Cherry-Picked with Love

Written by Kat
The Espresso Afficionado
Published on Dec 6, 2008
Kat is a passionate coffee enthusiast and seasoned blogger. Read her posts for insights on brew methods, coffee recipes, and machine reviews.
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A thousand feet up in the hills behind Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii, Jim and Sharon Skibby grow top-notch coffee. Theirs is a small-scale operation, a labor of love. From 75 trees they harvest about 700 pounds of cherries (coffee fruits) -- enough to make 100 pounds of finished coffee. Read all about how this pair of boutique coffee farmers harvest and process their beans each year -- quite interesting!

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