Hey all.
I own a coffee farm in Hawaii. And I'd like to clear a few things up.
1) The "spray" we use is a fungus. Not a chemical. Not an insecticide. I wouldn't recommend breathing the stuff but it is otherwise harmless. It stops the coffee borer beetle from reproducing, thus knocking out the life cycle of this pest. Spraying is done a couple times each season. Fertilizer isn't needed in Hawaii. We do amend our soil with alkaline. In my case, wood ash.
2) Coffee plants need to be "stumped" occasionally -- cut at kneecap height and allowed to regrow. So a working farm usually has several tons of wood available from time to time.
The problem is:
3) Getting it to you. A USPS priority flat-rate box is the best option for small quantities, and that's $15 just for shipping. Paying a guy to cut all the sticks to length and stuff it into the flat-rate box isn't cheap, either. I would gladly sell people 5-pound flat-rate boxes of coffee wood for $10. But add in shipping and stuffing the package full of stick and we're up to around $30. And keep in mind, it's sticks. The main trunk of the plant can be quite thick. But we keep that alive for the new shoots -- most of them are an inch thick or less.
I smoke with coffee wood all the time, and it has a nice coffee/chocolate aroma. Good color and flavor on the meat. Not super powerful. But subtle.
If someone still desperately wants some coffee wood (and I promise it is absolutely organic), they can get in touch with me here and I'll chop some for them. If we can get a LOT of people interested, I'll acquire a chipper, fill a shipping container, and send the whole thing to the mainland.