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The High Quality
Way
by George Yasuda
Kona coffee orchard should not be haphazardly planned,
planted, and maintained. A poorly designed and installed
orchard would have limited production, high tree loss,
poor fruit quality, short tree life, and would be harder
to maintain; it would also be unsightly.
On the other hand, a well designed and installed orchard
will have high production, high quality coffee and healthy
long living trees. It will also be easier to maintain,
be a delight aesthetically, and a pleasure to own. To
achieve an awesome orchard it takes more than just planting
a tree in the ground. It involves several other things:
using proven techniques; doing it right from the beginning
to the very end; not cutting corners; and using optimum
quality proven products. Doing it right also saves you
a lot of time, money, and headaches.
Also beware of quality "imitations." Imitations
can be in the form of: inferior coffee plants, inferior
coffee orchard growing techniques, and ineffective fertilizers.
Coffee orchards should produce high quality coffee for
decades and even for more than a century if done correctly.
The beautiful orchards developed by George Yasuda of
Tiare Lani Coffee are of awesome quality. Let the orchards
such as those in these photographs speak for themselves.
The "proof is in the pudding": beautiful
productive trees laden with high quality beans that
brew into superb tasting coffee. And the fringe benefit
is the pleasantry of enjoying and owning an awesome
high quality coffee orchard.
 
6 months old trees 5
feet tall. |
Two year old trees with
35 pounds of cherry per year. |
One year old trees with
12 pounds of cherry per tree. Trees are 8 ft. tall.
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Large, plump, defect
free cherries from Tiare Lani Coffee trees. |
Two year old trees with
30 pounds of cherry per tree. |
One year old trees with
11 pounds of cherry per tree. Trees are 9 ft. tall.
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