Volcafe PNG stands as the sole exporter in Papua New Guinea with its very own coffee wet mill. Acquired in 1995, the Lahamenegu wet mill in the Eastern Highlands has undergone a complete upgrade, featuring state-of-the-art machinery to elevate the quality control of PNG cherries to new heights. Unlike most smallholders who handle the washing and processing of their coffee before bringing parchment to the market, Volcafe PNG possesses the unique ability to purchase cherry directly and ensure consistent processing.

The mill's operations cater to smallholder farms within a 30-kilometer radius, receiving freshly harvested cherries on a daily basis. Apart from transforming local farmers' mindsets to treat coffee farming as a commercial enterprise, Volcafe PNG has also placed significant emphasis on establishing traceability programs and creating detailed farmer profiles for the PNG green coffee it procures.

What adds to the excitement is that private ownership of the wet mill empowers Volcafe PNG to experiment with alternative processing methods. One such example is the production of natural PNG green coffee, a rarity due to the time and space constraints in other wet mills for the drying process. However, Volcafe PNG addresses this limitation by selectively sourcing cherries from farmers within the wet mill's registered supply chain and dedicating up to four weeks of drying time on raised beds to process the cherries.

The outcome of this thorough sourcing and processing is an exquisite batch of Natural PNG green coffee, boasting a flavor profile as distinct as its remarkable production journey. Nestled in the Eastern Highlands, the region flourishes with fertile, loamy volcanic soil, nurturing coffee plants grown at an impressive altitude of 1550 meters above sea level, sprawling across a vast expanse of approximately 600 hectares of land.

This lot of AX natural PNG coffee is light-bodied and bright, featuring juicy notes of raspberries, melon, and cola for a dominantly fruit-forward cup profile rarely found in most PNG coffees.

TASTING NOTES:

Berry, Melon, Cola

REGION

Goroka, Papua New Guinea

VARIETY

Typica

ALTITUDE

1600 meters

PROCESSING METHOD

Natural

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