Did you know that under Hawaii Revised Statute 486-120.6, coffee may be labeled "Kona Coffee Blend" with as little as 10 percent Kona, and yep most Kona blends do contain 90 percent "anonymous coffees"?
The Big Island Council recently voted to urge the state Legislature to require 75 percent Kona coffee in Kona blends and to require Kona blend labels to specify precisely where the contents come from, including how much of the non-Kona contents are U.S.-grown and how much are foreign.
Under the proposed local Hawaiian legislation roasters can continue to choose to use Kona coffee as a blend component to any percentage that they wish in a blend provided that the blend has a proprietary name. When a blend is to be sold as a blend labeled "Kona Blend" then and only then the Kona componant must be no less than 75% so as not to mislead consumers. Each operator's conscience requires that all coffees sold as a single origin contain coffee of that origin only.
Please help by going to the link below and signing the Kona farmers petition.
http://www.petitiononline.com/75Kona/petition.html
The Big Island Council recently voted to urge the state Legislature to require 75 percent Kona coffee in Kona blends and to require Kona blend labels to specify precisely where the contents come from, including how much of the non-Kona contents are U.S.-grown and how much are foreign.
Under the proposed local Hawaiian legislation roasters can continue to choose to use Kona coffee as a blend component to any percentage that they wish in a blend provided that the blend has a proprietary name. When a blend is to be sold as a blend labeled "Kona Blend" then and only then the Kona componant must be no less than 75% so as not to mislead consumers. Each operator's conscience requires that all coffees sold as a single origin contain coffee of that origin only.
Please help by going to the link below and signing the Kona farmers petition.
http://www.petitiononline.com/75Kona/petition.html
