Picking up pure Kona coffee is always one of the best reasons for a trip to the Big Island. Now you can go via computer when you visit the Kona Coffee Cultural Festival on the Internet. Kona coffee site
is one to savorHawaii's oldest food festival starts tomorrow, but you can start percolating now at http://www.konacoffeefest.com.
Sponsors have brewed up an interesting site that includes a coffee art exhibit, coffee-picking contest, coffee recipe contest, coffee lei competition, coffee farm and mill tours, and a coffee tasting.
Festival organizers say good Kona coffee is best described as "smooth with buttery and nutty overtones, rich and velvety without heaviness."
"Home on the Web" is a weekly Friday feature of the Star-Bulletin.
Richard Borreca can be reached by e-mail at rborreca@pixi.com