The Highlands

TASTING NOTES: Cinnamon aromas followed by notes of chocolate, grape and dark fruit with a velvety body.ROAST LEVEL: MediumCOUNTRY: Papua New Guinea REGION: Eastern HighlandsGROWER: Various small growersELEVATION: 1100maslSOIL: Volcanic loamPROCESS: Hand-picked, wet-hulled, two-step sun drying on raised bedsOTHER: Traceable, Organic FarmFARM INFOCoffee is a relative newcomer to Papua New Guinea considering that the commercial coffee production in the country dates back to 1926/1927 when the first Jamaica Blue Mountain seeds were planted. Making up a share of approx. 70% the coffee production is largely characterized by small farmers with land holdings that grow as little as 20 trees per plot in so called “coffee gardens” alongside subsistence crops. The country is generally dominated by fragmented mountain ranges, steep valleys and plateaus that are difficult to access.  Since many of the smallholder farmers live in such remote places, their coffee must be picked up by airplanes on gra