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McKENNA: WELCOME BACK TO
"LIVING 808."
McDONALD'S OFF HAWAI'I COFFEE
IS SO GOOD.
WHAT PEOPLE DON'T OFTEN REALIZE
IS IT'S A KONA BLEND SURPRISED
LOCALLY BY THEIR LONG TIME
PARTNER, HAWAI'I COFFEE COMPANY.
John: AND SEPTEMBER IS A
BUSY MONTH FOR McDONALD'S.
THEY HAVE TWO HUGE PROMOTIONS
THAT THEY'RE SURE TO HAVE COFFEE
LOVERS EXCITED ABOUT.
Trini: ALOHA.
WE'RE HERE IN A COFFEE FIELD
TALKING ABOUT COFFEE.
NOT JUST ANY COFFEE.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT McDONALD'S
OF HAWAI'I COFFEE.
IT'S A KONA BLEND SUPPLIED BY
HAWAI'I COFFEE COMPANY.
WE'RE HERE WITH JIM LENHART WITH
THE HAWAI'I COFFEE COMPANY.
AND ALSO JOINING US IS ANGELA
BALLARD, ONE OF THE OWNER AND
SEPARATORS OF McDONALD'S'
RESTAURANT.
HELLO.
JIM, TELL US ABOUT THIS
COFFEE PARTNER WITH McDONALD'S
FOR ALMOST 50 YEARS NOW.
IT'S A GREAT STATEMENT THAT
McDONALD'S SUPPORTS LOCAL
INDUSRIES.
IT'S GOOD FOR THE ECONOMY AND IT
HARVESTING PROCESS.
COFFEE STARTS WITH THE TREE.
THE FARMER PUTS THE TREE IN THE
GROUND, AND IT TAKES THREE TO
FOUR YEARS TO MATURE TO THE
POINT WHERE IT WILL BEAR FRUIT.
THAT FRUIT STARTS OUT AS A LIGHT
FLOWER.
AND TURNS INTO A BUD, WHICH,
WHICH ENRIPE, TURNS INTO A RED
CHERRY.
IN KONA, THEY ONLY PICK THE RED,
RIPE CHERRY.
ONE TREE MAY GET HARVESTED THREE
SAY THIS TREE IS?
EVERY YEAR THEY STUMP THEM.
WHEN THEY GRO GROW BACK, THEY'RE
MORE FULL.
CHERRIES PICKED BY INDIVIDUAL
PICKERS.
THEY DO ABOUT ONE HUNDRED TO TWO
HUNDRED POUNDS A DAY.
WE TAKE IT TO A PROCESSING MILL.
WHAT YOU END UP WITH IS A GREEN
BEAN.
úONCE IT'S RO SESED, THE COFFEE
IS TRANSFERRED TO A ROASTING
YES, WE DO HAVE TOURS FOR
ANYONE THAT'S INTERESTED AT
THE TWO PLO PROMOTIONS.
THEY'RE TEACHER APPRECIATION
MONTH, WHICH IS -- WE'VE BEEN
RUNNING IT A COUPLE YEARS.
IT'S OUR WAY TO SAY THANK YOU TO
ALL THE TEACHERS.
ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS BRING IN
THEIR SCHOOL I.D. FOR 2017.
AND UPON ORDERING THEY CAN GET A
MEDIUM HOT COFFEE OR ICED COFFEE
ALL DAY.
Trini: FOR FREE.
FOR FREE TE YOU CAN'T FORGET
THAT WORD.
AND THE SECOND ONE IS
NATIONAL COFFEE DAY ON SEPTEMBER 29TH.
ON SEPTEMBER 29TH, IN ALL OF OUR
RESTAURANTS IN HAWAI'I, WITH ANY
THAT'S THE COFFEE WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT.
FROM HAWAI'I COFFEE COMPANY.
IT'S OUR KONA BLEND.
Trini: AND THAT PROMOTION
IS FROM WHAT TIME?
6:00 A.M. TO 11:00.
Trini: THAT IS VERY
EXCITING.
I HOPE THAT EVERYBODY AT HOME
WHO ARE WATCHING WILL TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THE TWO GREAT
PROMOTIONS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU, JIM.
THANK YOU.
McKENNA: I LOVE THAT.
TWO GREAT PROMOTIONS.
I WILL BE AT McDONALD'S.
AND NATIONAL TEACHERS EVERY
TUESDAY.
LIKE?
McKENNA: THE VANILLA LATTE.
AND THEY HAVE PUMPKIN.