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Kimel Estate Coffee Characteristics

Another special characteristic of Kimel is the diversity of coffee varieties cultivated—so numerous 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 subpar production from any specific variety, which also creates interesting expressions of coffee flavor characteristics.

This peaberry from Kimel Estate offers subtle spice notes on the palate, followed by the sweet and refreshing flavors of nuts and sugarcane upon entry. It presents a creamy, buttery smoothness with a more robust mouthfeel typical of peaberries, delivering an overall balanced and smooth performance. The flavor is rich, the aroma is pleasant, without any herbal or earthy notes. Its texture is as intense and full-bodied 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: Wahgi Valley
Roast Level: Medium Roast
Processing Method: Washed
Varieties: Arusha, Catimor, Caturra
Estate: Kimel Estate

About Peaberry Coffee

Now, let me introduce PB, which stands for Peaberry—what we commonly call round beans. Typically, a coffee cherry contains two seeds, which are the common coffee beans we see: one side curved, one side flat, similar to peanut shape. We call these flat beans. Peaberries, however, occur when a coffee cherry contains only one coffee bean. The bean shape is oval, accounting 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 they taste excellent.

Papua New Guinea Coffee Profile

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 lack 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: Nuts, sugarcane, spices

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

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 Retes reached the island and discovered that most of the island's inhabitants had curly hair, thus calling 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 highland terrain. The elevation ranges from 1,200-2,500 meters, making it a paradise for coffee cultivation.

Local production is not large, with about 85% of total coffee production coming from smallholder garden cultivation systems. Small farmers join local cooperatives to share processing equipment. Coffee is Papua New Guinea's second-largest agricultural export by volume, demonstrating 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 differs markedly from Indonesia's heavy, low-profile notes, instead presenting brightness, sweet-sour notes, and floral-fruit aromas, similar to South American flavors.

Papua New Guinea boasts a pristine, natural environment with vast, fertile land. Its unique volcanic 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 Papua New Guinea's western highlands, in the Wahgi Valley near the Kimel River 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 washing station's stable quality control processes, the coffee produced has vibrant brightness while preserving a considerable degree of Papua New Guinea coffee's unique flavor characteristics.

Brewing Recommendations

Pour-over Papua New Guinea coffee: 15g of coffee, medium grind (small Fuji ghost tooth blade grinder #4), V60 dripper, 88-89°C water temperature. First pour 30g of water for a 27-second bloom, then pour to 105g and 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.

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