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Organic Papua New Guinea - Unroasted Coffee

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Organic Papua New Guinea

Unroasted Coffee
$10.95

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OU Kosher Certified

About

This organic coffee from Goroka on the "Highlands Highway" of Papua New Guinea produces a bold and satisfying cup when roasted to a true medium. Roasted, this coffee is a smooth and sweet coffee with a creamy mouthfeel. Our cupping notes included browned butter, caramel, dark chocolate, and dried fruit.

Although Papua New Guinea Goroka is an Indo-Pacific coffee, it separates itself from the others in nearly every way. The most distinct difference is that the coffee from Papua New Guinea is wet processed and not wet hulled like other coffees from similar regional varieties. The difference in processing creates a cup with a very different flavor and body, a developed sweetness is prominent and earthy, vegetal flavors from these beans are rare and are usually due to poor processing or drying.

Coffee was first introduced to Papua New Guinea in the early 1900s, brought by the Germans and the British to sell to the Australian market. Once Jamaican typica was introduced, commonly known as Blue Mountain, coffee really took off in the region! Now coffee is grown on small plots, known as gardens, that serve individual communities and grow not only coffee but all kinds of food for the community as well! This organic lot comes from various smallholder farms that work on farms about 0.25 to 4 hectares on average.

Our unroasted, green coffee selection is intended for roasting purposes. Do not consume green coffee. Green coffee that has been purchased and roasted is not returnable.

Organic Papua New Guinea - Unroasted Coffee
Organic Papua New Guinea - Unroasted Coffee

Altitude

1700 - 2000 masl

It’s not just about where coffee grows but how high up it grows. Flavors become lighter and more complex the further from sea level a coffee grows, going from earthy to sweet to nutty citrus and chocolate to spiced wine and fruits.

Environment

Precipitation, temperature, and humidity have a lot of say in a coffee’s maturation, overall flavor, and quality. Many coffee-producing countries are either primed for growing success or use alternative methods to improve their ecosystem.

Precipitation

1800 - 2800 mm

Temperature

15℃ - 23℃

Humidity

62% - 74%

Processing

A coffee’s process describes how the seed (aka the coffee bean) is separated from the coffee cherry. Popular methods include washed, dry, and honey, but there are many other processes that put special emphasis on different aspects of these methods.

The washing process

Washing Process

Fully Washed
The drying process

Drying Process

Dried on raised beds
The varietal type

Coffee Varietal

Blue Mountain, Typica, Arusha, Bourbon

Timeline

Harvest and export times are based off when a particular coffee will be at its peak quality. Cherries picked at the start of the harvest season tend to be underdeveloped, and those picked at the end are often overdeveloped, so producers aim for that sweet spot in the middle.

Harvest

Apr - Aug

Export

May - Nov
Image of Papua New Guinea's landscape.

Papua New Guinea

The Goroka area of Papua New Guinea is surrounded by mountains, where coffee grows up to an astounding 2,400 meters above sea level. At this elevation, coffee cherries mature more slowly and develop brighter, more acidic cup qualities. Because of the cooler temperatures, coffee’s natural sugars don’t break down as q...

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