A trip to Mountain Thunder was  very interesting. They are located very far up Hualalai at 3200 feet in the Kaloko Cloud Forest which is a radically different elevation and climate than most of the Kona growing region. The climate and careful growing methods produce one of the largest coffee cherries in the region.

Prices here range from the reasonable $31.00 per pound to  $70.00 for their Cloud Forest premium product. We will leave it up to the reader to decide whether it’s worth the price.

Since we wrote this Mountain Thunder has closed. Questionable business practices, failing to pay local farmers for coffee cherry they purchased and general asshattery makes it seem the farming community is glad they are gone.