Moa'ula Lempira

Moa'ula Lempira Grown at high elevation in Kaʻū, this beautiful coffee reflects a focused commitment to quality and long-term stewardship. Produced by a dedicated husband-and-wife team, their farm has been carefully and lovingly built up from the ground up over the last four years. Lempira is a brand-new coffee variety for Big Island coffees. Developed in response to the recent arrival of Coffee Leaf Rust in Hawai‘i, this rust-resistant variety represents a proactive step toward long-term farm resilience. Over the past three years, Alla and Rus have conducted fermentation trials using yeast inoculation to understand the variety’s potential. The current approach—a five-day fermentation shaped by cool conditions at elevation—is monitored through pH and temperature. The result has been remarkably expressive, offering a glimpse into the future of rust-resistant coffees in Hawai‘i.