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Ripening red and green coffee cherries on the 1600 Coffee Company estate

Our coffee · Estate cultivars

Rare coffee,
grown with intention.

At 1,600 feet above the Pacific, coffee is shaped tree by tree and season by season. The estate begins its new chapter with two established cultivars: Gesha and Pacamara.

From this elevation

Coffee shaped by variety, land, and human attention.

The work begins with what is already here: an established orchard, unusual cultivars, and the conditions of a particular place. Each harvest will be described on its own evidence—its process, lot record, and cup—rather than promises made ahead of the season.

For trade partners, that means a direct conversation about what can be sampled, what can be verified, and what the farm is learning as its new stewardship takes shape.

Hawaiʻi’s rarest coffee. A legacy carried forward.

Two rare plantings · By the numbers

⅔Gesha

Approximate share of planted coffee

⅓Pacamara

Approximate share of planted coffee

~20Hawaiʻi farms

Approximately grow Gesha

~3Hawaiʻi farms

Approximately grow Pacamara

Two cultivars.
One defining place.

These are cultivar portraits, not current-lot tasting notes. Release details will be published only when the harvest record is complete.

Clusters of red and green coffee cherries growing on the Kona estate
Estate coffee detail · Kona, Hawaiʻi Island
01 · Cultivar

Gesha

Precision rewards patience.

Elegant, floral, and famously difficult to grow well, Gesha rewards precision and patience. Its reputation is global; this estate’s expression is inseparable from the elevation, conditions, and close attention surrounding every tree.

Estate plantedRelease details forthcoming
Freshly picked coffee cherries being gathered into a harvest sack
Estate coffee detail · Kona, Hawaiʻi Island
02 · Cultivar

Pacamara

A distinct expression of the same land.

Bold, complex, rare, and unmistakably large-beaned, Pacamara is grown by only a small number of farms on Hawaiʻi Island. Its scale and rarity invite a more hands-on relationship from tree through harvest.

Estate plantedRelease details forthcoming

Different expressions. A shared origin.

The most useful comparison will come from the estate’s own lots. Until then, this record stays intentionally simple and avoids inventing flavor language before the coffee is ready.

Gesha

Estate status
Established planting
Known for
Exacting cultivation and aromatic potential
1600 record
Harvest and cup details shared when verified

Pacamara

Estate status
Established planting
Known for
A large-beaned, distinctive cultivar
1600 record
Harvest and cup details shared when verified

Details, when the coffee is ready.

Each release will carry the information specialty buyers need, without getting ahead of the farm or the harvest.

Harvest year

Season and picking window

Process

Method and drying record

Lot identity

Cultivar and traceable lot code

Cupping record

Final score and evaluation context

Tasting notes

Cup-specific notes, never assumed

Availability

Limited annual allocations

Trade relationships

Interested in a future allocation?

Annual allocations are intentionally limited. Tell us where you roast, import, or buy—and what a meaningful relationship with the farm would look like for you.