Papua New Guinea Coffee Growing Regions Introduction How to Brew Papua New Guinea Coffee

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Kimel Estate: Papua New Guinea's Coffee Treasure

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's Waghi 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 surrounding independent small coffee farmers from the Opais people, making it, in a sense, a private cooperative. Due to excellent growing environment conditions and stable quality control processes at the processing plant, the produced coffee exhibits lively brightness while retaining a considerable degree of Papua New Guinea coffee's unique flavor characteristics.

Hand Pour Brewing Method

Hand-poured Papua New Guinea: 15g coffee grounds, medium grind (Fuji mountain blade grinder #4), V60 dripper, water temperature 88-89°C. First pour 30g water, bloom for 27 seconds, pour to 105g and pause, wait until the water level drops to half before pouring again, slowly pour until reaching 225g total water, discard the tail section. Water-to-coffee ratio 1:15, extraction time 2:00.

Another special feature lies in the diversity of coffee varieties cultivated at Kimel, 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 wouldn't put all eggs in one basket, most farmers actually plant different varieties to avoid the risk of poor growth or unexpected production outcomes from specific varieties, which also creates interesting expressions in their coffee's flavor characteristics.

This Peaberry from Kimel Estate presents subtle spice notes in the mouth, followed by nutty and sugarcane sweetness and refreshment upon entry. Like cream-like smoothness, the peaberry's mouthfeel is even more solid, with 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: FrontStreet Coffee, 10 Bao'an Qian Street, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou
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

About Peaberry Coffee Beans

Now let me introduce PB, the full name Peaberry, which we often call round beans. Usually, a 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. Peaberry, however, occurs when a coffee cherry contains only one coffee bean, with an oval shape, accounting for a very small proportion of all fruits on a coffee tree. Peaberry beans are all selected by hand 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. Its characteristics include silky smooth mouthfeel and wonderful aroma, with moderate acidity, making it a relatively rare coffee variety that combines high body with medium acidity.

Flavor Notes: 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 specialty coffee ranks with its unique high-quality washed Arabica beans. Papua New Guinea coffee is characterized by full-bodied beans, moderate acidity, and aromatic, mellow mouthfeel.

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 Retes reached the island and discovered that most islanders had curly hair, calling it "the island of curly-haired people," hence the name that has been passed down. Papua New Guinea is east of Indonesia, with a standard island climate located between the equator and 10° south latitude. It has tropical rainforest, volcanic rock, and highland terrain, with altitudes ranging from 1200-2500 meters, making it a paradise for coffee cultivation.

Local production is not large, with approximately 85% of 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 in Papua New Guinea, highlighting the importance of the coffee industry to the country's economy. Due to different coffee varieties than Indonesia, higher altitudes than Sumatra, and the use of washed processing, PNG coffee's regional flavor differs from Indonesia's heavy and low notes, instead showing brightness, sweet-sour balance, and floral-fruit aromas, similar to South American flavors.

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.

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