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Historical Coffees of Hawaii new article content ... The first Hawaiian coffee was introduced to Oahu, Hawaii along Manoa Valley as recorded in Don Francisco de Paula y Marin journal dated January 21, 1813. In 1825, Chief Boki, the Royal Governor of Oahu, brought coffee trees back from Brazil by way of the British warship, HMS Blonde. The coffee trees were transplanted to his property in Manoa. With the aid of John Wilkinson, the coffee trees were able to survive which allowed it's descendants to be brought over to Kona, Kauai and other islands.

ISLAND OF OAHU Makaha Valley, located on the west side of Oahu, was also the site of another historical plantation. In 1884, James Robinson Holt II took over management of his father's ranch and diversified it. . James expanded the ranch to include sheep, Berkshire hogs, and dairy. He increased the variety of crops to include things like tomatoes, alfalfa and 125 acres in coffee. These coffees thrives today as wild trees along the hiking trails in Makaha Valley. Makaha roast coffees are not readily available to the public.

On the west side of Oahu, August Ahrens, the second manager of Wai'anae Sugar Company, planted the first coffee trees on the Wai'anae coast in 1886. The coffees grew very well on the upper slopes of Wai'anae and currently thrives today as wild trees on property owned by the state of Hawaii. Wai'anae roast coffees are not readily available to the public.

On the east side of Oahu, Charles Nelson and Leo Javar, Operation Managers of Pavaraga Manoa Valley Coffee, harvested and propagated seedlings from the original wild coffees in Manoa. These coffees were publicly released with historical significance to Chief Boki at the 2010 Hawaiian State Farm Fair.