Ueshima Coffee (UCC Hawaii) Corp.

ucc on mamalahoa highway is one of those places that keeps coming up when you ask locals where they actually go. holualoa sits up in the kona hills, cooler than the coast, and the coffee grown along that stretch of highway has a reputation that predates most of the specialty roasters who've tried to chase it. ueshima has been in this space long enough to know the region well, and that familiarity shows in how they approach the coffee they put out. not a lot of noise about it, just consistent work from people who understand what kona coffee can do when it's treated right. if you're making the drive up mamalahoa, the morning hours are the move.