Kona Peaberry

About This Coffee

This 100% Kona Peaberry received the highest score among Kona peaberries rated in a June 2025 cupping of Hawaiian coffees by Coffee Review. Known for their denser concentration of flavor, sugars, and lipids, peaberry beans offer a richer taste experience compared to regular coffee beans. Think of them as the 'only child' of the coffee cherry, benefiting from all the nutrients in its growth. Peaberries are a rare find, making up only 3-7% of the total coffee crop. These unique, pea-shaped beans form naturally when only one seed develops inside the coffee cherry, instead of the usual two. It's like discovering the four-leaf clover of the coffee world. KONA PEABERRY BLIND REVIEW, COFFEE REVIEW Blind Assessment: Rich-toned, deeply sweet. Black cherry, magnolia, fresh-cut cedar, maple syrup, a hint of thyme in aroma and cup. Sweet-toned structure with round, gentle acidity; lush, syrupy mouthfeel. Resonant finish that centers around notes of black cherry and cedar. (Medium-light roast profile) Notes: This Kona Peaberry coffee tied for the second-highest rating in a cupping of Hawaiian coffees for Coffee Review’s June 2025 tasting report. Produced entirely of the Typica variety of Arabica and processed by the traditional wet or “washed” method, in which skin and fruit flesh are removed from the beans or seeds before they are dried. This sample also consists entirely of peaberries, a kind of bean that results when the coffee fruit develops only a single, oval bean rather than the usual pair of flat-sided beans. Peaberries produce a somewhat different (often better) cup than normal beans from the same crop, from which they may or may not be separated during grading. Big Island Coffee is an award-winning coffee roaster and coffee farm operated with hands-on passion by Kelleigh Stewart and Brandon von Damitz.