Papua New Guinea Coffee Tasting Notes

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Papua new guinea coffee tasting notes. My latest fix is the kuta from the waghi valley of papua new guinea. Coffee cultivation in papua new guinea began with seeds imported from jamaica s renown blue mountain region in 1937. Coffee was introduced to the area in the 1970 s by the department of agriculture and livestock to encourage and create local economy for people. It s definitely one of the world s finest and a must taste in your journey through the coffees of the world.

Papua new guinea organic. The coffee industry is located in several districts such as the eastern highlands western highlands and the chimbu province. It absolutely has to be. The aroma is thick with butter honey and brown sugar with a hint of frutiness.

Two were produced by small holding farmers but centrally processed the top rated chromatic coffee papua new guinea kunjin 94 and the 90 rated revel coffee papua new guinea. Papua new guinea is very clean tasting and virtually identical to jamaican blue mountain. Coffee from papua new guinea is mellow and aromatically complex with an apple wineyness that sets it apart from the earthier sumatrans and sulawesians. I have never in my life gotten an aroma from a bag of coffee beans that is even remotely similar to this.

Usda certified organic shade grown and fair trade certified in addition to paying above the fair trade standard for the beans we also give 1 per shipment to agros international. Flavor notes and general comments. Subtle and extremely well balanced it is ideal in siphon brewers aeropresses and even as a single origin espresso. The other two were produced on what sound like relatively small coffee estates the pt s papua new guinea sihereni 92 and the allegro papua new guinea baroida 91.

In the western highlands there are six plantations that produce 40 of all the coffee. Papua new guinea has 65 000 acres of land on which coffee is cultivated. Marawaka was one of the last places in papua new guinea that came into contact with the outside world in 1968. Heritage and coffee plant varietals of papua new guinea.

The papua new guinea coffee bean is versatile and makes a distinguished cup of morning coffee as well as a smooth after dinner coffee served with dessert. I only wish there were some way to offer you a chance to smell it. Kindgeng bunum wo kudjip kigabah aviamp and of course sigri. Only the top rated papua new guinea kuta from counter culture coffee 93 displayed the sort of richly informative bag copy maps tasting notes notes about origin a delightful painting by a home grown papua new guinea artist typical of direct trade coffees from other parts of the world especially latin america.