coffee grown with Organic methods,
hanD-pickeD, processed, & Roasted
on the slopes Of HaleakalA,
 Maui, Hawaii

Home

Aloha

A little about ourselves

Picture
Olinda Organic Farm is owned by Rob and Martha Lind and was established in 2009.  We are a family coffee farm which follows organic growing practices, and are located on the northern slope of Haleakala on the island of Maui.  We are situated next to the Makawao Forest Preserve at an elevation of 3,250 feet.  Our red soil is primarily Olinda Loam, which is described as "degraded volcanic ash".  We are on our way to a third straight year of receiving 85+ inches of rain.  The cool nights, warm days, and ample rainfall provide the perfect environment for producing slowly maturing coffee cherries which are dense and sweet.
Rob picks the cherries at the peak of ripeness, when they are at their sweetest, then processes them by either the washed, honey, or natural process.  After drying, resting, and removing the parchment layer, Rob roasts the coffee in small batches, blending multiple roasts and storing them in vacuum-tight canisters for several day to allow the coffee to degas carbon dioxide.  Because the coffee will continue to  produce CO2, we use bags with one-way gas valves to allow further CO2 elimination without allowing oxygen to enter the bag.
Our primary coffee variety is Red Catuai, with lesser amounts of Red/Orange Bourbon, Typica, Yellow Catuai, Mundo Novo, and Mokka varieties.

Recent News

In May 2022 our washed Red Catuai won First Place for Maui in the 13th annual Hawaii Coffee Association Cupping Competition. Some of the descriptors that the cupping judges used to describe our coffee were:  dark chocolate, toast, tootsie roll, carmel, apricot jam, maple syrup, red apple, oolong, and sweet cream.

On June 25, 2021 our washed Red Catuai won First Place for the State of Hawaii in the 12th annual Hawaii Coffee Association Cupping Competition.  We also won First Place for Maui in the District Competition. The cupping Judges described our coffee as intensely aromatic, delicate, creamy, smooth, rich, very floral, very sweet, with descriptors such as dark chocolate, tropical fruit, lemongrass, plum, butterscotch, buttery, green grape, dark caramel, honey, cotton candy. 
In July 2019 our washed Red Catuai won Third Place for the State of Hawaii in the 11th annual Hawaii Coffee Association Cupping Competition, and won First Place for Maui in the District Competition.   
In July 2017 our washed Red Catuai won First Place for the State of Hawaii in the 9th annual Hawaii Coffee Association Cupping Competition, the first time Maui has ever won First Place for the State! We also won First Place for Maui in the District Competition.
Picture
On July 15, 2016 our washed Red Catuai, our first-ever entry in the 2016 Hawaiian Coffee Association Conference Cupping Contest, 
took First Place for the Maui District, and tied for Third Place for best
coffee in Hawaii.  The cupping panel described our coffee as having:

             "A bright, clean, crisp, juicy cup with Kenya-like acidity
                 and notes of lemon, raspberry, sweet pea, and spice -
               balanced by soft fully rounded tones of syrupy sugar cane."