The Kona Coffee Farmer’s Little Boy That Could

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Sure, as soon as there was a Kona espresso farmer in house as properly. An area farmer’s son named Ellison S. Onizuka grew as much as change into a NASA astronaut whereas selecting espresso cherries for his household after faculty. Guess he was product of the ‘proper stuff’. Sadly he perished together with his crew within the 1986 Challenger catastrophe on his second flight into house. There is a museum devoted to the little ‘Large Island’ boy-that-could at our native airport.

When arriving or departing there, take the time to cease by and go searching; it is actually properly carried out. Even a foil pouch from the house shuttles meals trays offering 100% Kona (albeit freeze dried) is to be seen. You may’t consider what an inspiration this man Ellison has change into to the native Hawaiian youngsters and the way lecturers and locals alike uphold his picture and achievement. By some means we predict he was wanting ahead very a lot to having his first Hawaiian espresso in orbit after takeoff and looking out down onto the huge Pacific together with his island house floating within the midst of it. Even attempting to make out the inexperienced espresso fields of his mother and father and grand mother and father, early Japanese immigrants, right here in Kealakekua.

Espresso from Kona is actually an out-of-this-world-experience, as Astronaut Suni Williams, Mission Log 2007 from the Worldwide Area Station describes: “Opened a brand new beverage container so I’m having fun with Kona espresso from Hawaii with cream and sugar. Hmmm. I used to be actually shocked to see the CREAMY espresso in there. I feel they [Houston] noticed that nasty grimace I gave each morning choking down plain previous black espresso – I am solely half a sailor…” The NASA STANDARDS, FOOD, AND SPECIFICATIONS BOOK explains to the house traveller with detailed directions of prep the proper Kona espresso in house: Web page 447: Processing of Espresso (Kona) Web page 448: Processing of Espresso (Kona) w/Sugar Web page 449: Processing of Espresso (Kona) w/Synthetic Sweetener & Nondairy Creamer

Subsequently one shouldn’t assume that simply with the ability to fly an area craft would make you routinely a grasp in making a cup of Kona espresso, proper?

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