DRAGON''S LAIR sits on five acres of fertile, rocky, volcanic land at the 1100 foot level on Mauna Loa volcano in Honaunau, South Kona. You can find us on the makai (ocean) side of Mamalahoa Highway, between mile markers 105 and 104. This perfect elevation gives us the sunny mornings and cloudy afternoons with rain in the wet season that the trees need to grow and ripen, yet enough sun and warm breeze to be able to completely sun dry our coffee. The photo shows our home in the midst of the mature coffee trees AFTER we had pulled out all the vines and weeds - before then all you would have seen is a continuous mound of green! The farm when we bought it was overgrown with grass and vines, and the trees neglected, in need of pruning and fertilizing. But we knew that with hard work and love, the farm would respond. Now we have three acres supporting 2000 vigorous coffee trees, and the rest is a mixture of mac nuts, bananas, avocados and scrumptious tropical fruits! Our coffee trees are all Kona Typica, the traditional Kona heirloom coffee tree which derived from Arabica Typica. Arabica Typica is used in many parts of the world to grow quality coffees, but it is the unique combination of climate, soil, and meticulous hand-tending that distinguish Kona from the rest. Truly a heritage coffee.