Morning Brew Hawaii is a coffee roaster in Honolulu.
Morning Brew Hawaii in Kailua across the Pali from Honolulu roasts its 100% Hawaiian blend and signature beans in-house weekly, with a second cafe and roaster at 685 Auahi in Kakaako.
Tip: The signature Hawaiian blend espresso is the move; second location at 685 Auahi in Kakaako serves the same coffee.
Address: 600 Kailua Road, Kailua, HI 96734, Honolulu
Lion Coffee in Kalihi Honolulu is the state's largest roaster, voted Hawaii's number-one local brand and producing the canonical chocolate macadamia and vanilla macadamia blends since 1864.
Tip: Hour-long roastery tour caps at six guests, book ahead. The Lion Cafe out front serves breakfast and the same coffee.
Sources from: Hawaii, Central America, Africa
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Whole bean retail, K-cup pods
Big Island Coffee Roasters at Royal Hawaiian Center in Waikiki Honolulu is the Hilo award-winning craft roaster, with single-origin lots from Puna, Kona, Kau and Hamakua microclimates.
Tip: Ask for the Hamakua single origin; the Hawaiian Coffee Club ships small-lot finds monthly.
Sources from: Hawaii (Puna, Kona, Kau, Hamakua)
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Whole bean retail, Subscription
Manoa Chocolate in Kailua across the Pali from Honolulu has been a bean-to-bar craft chocolate maker since 2010, sourcing single-origin cacao from Hawaiian and global farms.
Tip: Tasting flights run hourly. Second location at 227 Lewers in Waikiki runs the same tour schedule.
Sources from: Hawaii, Various world origins
How they serve: Whole bean retail, Bean to bar chocolate
Lonohana Estate Chocolate in Kakaako Honolulu is the tree-to-bar chocolate maker that grows its own cacao on 14 acres of North Shore Oahu and dries the beans on the farm.
Tip: Daily tasting flights at the SALT block factory; a 90-minute tour and tasting runs most mornings at 10:00.
Sources from: Hawaii (North Shore Oahu)
How they serve: Whole bean retail, Bean to bar chocolate
Kona Coffee Purveyors in Waikiki Honolulu is the Big Island single-estate Kona roaster that opened a collab cafe with b. patisserie at the International Marketplace in August 2016.
Tip: Order a single-estate Kona pour over and the kouign-amann; the roastery sources from small farms each harvest.
Sources from: Hawaii (Kona)
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Whole bean retail
Honolulu Coffee Company was founded in 1992 as a farm-to-cup Kona coffee roaster in Honolulu, with a 50-acre estate in the Captain Cook region and cafes across Waikiki and Kahala.
Tip: The Kona estate pour over is the flagship; subscriptions ship monthly. The Prince Waikiki cafe opens earliest.
Sources from: Hawaii (Kona)
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Whole bean retail, Subscription
