Hula Brothers is a family-owned and operated farm on the slopes of Mauna Loa on the Big Island of Hawaii. We've been growing and packing tropical and exotic fruit since 1987 — and we're the only Hawaii grower shipping fresh lychee, longan, and rambutan directly to customers on the mainland U.S.

Most imported exotic fruit is treated with post-harvest chemicals, fumigants, or preservatives to survive long-distance shipping. Ours is picked ripe, packed by hand, and on a FedEx truck within 48-72 hours — no chemical treatments after harvest, no waxes, no dyes. The difference in flavor, juice content, and aroma is significant.

Kaimana is a Hawaiian-developed lychee variety prized for its large size, thin red skin, juicy translucent flesh, and small pit. It tends to be sweeter and more aromatic than the smaller imported varieties most U.S. shoppers know — which is why people trying Kaimana for the first time are often surprised by how different "Hawaii" lychee tastes.

Lychee is in season May through July. Longan runs through fall, winter, and spring, with occasional summer harvests. Rambutan is fall and winter. Sign up for our email list to be notified when each fruit becomes available — seasons can shift slightly year to year depending on weather.

We're a small family farm, and our trees don't ripen all at once. Each harvest pulls from a different part of the orchard, so size, color, and sweetness shift as the season progresses — fruit shipped in late May genuinely tastes different than fruit shipped in late June. This is normal, and it's what tree-ripened fruit grown without preservatives looks like.

That said, if your fruit arrives visibly damaged, browning beyond cosmetic skin darkening, or otherwise off, that is a different issue — please email us with photos and we'll make it right.

Many customers say they eat it all before it has chance to reach the fridge.

Lychee will keep 5–7 days in a sealed container in the fridge; longan and rambutan typically keep slightly longer. The shells will naturally darken over time, but the fruit inside stays sweet and juicy. See our How to Store Lychee guide for step-by-step photos.

We have limited wholesale availability. Email fruit@hulabrothers.com with your business details and what you're looking for, and we'll let you know what's possible.

We are not certified organic. We use conventional sprays as infrequently as possible to keep our trees and fruit healthy. We do not use any post-harvest chemicals, waxes, dyes, or preservatives once the fruit is picked.

All Hawaii-grown produce shipped to the mainland is required by USDA to be treated before leaving the state, to prevent Hawaii's tropical pests from reaching mainland orchards. Our fruit is treated with eBeam (electron beam) electronic pasteurization — a process that uses electrons from commercial electricity to neutralize any insects or larvae that might be present.

eBeam does not use any radioactive material at any point in the process. The fruit is not made radioactive, and no radioactive isotopes or sources are involved. For more on how electronic pasteurization compares to other food treatments, the FDA has a clear explainer here.

All of our fresh fruit is sold by the case and cannot be mixed with other fruit within the same case, due to export regulations.