Bad Ass Coffee Company

We stopped in here to pick up some 100% Kona coffee to take to Japan as a gift. The girl working the counter was very nice and helpful, suggesting that we put a bag of whole beans on hold and then come back to have them round right before we left on our trip in order to make sure the coffee was the freshest possible.
We we returned to pick up the coffee, there was a different gal working the counter, and she was also super pleasant and helfpul, offering us some free samples of a frozen coffee drink while we waited for our beans to be ground up.
The store has lots of cool logo wear and they get the most mileage out of their «Bad Ass» company name and image. We’re looking forward to stopping back for an espresso or some iced coffee on our next trip to Aloha tower.

100% Kona coffee — need I say more?
I do? OK. Be sure to try the Hula Pie coffee — it’s a great flavor.
Some of the best coffee on the island.

I was intrigued by the name when my friend mentioned that she wanted to hit this place up. So we headed to the Aloha Tower Marketplace for a coffee fix. Cute little stickers on the counter with some bad ass sayings, t-​shirts, and coffee cups for purchasing. I ordered a carmel latte and my friend ordered a kona coffee. Our order was up and it wasn’t labeled which one was which. So we asked the guy which was what and he pointed out my carmel latte.
My friend was finishing up fixing her coffee with the creamer and sugar when I took a sip of my latte, then turned to her and said, «Um, i think i drinking your kona, oops!» Great! Didn’t we just ask the guy which one was what? Argh! So the guy was nice enough to make another. Well, he should right, it was his BAD!!! So, the latte was okay to me… I probably should’ve kept the kona coffee that I sipped, it was better! Oh Well! So much for Bad Ass!

This places sucks. Go to Island Vintage Coffee company instead. Greater selection, cheaper prices and friendlier staff. Bad Ass sucks ass. I didn’t even want to buy anything here.

My review is limited to the coffee they SERVE and not the quality of their beans or roast (necessarily). I’ve never bought the beans separately.
I was riding around town and found myself near the Aloha Tower Marketplace where one of the Bad Ass Coffee stores is located. I remembered the local paper gave it good reviews, so I figured I’d try a cup. It sucked. I drink it black too, so there’s no chance that it was the cream or sweetner that ruined my coffee.
1) It wasn’t hot. A good airpot will only lose a few degrees per hour, and this coffee was tepid. Which leads me to my next point.
2) The coffee wasn’t fresh. Any experienced drinker will be able to tell you if their coffee has been brewed within an hour. This experienced drinker is telling you that it wasn’t.
3) It was weak. There are two kinds of weak coffee. One is a weak bean (weak roast). And the second is a weak brew (meaning too much water or too little coffee). This one was the latter. So the beans might have been good, but to quote a folk rock singer, I wasn’t drinking coffee… I was drinking «water dressed in brown).
4) The service was lackluster. It was some disinterested high school girl there who had a glazed over look in her eye. I’m not demanding 5-​star service here, but at least fill my cup all the way up.

Grab a cup of coffee and sit outside this place
you get Free high speed internet connection !
Go to Starbucks, which is in the same complex and you get connected to T-​mobile —-
The Bad Ass coffee is Good, but i have to say that the best coffee i’ve had in Hawaii is at the ABC store in Kona
took one sip of that … and i was like — «That’s Good «
Made me do a –Double Take–
You know how dudes do a double take on pretty girls …
Well — i did that on the «Cup «i was holding
i guess i got a fresh batch of Kona beans nearby — :)

their kona coffee is awesome!

Cute name, cute logo, cute packaging. Great as gifts. Got a latte to go and bought a bunch of beans. Pretty good! (Good Kona, though I haven’t tried enough to be a connoisseur.)
I’ve been to one of the shops on Maui. They actually have shops on the mainland too, including California, AK, FL, CO, TX, etc. Even UT. Online shopping available.

It’s BAD ASS!

I love how this shop is decorated, it has a very kitschy tropical thing going on… the coffee is 100% Kona! And yummy! They also have great merchandise with their logo on it. Their slogan is «Coffee with an Attitude». Cute, right?