HAWAIIAN VOLCANO SEA SALT

We met in 1996 in Architecture School, married after graduation, and moved to Denver for a few years. Austin, Texas was the next place we called home where we bought a place and I started honing my grilling skills and techniques around the fire with other weekend grill masters. Ten years later we packed our bags and followed a dream to move to the Big Island of Hawaii. Our last summer in Texas my Mom gave me a gift of Smoked Salt. I fell in love with the rich aroma and taste... I soon ran out of smoked salt and looked all over the island and asked friends but no one had a clue what I was talking about. At some point I had a thought that I could make it myself. I found some awesome local salt from the Kona side and began my hundreds of hours perfecting my smoked salt with local woods... Water from the Pacific Ocean is brought up from 2,200 feet deep on the Kona coastline of the Big Island of Hawaii, also known as the Volcano Island. The water is desalinated-the result is a white flaky..

Primary location: Honokaa United States