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1828 was the year that Kona Coffee was introduced into the Kona Islands by a Reverend Samuel Ruggles.  As agricultural commodity, it was not considered at that time to be a viable enterprise. With the California gold rush, this was all to change and put a need in the market for coffee from farmers of this region. The large estates on the Kona islands were leased from the local farmers to their...