Koa Coffee Plantation of over . In 2007, Artukovich sold most of the assets of the company to Kona's Best Natural Coffee. KBNC does business as Koa Coffee Plantation. Since 2009 Koa Coffee Plantation has been owned by Hawaii Coffee Company in Honolulu. The Koa Coffee Plantation gained accolades in the late 1990s early 2000's when it had been producing and selling only hand picked 100% estate Kona coffee, including organic Kona coffee and a heritage blend (Grande Domaine Kona) harvested from trees dating back to 1918. The plantation used a wet mill facility from Colombia, a dry mill from Brazil and maintained
Hawaiian tropical rainforests milo ("Thespesia populnea") for the past 1,000–2,000 years. The Polynesian-introduced noni ("Morinda citrifolia"), pia ("Tacca leontopetaloides"), and kī ("Cordyline fruticosa") are also common in this zone. Other native species include pololei ("Ophioglossum concinnum"), ākia ("Wikstroemia" spp.), loulu fan palms ("Pritchardia" spp.), ōhia lehua ("Metrosideros polymorpha"), and lama ("Diospyros sandwicensis"). Mixed mesic forests, at on the windward slopes of the large islands in addition to the summit of Mount Lānaihale on Lānai, receive of rainfall annually and thus may not be true rainforests. The forest canopy, dominated by koa ("Acacia koa") and ōhia lehua ("Metrosideros polymorpha"), is somewhat open, but tree