Papua New Guinea - Wahgi Valley Kunjin, Washed
$6.30 - $7.30 per pound
| Cupping Score | 84 |
| Fragrance/Aroma |
Toffee, pipe tobacco, caramel, vanilla bean, Snickers, earthy |
| Acidity |
Cooked grapefruit, citric |
| Flavor/Nuances |
Raisin, almond, honeybush tea, graham cracker, Whopper candy, black currant, molasses, roasted peanuts |
| Sweetness |
Bakers cocoa, light brown sugar |
| Body/Mouthfeel: | Medium weight, buttery |
| Finish/Aftertaste |
Lingering tannins, black tea, orange |
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In Our Roastery
Papua New Guinea is an origin we look to for medium and darker roasted single origin offerings. It also serves as a perfect blending component in our Espresso for Darker Roasts.
Coffees from the Indo-Pacific region tend to add tremendous body to blends and can have lower perceived acidity. When this offering runs out, we will start looking at surrounding origins in the same region for a similar cup, but Papua New Guinea is a unique origin and we always enjoy it when it’s in season.
In Your Lineup
Coffees from Papua New Guinea have lovely dried fruit and chocolate-like notes at a medium roast level. Start with 2:00-2:45 in development and 25°F past first crack. When you push the roast darker you will taste more warming spices and pipe tobacco with bittersweet cocoa. Start with 3:00+ in development and 45°F past first crack to dial in from there.
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RoastPATH® profile recorded on an MCR-3D while roasting a 2KG batch.
| 0:00 | 410°F | Charge |
| 0:52 | Turning Point | |
| 3:59 | Green < Yellow | |
| 7:09 | 382°F | First Crack |
| 9:13 | 400°F | Drop |
Origin: Papua New Guinea
Region: Western Highlands
Farm: Various smallholders
Variety: Arusha, Bourbon, Typica
Process Method: Washed
Altitude: 1400-1900 masl
RoastPATH® ID: CI598-A02-0212
About
In the contemporary global coffee industry, Papua New Guinea is wholly unique both in how coffee is harvested and exported from the country. While there are some estates and plantations, most coffee production comes from smallholder farmers, each with around 1–2 hectares of land called “gardens” on which they grow small amounts of coffee along with whatever else a family or community might need for use or sale.
Kunjin is Cafe Import's mark used to describe coffees sourced from various smallholder producers in PNG's Western Highlands. Coffees are delivered in cherry form by producers who own an average of 1.5 hectares of land, with about 2,500 coffee trees per hectare maximum.