Louis Daniele
Louis Daniele is the Sales and Marketing Manager for Kā‘u Coffee Mill on the Big Island of Hawaii. Founded by Mr. Ed Olson, Ka’ū Coffee Mill currently tends to about 60 acres in coffee orchards.
Ka’ū Coffee Mill replenishes the soil continuously with mulching and compost derived from macadamia nut husks produced by other Ed Olson Trust farms. Water supplementing Ka’ū’s rainfall comes from a restored plantation system. The Mill processes, roasts, and packages coffee beans grown on its own acreage and also makes these complete services, as well as irrigation water, available to approximately 80 other growers in Ka’ū.
Three Ka’ū Coffee growers, two of which use the services of Ka’ū Coffee Mill, were named in the top ten in the international competition for the 2012 Specialty Coffee Association of America Roasters Guild Coffees of the Year. Ka’ū Coffee Mill also won the Hawai’i Coffee Association Certificate of Excellence in 2012 for its naturally processed coffee.
