HAWAII FOREST FARMS
Located on the Big Island of Hawaii
Tour the Enchanted Māmaki Forest and try the different strains of Māmaki tea!
90-minute tours with 30-minute tastings can be scheduled weekdays 9am to 3pm.
2-3 visitors $64 each; 4-9 visitors $48 each (students half price); Groups of 10 or more $400. All tours includes tea tasting & a bag of HFF māmaki.
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Welcome.
WE ARE A FOREST FARM IN THE HEART OF HAWAII. WE GROW Māmaki, AN ENDEMIC HAWAIIAN PLANT THAT IS CONSIDERED A “MIRACLE TEA” BY ANCIENT HAWAIIANS USED IN MEDICINE AND FOR WELLBEING.
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THE FARM
Hawaii Forest Farms is located near Volcano Village on the big island of Hawai’i.
Hawaii Forest Farms’ home location is an agroforestry farm dedicated to the natural and sustainable restoration of native forest ecosystems. We focus on the growth of Māmaki, an ancient endemic ‘superleaf’ that has been used as an herbal tea, medicine, tonic and source of fiber for Hawaiians for centuries. Our mission is to grow delicious organic Māmaki tea while restoring the native hawaiian rainforest.
Hawaii Forest Farms is one of the two largest suppliers to Shaka Tea, the leading brand of ready-to-drink bottled Māmaki tea, and to multiple brands of bagged and loose leaf tea sold online, at retail and in food services.
**Pipturus albidus, known as Māmaki in Hawaiian (and Waimea pipturus), is a species of flowering plant in the nettle family, Urticaceae. Māmaki is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, meaning it originated and evolved in Hawaii as a ‘stingless’ nettle with multiple health & wellness benefits.
Drink Tea!
Drink Māmaki tea!
Drink Hawaii Forest Farms Māmaki tea!
Drink Hawaii Forest Farms māmaki tea, patiently steeped, and either hot, cold or room temperature or just as you would drink water.
Drink māmaki tea either unflavored, strong or mild, or flavored with lemongrass, various kinds of mint, hibiscus, rosemary or mixed with guava, pineapple, mango and other juices.
Drink Hawaii Forest Farms māmaki tea either at home by ordering your bags of forest farm māmaki here or from one of our retail partners…
OR… on the Hawaii Forest Farm lania at the end of a guided Enchanted Mamaki Forest farm tour.
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Only a few miles from Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, Hawaiʻi Forest Farms’ main location is a less than 10 minute drive to numerous restaurants, farms, art galleries, hikes, quaint lodgings and Inns all found in the beautiful town of Volcano, Hawaiʻi.
We would love to host your next event. We welcome tour groups, school field trips, family events, weddings and VIP events at your convenience!
Hawaiʻi Forest Farms is a 29-acre, native rainforest farm located on Hawaiʻi Island, also known as the “Big Island” near the lush, artist community of Volcano Village.
Founded by a hui (group) of like-minded sustainability, nutrition and healthy beverage enthusiasts, as well as professional agroforestry experts, Hawaiʻi Forest Farms is a community resource, offering tours and educational experiences for kamaʻāina and visitors, in addition to supplying Shaka Tea, the first line of bottled māmaki tea.
māmaki.
Māmaki is a culturally significant plant that is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. Māmaki leaves are made into tea or used as a medicine or tonic, and bark of mature trees is used as a fiber. Māmaki is only found and grown in Hawaii. It is a member of the nettle family, noted for the medicinal properties of its European varieties, but evolved in Hawaii to be stingless as the islands lack endemic herbivores that consume mamaki.
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February 2022 construction of pagoda-style roof on 2020’s hexagon lanai gathering spot. After meeting on the lanai, tours wind through the native hapu’u forest and descend to māmaki groves. Visitors can pick varieties of māmaki leaves, see māmaki seedlings, shrubs and trees at various stages of development. The forest farm also has clusters of wild poha berries, groves of koa trees, ʻōhia, cultivated cook pines, and at least 10 identifiable native plant species and birds.
