Kona Coffee Growers Sue Walmart, Amazon, Costco, and More for Selling Fake Kona https://modernfarmer.com/2019/03/kona-coffee-growers-sue-walmart-amazon-costco-and-more-for-selling-fake-kona/
@estherschindler your first hint that it is not Kona is the price.
@estherschindler "...only 2.7 million pounds of coffee are grown in the Kona region each year, but more than 20 million pounds of coffee are labeled with the name"
A bit of a clue right there.
@estherschindler it is like the scam over Tequila. In the USA, you can call a drink "tequila" as long as it contains more than 50% Agave spirit.
Hence the cheapo tequilas that are not 100% agave.
@gshevlin A few years back there was a similar foo-foo-rah over olive oil. As I recall a few brands had essentially no olives in them.
@estherschindler This seems to me like a case for Precision In Advertising. The sellers should be required to state what their blends contain in terms of their origins.
@estherschindler Ersatz kona! This is terrible.