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Troy Keolanui takes time from farming coffee and other crops to show visitors around OK Farms. OK Farms coffee, milled at Ka'u Coffee Mill, took second place in Hawai'i Coffee Association's statewide Commercial Division at last weekend's convention.
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Connected Ka'u coffee was the second place win at the Hawai'i Coffee Association 2013 Cupping Competition by OK Farms in the statewide Commercial Division. Troy Keolanui said this morning that he is very pleased with OK Farms coffee taking second. OK Farms, which stands for Olson-Keolanui, is located in Hilo and is a sister company to Ka'u Coffee Mill, which took OK’s winning coffee from cherry to the green beans entered in the contest. Keolanui is manager and partner in OK Farms and a partner in Ka'u Coffee Mill. “We are one in the same," he said. "We operate with a lot of the same practices and are under the same management team, including Ed Olson and John Cross. The Ka'u Coffee Mill equipment and expertise helped make OK a winning coffee.” In addition to growing coffee, Keolanui grows a variety of fruit trees and other crops and often leads visitors and local residents on tours of the farms.
