Papua New Guinea Coffee Tasting Notes

Papua new guinea is very clean tasting and virtually identical to jamaican blue mountain.

Papua new guinea coffee tasting notes.

It s definitely one of the world s finest and a must taste in your journey through the coffees of the world. Usda certified organic shade grown and fair trade certified in addition to paying above the fair trade standard for the beans we also give 1 per shipment to agros international. It is medium bodied with moderate acidity and broad flavor. The other two were produced on what sound like relatively small coffee estates the pt s papua new guinea sihereni 92 and the allegro papua new guinea baroida 91.

Subtle and extremely well balanced it is ideal in siphon brewers aeropresses and even as a single origin espresso. It absolutely has to be. I only wish there were some way to offer you a chance to smell it. Whole bean drip grind coarse grind french press or percolator bag size.

In the western highlands there are six plantations that produce 40 of all the coffee. The papua new guinea coffee bean is versatile and makes a distinguished cup of morning coffee as well as a smooth after dinner coffee served with dessert. Heritage and coffee plant varietals of papua new guinea. Coffee was introduced to the area in the 1970 s by the department of agriculture and livestock to encourage and create local economy for people.

The coffee industry is located in several districts such as the eastern highlands western highlands and the chimbu province. Vienna coffee house maryville 212 college street maryville tennessee 37804 865 980 8282 coffee house 865 681 0517 roastery. Papua new guinea has 65 000 acres of land on which coffee is cultivated. Papua new guinea organic.

Coffee cultivation in papua new guinea began with seeds imported from jamaica s renown blue mountain region in 1937. I have never in my life gotten an aroma from a bag of coffee beans that is even remotely similar to this. Coffee from papua new guinea is mellow and aromatically complex with an apple wineyness that sets it apart from the earthier sumatrans and sulawesians. The aroma is thick with butter honey and brown sugar with a hint of frutiness.

My latest fix is the kuta from the waghi valley of papua new guinea. Marawaka was one of the last places in papua new guinea that came into contact with the outside world in 1968. Only the top rated papua new guinea kuta from counter culture coffee 93 displayed the sort of richly informative bag copy maps tasting notes notes about origin a delightful painting by a home grown papua new guinea artist typical of direct trade coffees from other parts of the world especially latin america. This heritage is not lost in today s papua new guinea coffees which have flavor profiles that still exhibit similarities to the older style jamaica blue mountain coffee.