Papua New Guinea - April '25 Coffee of the Month

Origin: Papua New Guinea Dark Chocolate, Cane Sugar, White Grape, Nectarine, Tea-like Geography: Region Eastern HighlandsAltitude: 1550 MASLProducer: Various Smallholders, Lahamenegu MillProcessing: WashedVariety: Typica, Bourbon, Caturra From Genuine Origin Website:  Papua New Guinea Green Coffee Beans Volcafe PNG is the only exporter to own a wet mill in PNG. Since its purchase in 1995, the Lahamenegu wet mill in the Eastern Highlands has been refreshed with brand-new machinery to take PNG cherries to the next level in quality control. While most smallholders wash and process coffee themselves and bring parchment to market, Volcafe PNG has the capability to buy in cherry and control processing consistency. The mill’s supply chain services smallholder farms within a 30-kilometer radius and receives freshly harvested cherries daily. In addition to adapting local producers’ mindsets to approach coffee farming as a commercial business, Volcafe PNG has also invested particular focus in bu