Ka‘u Coffee & Cattle Day Returns for 2018

A popular event in previous years, Ka‘u Coffee & Cattle Day was temporarily unavailable last year but has returned to our line-up for 2018! Aikane Plantation Coffee Farm hosts the event from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., on Friday, May 4, offering hayride tours of their operation and a savory BBQ buffet. 

     Join in and enjoy touring through Merle and Phil Becker’s Aikane Plantation Coffee Farm, where descendants of the first coffee farmer in Ka‘u explain how coffee is integrated into cattle ranching and other agriculture.

     In 1894, “Papa” J. C. Searle, Merle’s great-grandfather, planted his first crop of coffee in Ka‘u. His coffee became very popular and received many favorable comments from the local media. Due to a competition for laborers with the sugar plantation, “Papa’s” dream was lost but not forgotten. Over one hundred years later, Aikane Plantation Coffee Company was established by the Becker’s.

     Visit aikaneplantation.com or phone (808) 927-2252 to reserve your place. Admission is $25 per person, which includes BBQ buffet and hayrides. 

For a complete list of upcoming Ka‘u Coffee Festival events, visit kaucoffeefestival.com.