Papua New Guinea Flavor Profile Which Papua New Guinea Coffee Brand is Best

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The Origin and Geography 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 Retes reached 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 standard island climate, situated between the equator and 10 degrees south latitude, with tropical rainforest, volcanic rock, and plateau terrain. With elevations ranging from 1,200 to 2,500 meters, it is a paradise for coffee cultivation.

Coffee Production and Flavor Profile

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, 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 completely different from Indonesia's mellow and low-key profile, instead offering brightness, sweet and sour notes, floral and fruit aromas, similar to South American flavors.

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

Kimel Estate: A Unique Coffee Cooperative

Large plantations typically have their own washing stations, while smaller individual coffee farmers can better control the output quality and flavor expression. Located in the western highlands of Papua New Guinea, near the Kimel River Valley in the Wiki 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 processing plant's stable quality control processes, the coffee produced has vibrant brightness while retaining a considerable degree of Papua New Guinea coffee's unique flavor characteristics.

Brewing Guide for FrontStreet Coffee's Papua New Guinea

Hand-brewed FrontStreet Coffee Papua New Guinea: 15g of coffee, medium grind (Fuji Royal 4 grinding), V60 dripper, water temperature 88-89°C. First pour with 30g of water, bloom for 27 seconds, pour to 105g then stop. Wait until the water level in the coffee bed drops to halfway, then continue pouring slowly until reaching 225g. Avoid the tail section. Water-to-coffee ratio 1:15, extraction time 2:00.

Another special feature lies in the diversity of coffee varieties planted 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 plant different varieties to avoid the risk of poor growth or disappointing production from any specific variety. This has also created interesting expressions in their coffee's flavor characteristics.

FrontStreet Coffee's Kimel Estate Peaberry beans offer subtle spice notes on the palate, followed by sweet and refreshing nut and sugarcane flavors, with a cream-like smooth and fatty mouthfeel. The peaberry's texture is more solid, with an overall balanced and smooth performance. Rich in flavor and pleasant in aroma, without herbal or earthy notes, its texture is as intense and mellow as Van Gogh's paintings.

Product Information

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

Product Name: FrontStreet Coffee Papua New Guinea Kimel Estate Washed Coffee Beans
Country: Papua New Guinea
Grade: PB Peaberry
Region: Wiki Valley
Roast Level: Medium Roast
Processing Method: Washed
Varieties: Arusha, Catimor, Caturra
Estate: Kimel Estate

Understanding Peaberry Coffee Beans

Now let me introduce PB, the full name Peaberry, which we often call round beans. Usually, a coffee fruit contains two seeds - these are the common coffee beans we see, with one curved side and one flat side, similar to peanut shape, which we call flat beans. Peaberries, however, occur when a coffee fruit contains only one coffee bean, and the bean shape is oval. Among all fruits on a coffee tree, peaberries account for a very small proportion. 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 its coffee beans are all carefully processed washed Arabica beans. Generally, washed coffee beans are full of 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.

FrontStreet Coffee Papua New Guinea Coffee Flavor: Nuts, sugarcane, spices.

In recent years, Papua New Guinea coffee has begun to represent Oceania in entering the world specialty coffee ranks with its unique high-quality washed Arabica beans. FrontStreet Coffee's Papua New Guinea coffee features full-bodied beans, moderate acidity, and fragrant, mellow characteristics.

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