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The question we hear most after someone gets home from the islands isn't about beaches. It's "what was that juice?" Usually it's a POG or a Hawaiian Sun Pass-O-Guava, and the good news is you don't have to wait for your next trip to have one again.
This page is the list Tori and I send friends and family when they ask. It isn't everything with "Hawaii" on the label. It's the stuff we actually keep in our own pantry and restock when we run out. Most of it ships from Amazon; the coffee comes straight from the roaster.
One honest note before you fill a cart: if you're still on the islands, grab these at any grocery store, Longs, or ABC Store — shelf prices there beat shipped-to-the-mainland prices. This list is for once you're home and the craving hits.
Island Drinks
The cooler-case classics. Every plate lunch spot in Hawaiʻi has a stack of these cans, and they taste like the trip.
Hawaiian Sun — Pass-O-Guava
The one everybody remembers. Hawaiian Sun has been canning juice in Honolulu since 1952, and Pass-O-Guava (passion fruit, orange, guava) is the flagship. The variety packs are the smart buy: Lilikoi Passion and Guava Nectar are the other two we fight over.
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Aloha Maid Natural Juices
The other can in every island cooler, made in Hawaiʻi by ITO EN Hawaii. Passion Orange is the classic order; Strawberry Guava is the sleeper pick worth grabbing too.
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Waiākea Hawaiian Volcanic Water
Bottled just outside Hilo on the Big Island. Waiākea starts as rain and snowmelt on Mauna Loa, filters through porous lava rock into the Keaʻau aquifer, and comes out naturally alkaline. Yes, it's fancy water. It's also genuinely good water.
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POG — Passion Orange Guava
The juice blend that defines a Hawaiʻi breakfast. We wrote a whole love letter to POG including how to mix your own at home from passion fruit concentrate. The from-scratch version is worth the extra step.
Find it on AmazonSnacks & Candy
The omiyage aisle: what locals bring when they visit family on the mainland, and what we stash in carry-ons.
Hawaiian Host Chocolate Macadamias
The gift-box standard. Hawaiian Host is part of Honolulu-based Hawaiian Host Group, the largest branded macadamia company in the world. The milk-chocolate-covered macs are still the box that disappears first at our house.
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Mauna Loa Macadamia Nuts
Same island family as Hawaiian Host these days, different job: straight roasted macs. Dry Roasted with Sea Salt is the everyday tin; Honey Roasted is the flavor we can't keep stocked.
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Li Hing Mui Powder
Salty-sweet-sour dried plum powder from Hawaiʻi's crack seed tradition. Locals shake it on fresh pineapple, apple slices, gummy candy, even the rim of a margarita. A little bag lasts months and converts skeptics fast.
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Hurricane Popcorn
Buttered popcorn tossed with furikake and crunchy mochi rice crackers — the movie-night snack of the islands. The microwave packs travel well, and the li hing version stacks two local obsessions into one bag.
Find it on AmazonThe Island Pantry
The staples that make island recipes taste right on a mainland stove.
Aloha Shoyu
Hawaiʻi's homegrown soy sauce, made by a company founded in Kalihi in 1946 by five local families. Lighter and a touch sweeter than the big mainland brands. It's the difference-maker in teriyaki and poke marinades.
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Hawaiian Sea Salt
Two kinds worth shipping. Alaea is sea salt blended with iron-rich red volcanic clay: the traditional seasoning for kalua pork, poke, and pipikaula. And on the Kona coast, Sea Salts of Hawaii solar-evaporates salt from cold seawater drawn 2,200 feet down — their salt farm runs tours if the Big Island is on your itinerary.
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Spam Musubi Starter Kit
Hawaiʻi's love of Spam is real, and musubi is the best delivery system ever invented for it. A musubi mold, a shaker of furikake, and a can of Spam is the whole setup — ten minutes later you're back at the beach park.
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Guava & Lilikoi Preserves
Hawaiian Sun makes more than juice. Their guava jam and lilikoi (passion fruit) preserves put the islands on morning toast. Lilikoi butter, if you spot it, goes on everything from pancakes to cheesecake.
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Hawaiian Honey
Single-flower honeys you can't get anywhere else. ʻŌhiʻa lehua honey crystallizes naturally into a creamy white spread, kiawe is the rare buttery one, and macadamia blossom runs dark and nutty. Big Island Bees bottles all three. Want to taste at the source instead? We covered Hawaiʻi's honey and specialty farm tours too.
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Heavy rain is moving across Oʻahu this morning with rates hitting one to two inches per hour, and it'll keep going through this afternoon. Flash flooding is the main threat—windward and interior valleys are getting hit hardest. A Flash Flood Watch is in effect, so avoid driving through flooded roads.
The rain pulls back Friday with showers becoming scattered and lighter. By Saturday, trade winds settle back to normal and you'll see mostly dry conditions. The humidity that's soaking everything right now drops to seasonal levels by Saturday night.
If you're planning beach time or outdoor activities, Friday afternoon or Saturday will be much better calls than today.
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