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Trini: WELCOME BACK.
IN TODAY'S HAWAII GROWN, HAWAII
MADE SEGMENT, WE ARE LEARNING
ABOUT AN AWARD WINNING COFFEE
FARM ON HAWAI'I ISLAND.
IT'S CALLED BUDDAH'S CUP.
TAKE A LOOK.
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COUNTRY, WE'RE AT BUDDAH'S CUP.
WE'RE CHATTING WITH THE OWNER
AND FARM MAN -- MANAGER, MANNY.
BEAUTIFUL COFFEE FARM.
TEM US ABOUT THE FARM.
THANK YOU.
THE FARM, WE STARTED BACK IN
2004.
WHEN WE COME HERE, I DIDN'T KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT COFFEE.
I LOVE PLANTS, SO I START
WORKING WITH THEM.
AND THEY RESPONDED.
YOU HAVE TO LOVE WHAT YOU DO.
IN ORDER TO DO THAT, YOU HAVE TO
PUT YOUR HEART AND EFFORT INTO
IT.
Trini:YOU WERE TE TELLING ME
YOU WORKED IN AGRICULTURE YOUR
WHOLE LIFE.
TELL US ABOUT YOUR COFFEE.
WE GOT FIVE DIFFERENT FARMS.
FOUR IN KONA AND ONE IN HILO THE
ONE IN KONA, THEY'RE IN
DIFFERENT E ELEVATION.
EACH HAS A DIFFERENT TASTE.
AND THAT'S WHY WE DON'T MIX THEM
ALL TOGETHER.
IF IT'S RAIN AND YOU GO TO THE
FARM WE GOT BELOW, IT CAN BE
TOTALLY SUNNY.
AND SO UP HERE, THE MORNING SUN
AND AFTERNOON RAIN.
AND THE NIGHT, COLD NIGHTS.
THAT MAKES THE COFFEE ROAST
DOWN E ELEVATION.
Trini: GOOD CONDITIONS.
TO GROW COFFEE COFFEE BEANS.
TELL US ABOUT THE FOUR TYPES YOU
GROW.
WE GOT BUDDAH'S CUP, WHICH
WE'RE NOW.
AND WE GOT THE MAGIC DOWN BELOW.
A HUNDRED FEET DIFFERENCE IN THE
ELEVATION.
AND WE GOT THREE HUNDRED FEET.
AND WE GOT THE KONA GOLD.
DIFFERENCE.
EVEN IF YOU THINK THEY'RE GROWN
IN THE SAME MOUNTAIN, THEY GOT A
DIFFERENT TASTE.
Trini: INTERESTING HOW THE
CHANGE IN ELEVATION OR WEATHER
CAN CHANGE THE FLAVOR.
HERE WE GOT THE CHERRY, WHICH
IS THE COFFEE.
TURNS IT INTO A PARCHMENT.
IT GOES INTO GREEN, READY TO BE
DIFFERENT STAGES OF THE COFFEE
BEANS.
AND YOU MENTIONED TEA.
YOU GROW TEA?
YES.
WE GROW MAMAKI.
AND WE ADDED LEMON GRASS.
MAMAKI DOESN'T HAVE TASTE.
AND WE GOT GREEN COFFEE.
WE'LL GRIND IT AND MAKE TEA OFF
OF IT.
Trini: I I NOTICED ON YOUR
PRODUCT YOU HAVE THE SEAL OF
QUALITY LABEL.
HOW HAS THAT HELPED YOUR
BUSINESS?
WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR YOU?
IT MEANS A LOT.
PEOPLE, WHEN THEY COME TO THE
ISLANDS, THEY WANT TO SEE
SOMETHING THAT GROWS IN HAWAI'I.
THEY'RE NOT COMING FROM
DIFFERENT COUNTRY.
THAT HELPS A LOT.
Trini: ESPECIALLY WITH KONA
COFFEE.
SOME PEOPLE SAY IT'S KONA COFFEE
BUT SOMETIMES --
LORD KNOWS WHAT YOU GET.
Trini: WITH THAT GREEN SEAL
OF QUALITY, PEOPLE KNOW 100% IS
HAWAII GROWN, HAWAII MADE.
YES.
Trini: TERRIFIC.
I KNOW THAT YOU OFFER TOURS
HERE.
AT BUDD BUDDAH CUP.
YOU OFFER A WONDERFUL TOUR AND
TASTING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU FOR COMING.
Trini: BEAUTIFUL PROPERTY.
Robert: IT LOOKS GORGEOUS.
I HAD TO ASK THE STORY BEHIND
THE NAME BUDDAH'S CUP.
WHEN THE OWNER'S SON WAS BORN,
HE WAS A VERY BIG BABY.
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CASE HE'S WATCHING, I DON'T WANT
TO EMBARS HIM.
THE NURSE SAID, BUDDAH BABY.
THAT'S HOW THEY CAME UP WITH
BUDDAH'S CUP.
Robert: I WAS A BUDDAH
BABY.
Trini: I LOVE BUDDAH
BABIES.
EAT 'EM ALL UP.