Product Description

Most Papua New Guinea beans available now are sourced from lower altitudes due to the inaccessibility of the highest-altitude farms. Poor infrastructure, volcanic lava flows and (mostly) bandits have complicated transportation and caused many farmers to be cut off from the outside world market. You will see a lot of Papua New Guinea coffee on the market today that is surprisingly inexpensive; the sad truth is that most of this inexpensive PNG coffee has been stolen from the producers and sold through commodity markets. Essentially, you see low prices on this because starving families have been robbed of their produce. We believe that only by certifying the origin of PNG coffee can you be sure you are supporting the families that produced it.

This is why we love our PNG coffee, it is personally flown from tiny airstrips at the top of the peaks to the port from which it is shipped to the USA! This is part of a well-organized humanitarian mission to connect farmers with products and medical supplies from the lowlands.

One of the cleanest crops we have ever seen. About 10% of the beans are "monster" beans, screening well above 20 gauge, making them as large as even the biggest Liberica beans (see secondary photo)

Coffee was established in Papua new Guinea in the 1800's using seed stock from Jamaica Blue Mountain Variety, which has evolved indigenously on its own since those times. As with Blue Mountain, the cup is smooth, rich, buttery, with exotic fruit and floral notes.

We have found there is no wrong roast level for these beans. Best flavor is achieved after about 24 hours "rest" from roasting time. Expect to add 20% to your roasting time due to the large size and density of the beans.

Due to the February 2016 FBA fee hikes this product now pays $5.74 commissions to Amazon, so unfortunately we have had to raise the price $.80.

Feature

Wild-grown, PSC Grade A, Direct Trade, highest-altitude PNG beans from Morobe Province
Exceptionally clean, robust, large Arabica beans - larger on average than Kenya AA
Shaded, volcanic, rainforest soil, small shareholder farms pick from wild-growing plants with natural shade (natural organic)
Flown out of the mountains by small plane in a humanitarian 3-way trade that also brings needed medical and nutritional services to the remote villages
Smooth, mellow cup with high body. Great, consistent roasting results with several good roast points from light to dark, to accommodate any preference
Brand : Heirloom Coffee LLC
EAN : 0799418307725