@[email protected] to HawaiiEnglish • 9 months agoHow Coffee Farmers in Hawaii Fought Counterfeit Kona Beans | A testing method borrowed from geology helped farmers sue a slew of stores selling supposed “Kona” coffee.www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up114arrow-down1external-linkHow Coffee Farmers in Hawaii Fought Counterfeit Kona Beans | A testing method borrowed from geology helped farmers sue a slew of stores selling supposed “Kona” coffee.www.nytimes.com@[email protected] to HawaiiEnglish • 9 months agomessage-square2fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@weariedfaelink3•9 months agoTl;Dr: they sent fruit/bean samples out for geochemistry to find a trace elements signature of beans grown in the specific Kona region. Now they can compare that to beans claiming to be Kona that aren’t actually Kona.
Tl;Dr: they sent fruit/bean samples out for geochemistry to find a trace elements signature of beans grown in the specific Kona region. Now they can compare that to beans claiming to be Kona that aren’t actually Kona.