Jon and Dinah Kunitake show off their family history to a visitor at Holualoa's 11th annual Coffee & Art Stroll Saturday (Nov 7). Their Waiaha River Coffee Co. brew won the People's Choice award for the 3rd straight year at the Holualoa Village Association event.

By Paul Maddox | Special to Hawaii 24/7

Crowds line Mamalahoa Highway in Holualoa for the Coffee & Art Stroll.

Nearly 2,000 visitors and local folk filled Holualoa Village on Saturday, November 7th, for the 11th annual Coffee & Art Stroll. a record thirty Kona coffee farms presented free samples of their finest brews during the 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. event and hundreds voted for their favorites. When the ballots were tabulated the winner was, once again, the Kunitake family’s Waiaha River Coffee Companies 100% Kona coffee. This is the third straight year that the Holualoa farm has won the popularity contest.

Music at the Kona Hotel.

Coming in second was the Kona Coffee & Tea Company and third in the voting went to Heavenly Hawaiian Coffee. Nearly 350 people cast votes for the People’s Choice competition at the Holualoa Village Association information tent and at Kimura Lauhala Shop during the day.

The HVA and sponsors Kona Blue Sky Coffee and the Holualoa Inn will be hosting their next event, the 13th annual Music and Light Festival, on Saturday evening, December 5th, from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. More information about the upcountry coffee and art town and their events is available on the Holualoa Village Association web site: www.holuloahawaii.com

Holualoa village is busy during the Coffee & Art Stroll.