Wahi a ka hōʻike helu helu kī a UKTIA, ʻo ke kī punahele a ka poʻe Pelekāne e hana ʻia ʻo ke kī ʻeleʻele, me ka aneane he hapaha (22%) e hoʻohui i ka waiū a i ʻole ke kō ma mua o ka hoʻohui ʻana. ʻeke kīa me ka wai wela.Ua hōʻike ʻia ka hōʻike he 75% o nā poʻe Pelekane e inu i ke kī ʻeleʻele, me ka waiū a i ʻole ka waiū, akā 1% wale nō ka inu ʻana i ke kī ikaika, ʻeleʻele, sugary.ʻO ka mea hoihoi, 7% o kēia poʻe e hoʻohui i ka ʻaila i kā lākou kī, a ʻo 10% e hoʻohui i ka waiū meaʻai.ʻO ka palupalu kī kī a hiki i ka mea inu kī ke hauʻoli i nā ʻono kī like ʻole.Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Hall, "Ua ulu ʻia ke kī maoli mai ka lāʻau kī ma mua o 60 mau ʻāina a puni ka honua a hiki ke hana ʻia ma nā ʻano he nui e hana ai i ke kī ʻeleʻele, ke kī ʻōmaʻomaʻo, ke kī oolong, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe, mai ka mea kanu hoʻokahi.No laila he mau haneli o nā ʻano kī like ʻole e ʻono ai.ʻAʻole pau nā koho ma laila.Ma kahi o 300 mau mea kanu like ʻole a ʻoi aku ma mua o 400 mau ʻāpana mea kanu, me nā ʻōpala lau, ka ʻili, nā ʻanoʻano, nā pua a i ʻole nā ​​huaʻai, hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia i nā kī lāʻau.ʻO ka Peppermint a me ka chamomile nā ​​kī kaulana loa, me 24% a me 21% o ka poʻe pane e inu ana ia mea ma ka liʻiliʻi ʻelua i ka pule.

Ma kahi kokoke i ka hapalua (48%) ʻike i ka hoʻomaha kofe ma ke ʻano he hoʻomaha koʻikoʻi, a ʻo 47% ka mea e kōkua iā lākou e hoʻi i ko lākou wāwae.ʻElua hapalima (44%) e ʻai i nā kuki me kā lākou kī, a ʻo 29% o ka poʻe inu kī e hoʻoluu i nā kuki i loko o ke kī e piʻi no kekahi mau kekona.Wahi a Hall."ʻO ka hapa nui o ka poʻe pane i kamaʻāina i nā pairing kī Earl Grey me ka ʻaina kakahiaka Pelekane, akā ʻaʻole i ʻike nui ʻia ʻo Darjeeling a me Assam teas ma India, e like me Japanese Gyokuro, Chinese Longjing a i ʻole Oolong teas, i wehewehe ʻia Ua kapa ʻia ʻo "extreme tea".ʻO ke kī o Oolong ka mea maʻamau mai ka moku ʻo Fujian o Kina a me ka ʻāina ʻo Taiwan o Kina.He kī semi-fermented, mai ke kī oolong ʻala ʻala mai ka ʻeke kī a hiki i ke kī ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele, ʻoi aku ka ikaika o ka ʻono a me ka ʻono pōhaku ikaika.Aia kekahi ʻike o ka peach a me ka apricot i ka manawa like.

ʻOiai ʻo ke kī he mea inu make wai a he mea ia e launa pū ai, ʻoi aku ka hohonu o ka poʻe Pelekania i ke kī, no ka mea, huli ka nui o nā mea noiʻi i ke kī i ka wā e haʻahaʻa a anu.“He puliki ke kī i akī pot, he hoaaloha kūpaʻa a he mea hoʻomaha… nui nā mea e loli ke lawe mākou i ka manawa e hana i ke kī".