Hula Daddy Kona Coffee

Awesome tour and amazing friendly staff. Coffee is expensive but so smooth and tasty. Don’t need any cream or sugar.

Stopped by on 2÷9÷2016 and was blown away by the excellence and approach that Hula Daddy takes in everything they do. The coffee tastings and the tour were outstanding. The coffees were out of this world and you can know why when you listen to how they approach the whole business. Back in cold Virginia n but the coffee takes me back to the place! Please do not dilute anything you do! Your passion for coffee comes through 100%!! Not to be missed tour and shopping!

We stopped in today and were told to go ahead and join a tour that had just begun. I missed the name of our host (young blonde girl) but she was super nice, very well-​informed and did a great job explaining everything, showing us around and answering our questions!
The plantation is one of the smaller ones from what I understand, but they put out a really superior quality coffee. Do make sure to stop by for a tour (it was about 20 minutes) and find out why they’re so special and different from other plantations!
Discovered through this tour that decaf coffee gets decaffeinated by soaking in chemicals, so they don’t make decaf coffee at this plantation. Thank god! That’s totally gross and I had no idea that’s how decaf was made.
I spent some time on the grounds later taking pictures (I was told to take all the time I wanted, which was awesome!) and just walking around between the trees. It was really beautiful, and the flowers on the trees smell so wonderful.
We got to try a couple of different roasts, and a chocolate covered coffee bean. Yum!!!
The coffee is expensive (cheapest bag at roughly $ 30) but it’s understandable why after you hear the way they do business at this plantation. I really urge you to stop by to get the tour (it’s free of charge, so you can’t go wrong!) — you won’t regret it :)

The place was really pretty and you get some free coffee, but the place has a slight air of arrogance even about other kona farms («we’re really into quality, not quantity» was repeated many times) that was a bit of a turnoff. The cheapest bag of coffee for 8oz whole beans is in the $ 30 range, though there was not much pressure to purchase. We only got to sample 2 types of regular coffee, nothing fancy. The tour was about 10 – 15 minutes and it’s a nice stop for half an hour.
Random fact: Someone on my tour asked why the place was called Hula Daddy and it was just to create a memorable name so that tourists traveling back could remember the name and order coffee.
I also went to the Mountain Thunder coffee farm tour and found that to be much more informative and interesting, though the Hula Daddy place is overall probably slightly prettier. The Mountain Thunder tour guide, Bobby, spoke highly of all Kona coffee, and was only negative about Starbucks, as expected :) Also, over there at Mountain Thunder the cheapest coffee is $ 20 though we saw the same brand at the grocery later for $ 13.

This was a wonderful experience. The level of knowledge and expertise demonstrated was amazing. The whole experience of farm to cup coffee brewing was a delight to experience. You can buy the beans on the spot, and if you’re lucky get them while they’re still warm!
We got pourover coffee (da best way to brew!) in medium and dark roast. They even brew tea from the skin of the beans which has three times the caffeine of a cup o’ joe.
We took the plantation tour. It’s not long. Maybe about 20 minutes. Well worth your time, they explain the difference of how coffees taste according to elevation, the soil. She showed us the the roaster how the beans look at different temperatures and why their beans have such a unique taste. We also got to sample raw beans. Interesting!

Awesome Awesome coffee plantation. They give you free coffee tastings, a free tour, and then free tea tastings at the end.
The process that they use here is so cool and so unique. On top of everything their coffee is delicious.
The most interesting thing that I tasted was their tea. They take the outer shell or husk that comes off the coffee bean and make it into a tea. You can take the leaves and put them into a french press. The tea ends up having a tea flavor and is quite delicious. The tea even had twice the amount of caffeine as the coffee.
We opted to buy a bag of the red bourbon coffee and the dark tea. They also offer shipping services if you want to mail it home. We are really happy we stopped by.
Take a moment to just sit on the couch, sip some coffee, and look out over the fields. Awesome! !!!

This place is pretty cool. They give a lot of information about the process on how to make coffee. You get a tour of the farm, and see how coffee is made from plant to roaster. They do a few things different with coffee like roast the beans with the fruit to produce a sweeter product. OH and the best thing is that the tours are free!
Things I like:
*They allow you to taste the coffee fruit.
*They make a tea out of coffee fruit.
Things I didn’t like:
*There are other coffee farms that offer more tastings.
Over all it’s a nice place to visit and worth a trip if you’re a coffee aficionado.

By far the best Kona coffee on the big island. If you buy Kona coffee while on the island or online this is the place to get your coffee. Quality instead of quantity.

Tour was short but very informative. Coffee was delicious I recommend the sweet Kona coffee lots of caffeine and very delicious.

Excellent boutique coffee farm/​shop on a hill in Holualoa, HI! Mia was our wonderful tour guide and went over everything from the different coffee berries to the whole processing steps and we even got to take a nice little tour!
I love mom and pop business and the this gem blows Starbucks out of the jungle! I was on a bit of a travel budget otherwise I would have bought pounds more!!!

This place is a gem. Have you ever been in a place that just fit everything you wanted at exactly the right time? Wifey and I had just finished lunch with an old friend and we decided to had to try some real Kona coffee. Well, thanks to Unilocal,we found Hula Daddy. We programmed it in to the phone and had an awesome drive up the hill to the plantation.
It was lightly raining, but it was a gentle, warm rain that felt good. As we got out of the car, the owner of the plantation was sitting on the porch in one of the many rocking chairs and he said hello and welcomed us in. We went inside and the folks inside pointed us to the coffee pots and told us to help ourselves which we did. There is a couch and some chairs that are by a huge window that overlooks Kona. It was so nice to sit there, sip excellent coffee and look down on Kona.
We decided to take the tour which was a short tour, but it was really kind of neat to be in the coffee fields and to taste a raw coffee bean. Being out in the rain with the wife, on a tour and learning new things about coffee made for a very special afternoon. Perhaps this was a great example of the Aloha Spirit.
After the tour, we had another sample. The owner encouraged us to relax and enjoy some coffee. Which we did, on the front porch sitting in the rocking chairs. What a wonderful way to relax a bit.
Before we left we decided to make a few purchases because they offer shipping. We bought a couple of pounds of coffee and some chocolate covered coffee beans. The owner handled our order and when he found out when we were going to be home from vacation, he suggested holding the order so it would get there the day after we got back. He nailed it. The coffee got there exactly when he said it would. It was a pleasure to make a purchase from Hula Daddy because they all really care about their product and the work with integrity I can’t say enough good things about this place.
Will I be back? Yes, but I may need to mail order some more before I find my way back! Good job folks.

Had time to make only one stop for Kona coffee and this was it. Fantastic tour by very friendly and knowledgeable staff. Wonderful coffee tasting and bought up some high end coffee to take home. Gorgeous view from tasting room! Love the information about beans and the roasting process. A must stop when visiting the area for some award winning coffee!

Our second Kona cofee tasting and tour stop. A «must do» for me while in Kona along with National Parks and the brewing company. Our first tour was in Mountain Thunder and it was completely different.
Hula Daddy was much more modern and you not only get up close and personal with the berries you could see the entire grounds from the property’s second floor huge open window. Off the bat we were greeted by the owner who was super friendly and recruiting for help. The tour was informative and staff friendly. Beautiful property with a 1872 tower clock made by E. Howard & Co.
Came home with another Peaberry. A little more expensive than Mountain Thunder probably because they only roast beans from their grounds whereas Mountain Thunder buy berries from other farmers.

Very nice owner and staff who gave us a tour and described how careful they pick the cherries and they won world competition.
Coffee is quite pricy around $ 30 a small bag and it smells so good.
Get to taste samples and some tastes pretty good too!

We stopped for a short tour, and they delivered! We were 5 mins late to the tour, so we just joined and the tour guide get us up to speed very quickly. We learned about coffee cherry, beans, the skin, roasting etc. Apparently, highest caffeine content is in the fruit, the more you process the less it is. Bolder flavor has less caffeine than light roast. Again, wow, didnt know that!
After our tour, we went back to the gift shop/​kitchen where we got to aample a couple of different coffee, their chocolate covered coffee bean and even their fruit tea. All with a great view of the mini farm.
We especially loved our tour guide. She is knowledgeable, friendly and want to make sure if we have any questions, she answered them. What a great experience! Remember this tour should only be like 20−30mins, and easy to get to. So make an impromptu stop if you like coffee!!!