Big Island Box Blog
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VOLCANOS or VOLCANOES
Volcanos is the theme for our January Big Island Box, featuring a spicy collection of products that will warm both your mouth and your soul. Gift box includes Puna Chocolate Company Kilauea Volcano style 70% dark chocolate bar, Hawaiian Volcano Sea Salt Guava Smoked Sea Salt, a Volcano candle from Paper Crane Soaps, Hawaiian Chili Pepper Jelly from Kilauea Gifts, volcanic water from Waiākea, a graphic art card from Smart Shark Designs, and a postcard featuring "Pele's Voyage," the work of renowned artist and historian Herb Kawainui Kāne.
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Vanilla is an Orchid - September 2021
Vanilla is the second most expensive spice in the world ! (behind saffron), and is actually the only member of the orchid family that produces a food & flavoring product. -
Endemic Hawaiian Māmaki and the Kamehameha Butterfly
Māmaki (Pipturus albidus) is endemic to Hawai’i, meaning it’s only found naturally in the Hawaiian Islands. It originates from the nettle family, but unlike its stinging relatives this species has evolved in Hawai’i without needing those defenses. It’s widely known as a medicinal tea, but its connection to the natural world is much more far-reaching culturally as well as biologically.
