A coffee that is labeled as new guinea or png is grown on the eastern half of the island of new guinea just north of australia which is known as papua new guinea.
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About 75 of the coffee is grown in the western and easter highlands.
Papua new guinea s coffee growers can produce as little as 30 kilos per year they are almost all native smallholders.
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This is the same papua new guinea available in our medium mild roast section but unground in 250g valve packs.
Coffee in papua new guinea is mostly cultivated in the country s five highlands provinces.
An excellent rich flavour reminiscent of kenyan.
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Despite its proximity to indonesia png coffee offers a vastly different taste profile and certainly stands alone from other arabicas from the asian continent.
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The papua island s stunningly fertile soil tends to produce beans that have a crisp citrus acidity and are rich with flavors of chocolate and tropical fruits.
The western half roughly is simply papua part of indonesia.
Papua new guinean coffee was very late to the party when beans from the jamaica blue mountain crop were planted in the late 1800 s.
Washed mild arabica highland coffee dominates the industry in papua new guinea png accounting for 95 of production the other 5 being lowland washed robusta.
As a relatively small producer of coffee papua new guinea generally sources its harvested beans from small land holdings or coffee gardens owned by farmers which are located largely in isolated areas that do not require synthetic fertilisers or pesticides.
Washed mild arabica highland coffee dominates the industry in papua new guinea png accounting for 95 of production the other 5 being lowland washed robusta.
The robusta coffee is of poorer quality being darker more bitter with less flavour that the arabic variety is generally used for cheaper instant coffee.
Other areas include chimbu morobe and enga coffee is papua new guinea s most valuable agricultural export with approximately one million bags per year being shipped to germany australia japan the united states and the uk.
The far western part of the island is known as west guinea or west papua and also produces coffee beans.
The robusta coffee is of poorer quality being darker more bitter with less flavour that the arabic variety is generally used for cheaper instant coffee.
In the late 1990s png produced an average of 1 18 million bags annually of which all were exported.
The existence of a strong tribal culture means that creating and managing successful co ops can often be a real challenge.
This balanced brew features hints of citrus and dark chocolate and a crisp fi city roast papua new guinea.
