Fifth Annual Taste of Waialua

On Saturday, April 7, 2012 from 8:30 am - 3 pm, Island X Hawaii, with support from the North Shore Chamber of Commerce, will host a celebration of North Shore community and cottage industry at the Waialua Sugar Mill. Come join us on Saturday, April 7th for a gathering of local art, food, music, community groups and to celebrate the rebirth of the Old Historic Waialua Sugar Mill town at the 5th Annual Taste of Waialua Festival.

                                                  

Event Schedule and Highlights

 

8:30 a.m.     Waialua Farmers Co-op Market opens featuring Waialua grown fruits and veggies. 

 

9:30 a.m.     At Island X Hawaii, the Hawaii Coffee Association and Dr. Shawn Steiman of Consulting will present a history of coffee in Hawaii and the emergence of Waialua Coffee. Throughout the day, free behind the scenes Waialua Coffee & Cacao Mill Tours will be offered by Derek Lanter from Dole.

 

10:30 am and 1:00 p.m.     Historical and Agricultural Tours hosted by the North Shore Chamber of Commerce. We will provide two narrated bus tours that will visit historic sites around Waialua, highlight the agricultural history of the area and briefly visit farms such as a taro farm and Dole's cacao farm. Tours are free, depart at 10:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. but space is very limited. Call 779-7439 to pre-register.

12: 00 p.m.    Also at Island X Store, Madre Chocolate's David Elliot will lead a chocolate making demonstration where attendees can learn how this delectable food is made from bean to bar.

 

10:00 am - 3:00 pm   The music starts with a performance of Makua's (Coco Leong) Sunset Beach Elementary School Ukulele Class, This will kick off a special day of North Shore Hawaiian music, featuring The Abrigo Ohana, Kalei Gamiao, Halau Hula Makana a ke Aloha and Roshan & Shivani / Clear Sky. For more information about Taste of Waialua, or to reserve a booth, please contact event coordinator Bill Martin at (808) 779-7439 islandxhawaii@msn.com,  www.tasteofwaialua.com, 

 

Mahalo nui loa to: City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii Tourism Authority, Castle and Cooke Waialua LLC, Kamehameha Schools, First Wind, Friends for Waialua Town, Kathleen Pahinui, Waialua Estate Coffee and Chocolate, Dole Foods, Waialua Community Kitchen, and the North Shore Chamber of Commerce.

Taste of Waialua This Saturday

Aloha Members,

Support North Shore Agriculture and Help Keep it Country!

Experience the 2011 - Fourth Annual Taste of Waialua

On Saturday, April 23, 2011 from 8:30 am - 5 pm, Island X Hawaii / Old Sugar Mill Brand Coffee & Chocolate will host a celebration of North Shore grown coffee, cacao, produce, food, art, film, music, and surf industry manufacturing at an open house exhibition in the Old Sugar Mill, Waialua.

The North Shore town of Waialua was once a bustling sugar mill town producing what locals said was the "World's Best Sugar" but in 1996 the Waialua Sugar Mill stopped production and closed its gates after over a 100 years of operation. In recent years, however, there has been a quiet resurgence of shops, businesses, and local product manufacturing that has helped transform the Old Waialua Sugar Mill into one of Oahu's newest visitor destinations. The mill is also the processing site of Waialua Coffee and Cacao / Dole. Free mini tours of the coffee and chocolate mill as well as free Waialua Coffee samples are offered daily at Island X Hawaii. Come join us on Saturday, April 23rd, for a gathering of local art, food, music, and community groups and to celebrate the rebirth of the Old Historic Waialua Sugar Mill town.

Event Schedule and Highlights

 

8:30 am     Waialua Farmers Co-op Market opens featuring Waialua grown fruits and veggies. The Co-op is made up of former sugar workers, growing their produce on what was previously sugar land. To see a complete listing of Co op members, please go to www.tasteofwaialua.com.

 

9:30 am     At Island X Hawaii, the Hawaii Coffee Association and Dr. Shawn Steiman of Coffea Consulting will present a history of coffee in Hawaii and the emergence of Waialua Coffee and Cacao. Afterwards Shawn will demonstrate several different brewing methods using Waialua Coffees. Shawn Steiman, a.k.a. Dr. Coffee, will also be available to sign copies of his book, "The Hawai'i Coffee Book: A Gourmet's Guide from Kona to Kaua'i". Coffees brewed for the seminar will be available for sampling for the remainder of the event.

Free, behind the scenes Coffee & Cacao Mill Tours will be offered by "the founder of Waialua Coffee and Cacao"  Mike Conway from Dole. Space for this mill tour is limited so please call Bill Martin at 779-7439 to reserve. Be sure to taste the Natural Shave Ice made from Waialua Coffee and Waialua Chocolate and other real fruits at Island X Hawaii.

The North Shore Chamber of Commerce will present a short history of the North Shore area and provide information about the Chamber's ongoing historical North Shore tours. For more information please call (808) 637-4558 www.gonorthshore.org.

 

10:00 am    The music starts with a performance of Makua's (Coco Leong) Sunset Beach Elementary School Ukulele Class. This will kick off a special day of North Shore Hawaiian music, hula, and the open market exhibition of Waialua arts, crafts, food, and community groups informational booths.

A new addition to the Taste Of Waialua this year, is an all day concert stage funded by Friends For Waialua Town through a grant from the Hawaii Tourism Authority and the City & County of Honolulu. Featured will be North Shore and Waialua based artists: Bla Pahinui and Friends, The Abrigo Ohana, Kalei Gamiao, Ke Kani Nahe, Halau Hula Makana a ke  Aloha and Roshan & Shivani / Clear Sky.

Members of the Waialua Sugar Mill Surf industry will open their doors to visitors with Third Stone offering free tours of their surfboard factory and Sugar Mill Films hosting showings of their films Finding Aloha, North Shore Experience and Hawaii Shark Encounters.

North Shore Bath and Body offers daily tours of their soap factory and demonstrations of their soap making process. 

For more information about Taste of Waialua, please contact event coordinator Bill Martin at (808) 779-7439 islandxhawaii@msn.com, www.tasteofwaialua.com, www.islandxhawaii.com

For information about the concert contact Kathleen Pahinui with Friends for Waialua Town at (808) 637-8545 pahinuik001@hawaii.rr.com, www.waialuatown.info

Mahalo Nui Loa to: 

Castle and Cooke Waialua, LLC. Friends for Waialua Town, City & County of Honoulu, Hawaii Tourism Authority, Dole's Coffee / Cacao, Waialua Farmer's Market Co Op, Community Kitchen, Hawaii Coffee Association, North Shore Chamber of Commerce, Hawaii Department of Agriculture Seals of Quality Program, and the people of the North Shore.

Hope to see you there!  Stop by our booth and learn more about our Historical Haleiwa Walking Tours.  Sign up to go on one begining May 1st. 

Aloha,

Antya

North Shore Businesses Promote Buying Local

When people think of the North Shore, they think big surf, shave ice and plenty of sunshine. But when the surf drops, so does business.

Business owners hope the third annual "Taste of Waialua" on Saturday encourages people to keep coming back all year long. Once the home of an old sugar mill plantation, this small town of Waialua is making a comeback.

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Support Local Agriculture and Help Keep the Country Country! Experience a Taste of Waialua

Island X Hawaii and Coffea Consulting will host a gourmet tasting event at the Old Sugar Mill in Waialua on November 22, 2008.

Shawn Steiman, author of The Hawai‘i Coffee Book: A Gourmet’s Guide from Kona to Kaua‘i and owner of Coffee Consulting will lead a coffee cupping (professional tasting), followed by a book signing. Together with Bill Martin of Island X Hawaii, Steiman has also arranged for a gourmet sampling of food items produced in Waialua.

The coffee cupping kicks off at 10:30AM, the tasting event at 11:30AM. Tickets to each event are $10, or purchase admission to both for $15. Seating is limited, so reservations are a must. The cupping event can accommodate 15 people, and the tasting seats 30. Tickets are available through Island X Hawaii, (808) 637-2624 or islandxhawaii@msn.com.

The event will feature:

-Waialua coffee
-Waialua-grown chocolate
-Waialua chocolate-covered macadamia nuts
-Waialua Soda Works sodas
-Hawaii’s Special Papaya Seed salad dressing
-North Shore Naturals organic snacks
-Francis’ Huli-Huli Kiawe BBQ chicken
-Kai’s Thai “Karma Free” green papaya salad
-Waialua Farmers’ Market fresh fruit & veggies
-Waialua-grown mango and coffee shave ices

Island X Hawaii is a family-owned and operated business with a storefront in the historic Waialua Sugar Mill, offering clothing, furniture and Hawai‘i-made food products. Shawn Steiman is a coffee scientist whose business, Coffea Consulting, provides consulting services to coffee farmers and individuals seeking to learn more about coffee. Steiman’s book, The Hawai‘i Coffee Book, includes information about all of Hawai‘i’s coffees, listings of farms, cafés and roaster-retailers and 20 recipes incorporating coffee, ranging from appetizers and entrées to desserts and drinks. It is available at Island X, local bookstores or at online retailers.