Flavor Notes:
kiwi, honey, graham cracker
Altitude: 1400m
Varietal: Bourbon, Typica
Region: Waghi Valley, Western Highlands
Process: Washed
From our importers:
This is a washed AA grade coffee from the Korgua Estate on the Kuta Ridge in the Waghi valley of Papua New Guinea's Western Highlands. Unlike the majority of smallholder farms, Korgua harkens back to the old days when estates where more common. The owner, Brian Leahy, also owns the Kuta Mill, established on neutral ground so that coffee growers from rival tribes could bring their coffees to market without disruption.
Although PNG has often produced more than 1 million bags of coffee annually, the average has dropped below 1 million over the last 10 years. The vast majority of coffee in PNG (95%) is grown in the highland regions near the center of the country. These coffee exhibit the heavy body characteristic of this part of the world along with the savory sweet flavors. Coffee from PNG is graded using a unique matrix that reflects not only screen size but bean shape, defect count, and color in addition to aroma and cup quality with A/X, being the highest quality available.
