Papua New Guinea Coffee Brands and Brewing Steps

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Pour-over Papua New Guinea coffee: 15g of coffee grounds, medium grind (small Fuji ghost tooth blade 4 grind), V60 filter cup, water temperature 88-89°C. First infusion with 30g water for 27 seconds blooming, then pour to 105g and stop. Wait until the water level in the coffee bed drops halfway before continuing the pour. Slowly pour until reaching 225g total, discarding the tail end. Water-to-coffee ratio 1:15, extraction time 2:00.

Kimel Estate's Coffee Diversity

Another special characteristic of Kimel is the diversity of coffee varieties cultivated—so numerous that they can't be counted on one hand: Typica, Arusha, Blue Mountain, Mundo Novo, Catimor, Caturra, and many more. In fact, like not putting all eggs in one basket, most farmers actually plant different varieties to avoid the risk of poor growth or suboptimal production from any single variety. This practice also creates interesting expressions of coffee flavor characteristics.

Tasting Notes and Characteristics

This Peaberry from Kimel Estate offers subtle spice notes on the palate, with nutty and sugarcane sweetness upon entry. It presents a creamy, smooth mouthfeel, with the peaberry variety providing a more substantial texture. The overall performance is balanced and smooth. The flavor is rich, the aroma pleasing, with no herbal or earthy notes. Its texture is as intense and mellow as Van Gogh's paintings.

Product Information

Manufacturer: Cafe Style
Address: No. 10 Bao'an Front 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

Understanding Peaberry

Now, let me introduce PB, the full name Peaberry, which we commonly call round beans. Typically, one coffee cherry contains two seeds—these are the common coffee beans we know, with one curved side and one flat side, similar to peanut shape, which we call flat beans. Peaberries, however, occur when only one coffee bean develops inside a coffee cherry. The bean shape is elliptical, accounting for a very small proportion of all fruits on a coffee tree. Peaberries are all hand-selected one by one, ensuring overall quality, so it's not surprising that they taste good.

Papua New Guinea Coffee Characteristics

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 relatively rare coffee variety that combines high body with medium acidity.

Flavor: Nuts, sugarcane, spices

Papua New Guinea's Rise in Specialty Coffee

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

Geography and Growing Conditions

Papua New Guinea is an island nation in Oceania. In Malay, "Papua" means "curly hair." It is said that in 1545, explorer Rétés reached the island and noticed that most islanders had curly hair, so he called it "the island of curly-haired people," and the name has persisted 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.

Production and Processing

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 facilities. 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 elevations than Sumatra, and the use of washed processing, PNG coffee's regional flavor characteristics differ markedly from Indonesia's heavy, low-pitched profile, instead displaying brightness, sweet and sour notes, and floral and fruit aromas similar to South American flavors.

Natural Environment and Quality

Papua New Guinea boasts transcendent, pristine natural environments 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.

Kimel Estate

Large plantations typically have their own washing stations, while smaller individual coffee farmers can better control output quality and flavor expression. Located in Papua New Guinea's western highlands, 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—in a sense, it's a private cooperative. Due to excellent growing environment conditions and the washing station's stable quality control processes, the produced coffee has vibrant brightness while preserving a considerable degree of Papua New Guinea coffee's unique flavor characteristics.

Important Notice :

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FrontStreet Coffee Address: 315,Donghua East Road,GuangZhou

Tel:020 38364473