Ironman Race Week! Here's What's Happening At Kona Coffee & Tea
Once a year, our mellow little town is completely transformed into a world championship raceway for the globe's most elite swimmers, runners and cyclist to showcase their talents.
It's race week for the 2024 Vinfast Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii! The course winds right through town, and our little cafe is located right in the center of the bicycle raceway. The championship athletes whiz by us all day long. Due to this, our hours are different this week:
Race Week Cafe Hours
This Friday: Closing early at 4pm
Saturday Race Day: 6am - 5pm outside booth only
Sunday: Normal hours 6am - 6pm resume
(Cafe closed to public saturday, but all our drinks will be available for purchase at our outside booth)
We're normally used to being busy...but Ironman is a whole different kind of action. Our cafe gets taken over every year on race day by the shoe company, Hoka. Our entire building gets covered in bright HOKA blue (as does the whole town!) and our cafe becomes a VIP only space where you must have a wrist band to enter.
Watch The Race From Our Pop Up Booth
Even though our cafe is closed to the public on race day, you can still sip our 100% Kona coffee! We'll have our outdoor coffee booth setup outside right along our cafe, serving our complete menu of hot or iced coffee, tea, along with race day merch like hats, shirts, pins, and other stuff.
And while our cafe is closed to the public on Saturday, the street of course, is not...and the area outside our cafe is one of the best areas to watch the racers go by, all while sipping iced 100% Kona coffee under a tree. It's a pretty great spot to post up for the day.
Visiting Hawaii For Ironman?
Tour Our Coffee Farm
If you're visiting Hawaii for Ironman and you're interested in seeing the lush, agricultural world of a working Kona coffee farm, consider taking our unbelievable 2-hour farm tour! We've already booked a handful of tours for our Ironman competitors, friends and family.
The Kona Coffee & Tea’s Authentic Working Farm Tour is a dynamic and exciting, ever-changing tour. Expect to get your hands dirty. Ride the rough dirt trails, sip 100% Kona coffee, witness local wildlife, pick fresh, tropical fruit directly from the trees, and interact with our amazing crew as they go about their day, picking and preparing the best 100% Kona Coffee around.