On 17 Nov 2004 10:11:59 -0800, "Marge" >
wrote:

>I agree moderation. I drink one to two cups per day, which I
think
>is fine. It's such a pleasure. If I did feel it was making me feel
>unwell or really cutting my energy, I would cut back.
>
>I have a tough time drinking starbucks, I feel a little silly
ordering
>"talls," etc. It's so packaged too, so it's partly a response to
>overmarketing on my part.
>
>Kona is so expensive, and I would think most people wouldn't be able
to
>tell the difference between a $8/lb good coffee and the kona (I'm
sure
>some would, but I bet most wouldn't). In fact, just recently
Starbucks
>got in trouble for selling a cheaper coffee as Kona for $21/lb.
>http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/19...business3.html

That was a number of years ago--1996 when a local Kona Coffee company
(Kona Kai) was caught substituting Costa Rican for 100% Kona. I
happened to be president of the Kona Coffee Council at the time and it
was a big deal. That lawsuit in the cited article was a result of the
Kona Kai scam.

I think in the last 8 years since that scam, people have asked and
received really good Kona. People generally know what good 100% Kona
should taste like and they are not just buying the cache of Kona.

If you are only drinking 2 cups of coffee each morning, one pound of
coffee will make about 32 cups. If you compare a package of 100%
Kona, selling for $16.50/pound as our Smithfarms<g>does, you are only
paying $.52 for each yummy cup. With shipping (which is such a
variable depending on how much one orders) it can be as costly as
$.70 per cup of freshly roasted mellow yummy delicious coffee.We all
make daily decisions on how to spend our money, so it is up to you.

With aloha from sunny South Kona where the coffee is growing out the
window,
Thunder's owner
smithfarms.com
Farmers of 100% Kona Coffee
& other Great Stuff