Charissa Cardwell (Maui Coffee Association / Honolulu Coffee Company)

Jason Evans of SilverShark Media speaks with Charissa Cardwell, Neighbor Islands Regional Manager of Honolulu Coffee Company and a board member of the Maui Coffee Association. In this podcast Charissa talks about her background when she first worked as a barista, the path that led her to Maui, working with Honolulu Coffee Company which started in Honolulu but has locations island wide (including one on Maui), what the Maui Coffee Association does, how coffee is both a popular product for tourism in Hawaii but also important to the ag sector as a crop, lessons about the industry she has learned since starting as a barista, the challenges the industry has gone through over the past few years, details about the upcoming Hawaii Coffee Conference that will be held in Maui July 29th - August 1st, the barista throwdown event on July 30th, details on the 19th annual Seed to Cup event on August 1st at Maui Tropical Plantation, and how people can learn more information about the upcoming events as well as the Maui Coffee Association & Honolulu Coffee Company.