Papua New Guinea Flavor Profile and Characteristics of Papua New Guinea Coffee

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

Flavor Profile

Nuts, sugarcane, spices

In recent years, Papua New Guinea coffee has begun to represent Oceania in entering the world of specialty coffee with its unique high-quality washed Arabica beans. Papua New Guinea coffee features full, well-formed beans with moderate acidity and a fragrant, mellow taste.

Brewing Method

Hand-poured Papua New Guinea: 15g of coffee, medium grind (Fujiyama ghost teeth grinder #4), V60 dripper, water temperature 88-89°C. First pour 30g of water for a 27-second bloom, then pour to 105g and stop. Wait until the water level drops halfway down the coffee bed, then continue pouring slowly until reaching 225g. Discard the tail end. Water-to-coffee ratio 1:15, extraction time 2:00.

Papua New Guinea is an island nation in Oceania. In Malay, "Papua" means "curly hair." It is said that in 1545, explorer Retes reached the island and found that most of the islanders had curly hair, so he called it "the island of curly-haired people," and this name has been passed down ever since. Papua New Guinea is east of Indonesia and has a typical island climate, located between the equator and 10 degrees south latitude. It features tropical rainforest, volcanic rock, and highland terrain, with elevations ranging from 1,200-2,500 meters, making it a paradise for coffee cultivation.

Local production is not large, with about 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, highlighting the importance of the coffee industry to the country's economy. Due to different coffee varieties than Indonesia, higher elevation than Sumatra, and the use of washed processing, PNG coffee's regional flavor is completely different from Indonesia's muffled and heavy flavors, instead offering brightness, sweet and sour notes, and floral and fruit aromas, similar to South American flavors.

Papua New Guinea boasts a pristine and natural environment with vast, 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.

Large plantations typically have their own washing stations, while smaller individual coffee farmers can better control the quality and flavor expression of their output. The Kimel Estate, located in the Western Highlands' Waghi Valley near the Kimel River Valley of Papua New Guinea, 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 washing station's stable quality control processes, the produced coffee has lively brightness while preserving the unique flavor characteristics of Papua New Guinea coffee.

Another special feature is the diversity of coffee varieties cultivated at Kimel—so many that they can't 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 below expectations for a specific variety, which also creates interesting expressions in their coffee flavor characteristics.

This peaberry coffee from Kimel Estate has a slight spiciness in its mouthfeel, followed by a sweet and refreshing taste of nuts and sugarcane. It has a creamy, smooth texture, and the peaberry's body is more substantial. The overall performance is balanced and smooth. It has rich flavor and pleasant aroma, without any 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

Coffee Details

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

Now let me introduce PB, the full name Peaberry, which we often call round beans. Usually, there are two seeds in one coffee fruit—these are the common coffee beans we see, with one curved side and one flat side, similar to the shape of a peanut. We call these flat beans. Peaberries, on the other hand, occur when there's only one coffee bean in a coffee fruit. The bean shape is oval, and they account for a very small proportion of the entire coffee tree's fruit. Peaberries are all selected one by one by hand, ensuring overall quality, so it's no surprise that they taste good.

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