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It’s early morning and you’re heading out for dawn patrol (or work). But before you leave, you brew a cup of coffee to get you going. It’s not just the caffeine that wakes you up, but also the aroma and taste of a freshly roasted and brewed cup of Joe. It’s nice living in paradise.
We went on an epic Kaua’i road trip with the growing Instagram page Hawaii View Ventures to scout out some of the best coffee places on the island. From Poipu to Waimea, we visited an eclectic variety of cafes and restaurants to share them with you.
Meet Mahina Akimoto. She’s the young coffee guru in Manoa Valley transforming coffee palates one cup at a time. As the general manager of Morning Glass Coffee + Café, a small coffee shop in Manoa, she and her team are responsible for sparking interest in craft coffee in Hawaii’s coffee scene.
The Curb // Locations Kailua: 143 Hekili St #120, Kailua // (808) 315-1912 Kaimuki: 3538 Waialae Ave #101, Honolulu UH Manoa: Paradise Palms and Sinclair Library Last year, Sumner Ohye took a plane from Honolulu International Airport to San Sebastian, Colombia. From there he took a two hour bus ride, drove into the mountains using an all-wheel drive vehicle, then […]
Island X Hawaii // 67-106 Kealohanui Street C-1, Waialua, HI 96791 // (808) 637-2624 Meet Bill Martin, a North Shore surfer and Waialua coffee roaster. He enjoys doing one as much as the other, and is an expert at both. International Traveler and Surfer Bill graduated from the University of South Carolina in international relations, which […]
Kakaako Farmer’s Market celebrated their third anniversary today. And they did so with free cake provided from The French Connection. In conjunction with the farmers market was the Annual Coffee Fest–and we definitely enjoyed ourselves with all the caffeinated goodness. Vendors were giving away free coffee samples, and there was a chance to win a Capresso and a Chemex. It was […]
Matsumoto’s Shave Ice // 66-087 Kamehameha Hwy #605, Haleiwa, HI 96712 // (808) 637-4827 So you’re in Haleiwa and just got your coffee fix from Coffee Gallery. Maybe you’ll hit up Waimea, make the drive to Giovanni’s, or climb Kealia Trail. Wherever you’re going next, be sure to check out Matsumoto’s Shave Ice. You can’t get coffee […]
Jack Johnson’s music elicits a laid back, take-it-easy lifestyle that is best realized between dreams. It’s early morning, overcast, and raining. Through the screen door and windows, sunlight penetrates the room. There’s no combination of words you could put on the back of a postcard. You head over to the kitchen to prepare a pour over using a North Shore blend. Wake up […]
So you switched over from your old automatic coffee machine to one of those Keurig sets they sell at Target or Costco. The single K-cup servings are convenient, but you’re now realizing that convenience doesn’t live up to its hype. You realized that curated coffee is actually fun to make and enjoyable to smell and […]
If you’re like us, you probably buy ground coffee from Times, or Safeway, or wherever. This means, you buy your coffee beans already grinded up—you don’t buy whole beans. It’s easier, and anyway, you wouldn’t know how to grind the beans properly. Fortunately, however, through trial and error, we have perfected the art of grinding, […]