AWARDS!
Mountain Thunder consistently wins every competition entered for 100% Kona Coffee.
Awards 2003-2007
We are honored to accept the following awards for our 100% Organic and Estate Kona Coffee from 2003 to the present time. Our awards have won over the distinguished chef
judges and gained favor with the public to accept the coveted chef's choice
and people's choice awards. Mountain Thunder has also won the gold metal for the first Kona Pacific Farmers Association cupping competition in August 2006. Below are pictures of the awards from each of 2003,
2004, 2005, 2006, & 2007
We are happy to continually be honored and accept awards for five consecutive
years. We feel this is an adequate demonstration of the hard work and dedication
we apply to our coffee. Enjoy!
2003 Spring Blossom Festival
The Spring Blossom Festival was put together by the Kona Coffee Council and was held at the Yano Hall in Captain Cook. This was our first competition that we entered and we won first place in both the Mauka Dark Roast Division and first place in the Organic Medium Roast Division.
Winner 1st place Mauka Dark Roast
Winner 1st place Organic Medium Roast
2004 Cream of the Crop
The Cream of the Crop competition was started by the Kona Coffee Council after the first Spring Blossom Festival. The Cream of the Crop Competition venue was chosen to be the Kona Village Resort on the beautiful Kohala Coast at Ka`upulehu in Hualalai. There were three divisions, Organic, Estate and Open. There was a gold and silver metal for each division. Additionally, there were two classifications of awards. There was the Chef's Choice, which is a blind tasting, and the chef's don't know who's coffee they are drinking. There is also a People's Choice classification where the people at the event judge the coffee. The people know who's coffee they are drinking when they make their determination. In 2004 we won both Gold Metal for People's choice and Gold Metal for Chef's Choice in the Organic Estate Coffee.
- Winner Gold Chef's Choice Organic Estate
- Winner Gold People's Choice Organic Estate
2005 Cream of the Crop
2005 was the first year that the Cream of the Crop competition was held at the prestigious Four Seasons Resort at historic Ka`upulehu in Hualalai. The resort is very beautiful and is brand new. In fact, it is still growing every day. The contest was split into three divisions, the Open Division, Estate Division, and Organic Division. It is noteworthy to add that Mountain Thunder was only allowed to enter one division in this contest. In the past, such as in the 2003 Spring Blossom Festival, we were allowed to enter our exceptional conventionally grown coffee, which won first place. If we were allowed to enter our regular Kona Coffee, we feel that it would have won honorable mention as well. However, since we feel that the Organic division is one of the most prestigious and most difficult divisions available to compete in, we only entered our Organic Coffee. In 2005 Mountain Thunder won Silver for Chef's choice and Gold for People's Choice, both in the Organic Division.
 
- Winner Silver Chef's Choice Organic Estate
- Winner Gold People's Choice Organic Estate
2006 Cream of the Crop
Again, in 2006, the Cream of the Crop Cupping Competition was held at the Four Seasons Resort at historic Ka`upulehu in Hualalai. The three divisions remained with the Open Division, Estate Division, and Organic Division open by application only. Each farm was only allowed to enter in one division per contest. Mountain Thunder is dedicated to Organic Agriculture, so we entered in the Organic Division. In 2006 Mountain Thunder took home the Gold Metal for the Chef's Choice, which is a blind tasting.
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