Excursión épica al café de Big Island en Ohana Ranch
Descripción
Explore una granja de café en funcionamiento, tueste y embolse su propio café hawaiano y llévelo a casa directamente desde la fuente. Ven a pasar un par de horas en Ohana Ranch aprendiendo cómo se cultiva y tuesta el café hawaiano. Darás un breve paseo por la granja con un guía local, hablarás sobre el suelo volcánico, las condiciones de cultivo y lo que hace que el café Big Island sea diferente. Los huéspedes se ensucian las manos plantando un árbol de café y aprendiendo cómo el café pasa de la planta al grano. En la estación de tueste, ayudarás a tuestear y embolsar café, aprenderás qué buscar durante el proceso de tueste y te llevarás a casa la bolsa de café que tuestes como parte de la experiencia. Terminaremos las cosas con una taza de café hawaiano recién hecho en la granja. Es una experiencia para grupos pequeños y relajada, en parte un recorrido por la granja, en parte una lección de café y una buena excusa para ir más despacio y disfrutar de la tierra.
Opciones de la excursión
Itinerario
Reúnase con su guía local en Ohana Ranch, a pocos minutos del Parque Nacional de los Volcanes, diríjase a los campos de café con su guía local. Camine por los árboles mientras aprende cómo el suelo volcánico de Hawai influye en el sabor de los frijoles. Los huéspedes también plantarán un árbol de café joven, una forma práctica de conectarse con la tierra y apoyar las cosechas futuras.
Luego, dirígete a la estación de tueste donde aprenderás cómo los granos crudos se convierten en café recién tostado. Los huéspedes participan en una sesión práctica de tueste y embolsado y **llevan a casa la bolsa de café que tuestan**, luego terminan el recorrido con una taza de café hawaiano recién preparado que se disfruta justo en la granja.
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Información importante
- Se admiten animales de asistencia
- Hay opciones de transporte público disponibles en las cercanías
- Los bebés deben sentarse en el regazo de un adulto
- Adecuado para todos los niveles de aptitud física
Opiniones(43)
Rachel was a great guide. We enjoyed learning about and sampling the coffee. Our 15 year old was not bored!
Jacqueline, our guide, was knowledgeable and pleasant, and since it was just me and my husband we had her full attention. We didn’t do a lot—planted a coffee tree and watched coffee beans roast then bagged while Jacqueline explained the history of coffee in Hawaii and the process of coffee preparation. We did get to take that bag of coffee home and drink some fresh brewed coffee. It was smooth and easy to drink.
I was a little disappointed overall, the guides were fun and personable, or it would’ve been a total bust. It was raining, which is fine, no one’s fault, but there’s no actual grown coffee plants yet to look at, we were only outside for around 10 minutes, the coffee was subpar, and it was just a tiny roasting process and not super informative either. I’m sure in a few years when the plants are mature, the building is finished, and it’s their own coffee, it will be great, and the people running it are awesome, just wasn’t quite there yet as a tour.
The Ohana Coffee Tour was a Mother’s Day gift for my wife, and arranging everything was easy — even joining one day later was no problem at all. It’s a fun experience and the people are friendly, but it still feels a bit like a startup. Everything is quite basic: the registration process, the building itself, and especially the toilets. We enjoyed planting a coffee tree, tasting coffee and the bean roasting demonstration was really nice. One important note: reaching the ranch with a normal car is difficult without risking damage. A 4x4 is highly recommended, and they should mention that more clearly in advance.
So let me say first I love agriculture tours and always try to find chances to learn about local plants. We had a very rainy day and our guide was super nice and accommodating. A few things to keep in mind if you book (these weren’t quite clear in the description so passing this on for other interested travelers): 1) The road to the ranch is VERY rough- if you don’t have an SUV it’s going to be tough on your car. 2) The ranch is very young- about 3-4 years old. If you want to see a mature coffee farm this isn’t it. The trees are very small but you will learn a lot of sustainable coffee farming and roasting.
Great experience. Learned a lot about coffee and enjoyed our tour guide Rachel. We were able to plant, taste and see the process.
Great tour! Highly recommend! We learned a lot about coffee and we even took the ones we roasted home!
Very cool experience. We really enjoyed the coffee tour and learning more about about Hawaiian culture in general. Would highly recommend.
It was less of an experience than we thought it would be. We did get to plant a coffee plant. We were shown the roasting process on a small scale. Disappointed that with 2 of us we only got one bag of sample coffee instead of 2.
I think it’s off season so we ended up in the coffee tour by ourselves, but Pono and Rachel took care of us! It felt nice to contribute by planting a coffee tree, and the knowledge about coffee and about Hawaiian history of the area specifically blew us away. To top it off with a cup of coffee you roast yourselves is pretty rad. And they gave us a great locals list of spots to find eats and other experiences(which panned out super well!) They mentioned that this was a newer farm. Can’t wait to return in a few years and see what it turns into! The ATV tours looked fun too and we were greeted by a golden haired piggie on the way back :)
