Fixing Up

Fixing Up was Originally Posted on June 25, 2003 by lavarock

I have been very busy in the past few weeks, setting up the web site, getting a toll-free telephone number, making business cards, designing coffee labels and other items directly related to the selling of coffee. Yet to be done are such mundane things as getting a post office box, a business license, registering the farm and coffee names and getting credit card billing in place. It is indeed, quite a job!

I am awaiting the date for closing on the farm and will have my current house in Georgia on the market fairly soon I hope.

The farm needs some work, both on the property and on the house and I have promised the Bishop Trust (the Leaseholder of this particular property) that I would perform this work immediately after taking possession.. There is some weeding and grading to be done and I want to remove 2 acres of macadamia nut trees to make room for coffee. The house also needs a couple of items brought up to code.

I have had some requests for green (unroasted) beans and that is an easy request to fulfill. Farms can always sell unroasted beans if they want.

I also have been thinking about what roast would be good for the beans I’ll be selling. There are a number of roasts which are popular and I will experiment to see which ones bring the most repeat business. Naturally, a large order can be roasted to the buyers’ taste!

Those who know me, know that this journey to Hawaii has been my dream for quite some time! There are stories of people who “hear the calling” of the islands and want to come back. Then there are those like me, who become obsessed with going back and every waking moment is spent thinking or dreaming about the islands. As you can see at my site MyHawaiianSite, I really do love the islands!