MEDIA RELEASE

The 2010 Kona Coffee Council “Cream of the Crop” coffee tasting competition was July 24 at the Four Seasons Resort Hualalai and included two categories of judging; People’s Choice and Chef’s Choice.

Results:

* Chef’s Choice Awards in the Open Division (no restrictions): Gold, Java On The Rocks; silver, Greenwell Farms; bronze, Island Sun Farm

* Chef’s Choice Awards in the Estate Division (members of the organization’s estate program): Gold, Mr. Bean Kona Coffee; silver, Wailele Estates Kona Coffee; bronze, Heavenly Hawaiian Farm

* Chef’s Choice Awards in the Organic Division: Gold, Lyman Kona Coffee Farms; silver, Mountain Thunder Coffee Plantation

* People’s Choice in the Open Division: Gold, Greenwell Farms; silver, Java On The Rocks; bronze, Blue Moon Kona Coffee

* People’s Choice Awards in the Estate Division (estate program members): Gold, Mr. Bean Kona Coffee; silver, Wailele Estates Kona Coffee; bronze, Heavenly Hawaiian Farm

* People’s Choice Awards in the Organic Division: Gold, Mountain Thunder Coffee Plantation; silver, Lyman Kona Coffee Farms

* Desserts: Gold, Amy Turner, of Sweet Legacy’s; silver, Four Seasons Resort Hualalai; bronze, Monettes Restaurant