Papua New Guinea Pour-Over Brewing Data | How to Drink Papua New Guinea Coffee

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Hand Brew Papua New Guinea

15g coffee grounds, medium grind (Fujiyama ghost tooth blade grinder #4), V60 dripper, water temperature 88-89°C. First pour: 30g water for 27-second bloom, then pour to 105g and stop. Wait until the water level in the coffee bed drops to halfway, then continue slow pouring until reaching 225g. Avoid the tail section. Water-to-coffee ratio: 1:15. Extraction time: 2:00.

The Origin of Papua New Guinea Coffee

Papua New Guinea is an island nation in Oceania. In Malay, "Papua" means "curly hair." It is said that in 1545, explorer Ortiz de Retez arrived at the island and discovered that most of the island's inhabitants had curly hair, so he called it "the island of curly-haired people," and this name has been passed down ever since. Located east of Indonesia, Papua New Guinea has a typical island climate, situated between the equator and 10 degrees south latitude. It features tropical rainforest, volcanic rock, and highland terrain, with elevations ranging from 1200-2500 meters, making it a paradise for coffee cultivation.

Coffee Production and Characteristics

Local production is not large, with approximately 85% of the total coffee production coming from small farmers' garden cultivation systems. Small farmers join local cooperatives to share processing equipment. Coffee is the second-largest agricultural export by volume from Papua New Guinea, demonstrating the importance of the coffee industry to the country's economy. Due to different coffee varieties from Indonesia, higher elevations than Sumatra, and the use of washed processing, PNG coffee's regional flavor is quite different from Indonesia's heavy, earthy notes. Instead, it offers brightness, sweet and sour notes, floral and fruit aromas, similar to South American flavors.

Papua New Guinea boasts a pristine, natural environment with vast and fertile land. Its unique volcanic rock soil and abundant rainfall create excellent natural conditions for coffee growth. Papua New Guinea's premium coffee beans are as beautiful and precious as the country's national bird, the bird of paradise.

Kimel Estate

Large plantations typically have their own washing stations, while smaller individual coffee farmers can better control the quality and flavor expression of their output. Located in the Western Highlands of Papua New Guinea, near the Kimel River Valley in the Wahgi Valley, Kimel Estate, like many large farms/estates, has its own dedicated washing station. In fact, this is an estate jointly owned by many independent small coffee farmers from the surrounding Opais people, making it, in a sense, a private cooperative. Due to excellent growing conditions and the stable quality control processes at the washing station, the coffee produced has vibrant brightness while preserving a considerable degree of the unique flavor characteristics of Papua New Guinea coffee.

Another special feature lies in the diversity of coffee varieties cultivated at Kimel—so many that they cannot be counted on one hand: Typica, Arusha, Blue Mountain, Mundo Novo, Catimor, Caturra, and even more. In fact, just as one doesn't put all eggs in one basket, most farmers actually plant different varieties to avoid the risk of poor growth or production not meeting expectations due to a particular variety's unsuitability to the environment, which also creates interesting expressions of their coffee flavor characteristics.

Flavor Profile

This Peaberry from Kimel Estate has subtle spiced notes in its flavor profile, with nutty and sugarcane sweetness upon entry, a creamy smooth mouthfeel, and a more robust character typical of peaberries. The overall expression is balanced and smooth. The flavor is rich, the aroma is pleasant, with no herbal or earthy notes. Its texture is as rich and mellow as Van Gogh's paintings.

Product Information

Manufacturer: Coffee Workshop
Address: No. 10 Bao'an Qian Street, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou, FrontStreet Coffee
Contact: 020-38364473
Shelf Life: 90 days
Net Weight: 227g
Packaging: Bulk
Origin: Papua New Guinea

Country: Papua New Guinea
Grade: PB Peaberry
Region: Wahgi Valley
Roast Level: Medium Roast
Processing: Washed
Varieties: Arusha, Catimor, Caturra
Estate: Kimel Estate

About Peaberry

Now I'd like to introduce PB, the full name being Peaberry, which we commonly call round beans. Typically, a coffee fruit contains two seeds—these are the common coffee beans we know, with one curved side and one flat side, similar to peanut shape; we call them flat beans. Peaberries, however, occur when a coffee fruit contains only one coffee bean, which has an oval shape. They account for a very small proportion of the entire coffee tree's fruit. Peaberries are all selected manually one by one, ensuring overall quality, so it's not surprising that they taste good.

Papua New Guinea's coffee production is not very high, and all its coffee beans are carefully processed washed Arabica beans. Generally, washed coffee beans are full of bright fruit aroma but without strong acidity. Their characteristics include a silky-smooth mouthfeel and wonderful aroma, with moderate acidity, making them a relatively rare coffee variety that combines high body with medium acidity.

Flavor Notes: Nutty, sugarcane, spiced

Specialty Coffee Recognition

In recent years, Papua New Guinea coffee has begun representing Oceania in the world specialty coffee scene with its unique high-quality washed Arabica beans. Papua New Guinea coffee features full-bodied beans, moderate acidity, and fragrant, mellow flavor characteristics.

Important Notice :

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