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Tammy Harnett of Hula Daddy Kona Coffee explains the different flavors that come from different roast levels.
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Kona coffee beans are processed in several sizes; the peaberry is the most rare and expensive.
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The "Kona coffee belt" extends 22 miles along the western flank of the Big Island's Hualalai volcano.
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Break time at Greenwell Farms, one of many coffee farms that welcome visitors near Kona-Kailua, Hawaii.
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Breakfasts at the Holualoa Inn, located in the heart of Hawaii's Kona coffee belt, include plenty of the area's signature java.
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The Holuakoa Cafe, located in the artist town of Holuakoa, features locally-produced items - including Kona coffee.
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The Coffee Shack in Captain Cook offers a bird's-eye view of Kealakekua Bay, where explorer Captain James Cook first arrived in Hawaii.
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The name "Kona coffee" can only be applied to coffee beans grown in North and South Kona region, on the western side of the Big Island of Hawaii.
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Owned by the Kona Historical Society, the Kona Coffee Living History Farm includes a hoshidana, or traditional drying platform, that is still in use.
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Tours of the Kona Coffee Living History Farm cost $15 for adults and are offered Monday through Thursday.
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The 5.5-acre Kona Coffee Living History Farm tells how Japanese farmers reinvigorated the area's coffee industry in the early 20th century.
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Etsuko Miller at the Kona Coffee Living History Farm shows visitors how twigs from coffee bushes served as children's toys during the early 1900s.
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Greenwell Farms is one of several dozen Kona coffee farms that offer free tours and tastings.
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A good picker can fill a 100-pound bag with coffee "cherries" in one day. Each cherry yields two beans.
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Lorie Obra is the owner of award-winning Rusty's Hawaiian, a farm, mill and roastery in the Ka'u district of Hawaii.
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Nice to meet you: A "Kona nightingale" donkey greets visitors at Aikane Plantation near Pahala, Hawaii.
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Merle Becker, who owns Aikane Plantation Coffee Company with her husband Phil, produces coffee from bushes planted by her great-grandfather in 1894
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The Hawaii Coffee Mill, between Hilo and Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, gives tours and tastings.
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The starkly beautiful Kohala coast on the Big Island of Hawaii is home to a herd of wild donkeys descended from those that carried bags of coffee beans during the early 1900s.
