5 Things Not to Forget to Pack.
