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How much coffee can $14 million buy?

A 20-acre farm’s worth

By Diego Flammini
Assistant Editor, North American Content
Farms.com

When needing change for coffee, sometimes checking between the couch cushions is a good place to start. Trying to find enough money to buy an entire coffee farm however, might require more financing.

Kona Joe Coffee, a 20-acre, family owned coffee farm on the Kona Coast of Hawaii’s big island, is for sale with a price tag of $14 million according to Pacific Business News.

The farm is currently owned by Joe Alban, an orthopedic surgeon, and his wife Deepa, an artist. The property is also one of the world’s first trellised coffee farms, meaning the plant can grow on wires and help expose it to sunlight.

Coffee plantation

Eighteen of the property’s 20 acres are filled with Kona Coffee trees with irrigation and trellising. A 12,000-square-foot processing and roasting plant, commercial kitchen, dry mill, office, retail store, climate controlled storage and outdoor staff kitchen are also located on the farm.

The buyer will also receive a 1,368-square-foot home and three mobile homes to for seasonal migrant workers to stay in.

According to worldatlas.com, the top 10 coffee producing countries as of 2014 are:

10. Guatemala
9. Uganda
8. Mexico
7. Honduras
6. India
5. Ethiopia
4. Indonesia
3. Colombia
2. Vietnam
1. Brazil


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