Papua New Guinea | Kindeng

What it feels like? 

Like coming home to something familiar, even if you've never been there before.

For the second time in our coffee journey we’re introducing a coffee from Papua New Guinea to our selection, and it's the same lot we featured last year. After cupping many coffees from this interesting origin, this specific natural coffee from its Western Highlands really grabbed our attention. 

In the contemporary global coffee industry, Papua New Guinea is wholly unique both in how coffee is harvested and exported from the country. While there are some estates and plantations, most coffee production comes from smallholder farmers, each with around 1–2 hectares of land called “gardens” on which they grow small amounts of coffee along with whatever else a family or community might need for use or sale.

This coffee comes to us from the Kindeng Dry Mill, located in the Jikawa province of Papua New Guinea. It is a blend of coffee purchased in cherry from about 1500 multiple smallholders located in the Kindeng and Arufa municipalities. The average farm size of producers in this area is about 1-2 hectares, and the soil is generally sandy loam and loamy clay. After cherries are received at the mill, they are processed accordingly and dried on raised beds and canvasses. They are moved multiple times a day throughout the average 1-month drying process to ensure an even and uniform average moisture content across the lot. 

Region: Western highlands

Producer: 1500 smallholders

Altitude: 1520-1770m

Variety: Arusha, Bourbon, Typica

Process: natural

Taste notes: dark chocolate, tropical fruit, rum

WEIGHT: 250g

Please note that 250g bags can be shipped in kava boxes as an additional option. All grind sizes are approximate and in relation to the equipment we use. Grind size or setting might differ from your equipment preferences. If not certain order beans as we can't accept returns for pre-ground coffees. Thank you for understanding.