Hazelnut Coffee

Is hazelnut coffee made completely from the grinding of hazelnuts such as the ones shown to the right?  

In 1995 in Scotland, a midden pit on Colonsay Island, a farmer came across a shallow pit with hundreds of thousands of burned hazelnuts. 

The nuts were radiocarbon dated to circa 7000 BC. Did cave dwellers enjoy fresh hazelnut coffee in the mornings.

 Hazelnut is a shrub grown in Oregan and Washington in the USA and abundantly in England in hedge rows. Hazelnuts, full of protein and unsaturated fat, thiamine and B6.  Most of the hazelnut flavored items sold are made from root sprouts.

Kona Coffee Plantations in Hawaii

As I write this coffee blog I learn so much about my beloved coffee beans.  One thing I have decided is that I'm going to have to order some of these rich pure coffees.  I want coffee that is pure.  No more paying $10 for a can that has ground coffee beans with filler material.

The rich brown coffee beans you see in the bowl on your left are from the Kona Coffee Belt on the Big Island of Hawaii.   Hawaiian Kona coffee farms raise their coffee trees in deep volcanic soils.  The early morning cool mist and the steam from the warm afternoons make for happy coffee trees which translates into a rich cup of coffee.

Coffee plants or trees were introduced to Hawaii from South America over two hundred years ago.  The early planners of the coffee plantations in Hawaii quickly learned that they could only plant on the leeward slopes of the volcanoes of Hualalai and Mauna Loa.  

For more information you can visit www.konamountaincoffee.com

Springtime Coffee Spot

 This is my absolute favorite place to sit when I want to do some serious thinking.  I am sitting on a comfortable bench swing.  There is a small desk sitting next to me on the right where I keep my notebook and pen and coffee cup and water bottle.

Shading the swing is a giant red oak and close by under the oak is a lovely red bud.  The red bud extends out over the pond.  There is a small willow growing in the pond (you can see part of it on the right).

I eagerly await the beautiful spring days when I can do my blog work outside.