Koa Coffee Plantation temperature and humidity control in their former green bean storage facility in Captain Cook, Hawaii. Koa Plantation was named by Forbes as America's best coffee in 2001, won the Pacific Coast Coffee Association Coffee of the Year Award in 2004 and Gevalia Cup in 2002. The Koa Coffee Plantation is also a member of the Specialty Coffee Association of America, the Kona Coffee Council and the Hawaii Coffee Association. Koa Coffee Plantation Koa Coffee Plantation is a former grower and processor of Kona coffee on Hawaii island, United States, acquired by Paradise Beverages DBA Hawaii Coffee Company in 2009. Koa
Coffee State (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) to Brussels to Java around 1900. From Java, further breeding resulted in the establishment of robusta plantations in many countries. In particular, the spread of the devastating coffee leaf rust ("Hemileia vastatrix"), to which "C. arabica" is vulnerable, hastened the uptake of the resistant robusta. "Hemileia vastatrix" is a fungal pathogen and results in light, rust-colored spots on the undersides of coffee plant leaves. "Hemileia vastatrix" grows exclusively on the leaves of coffee pants. Coffee leaf rust is found in virtually all countries that produce coffee. Mycena citricolor is another threat to