Blue Bottle and Rusty’s Hawaiian Coffee

Hawaii coffee has been noticeably absent (at least to me) from the uber-hip, brew-by-the-cup cafes and craft roasters on the Mainland. On my Mainland trips to Ritual, Blue Bottle, Four Barrel, Stumptown and Intelligentsia, I’ve never seen a single Hawaii bean.

Here, we make a big deal of our locally-grown coffees, our Kona coffee in particular. So is it just unfounded pride or is Hawaii coffee being overlooked?

— Honolulu Magazine