Papua New Guinea Jiwaka Arufa Natural

Description

If memory serves, we have had a natural PNG coffee in our offerings every year for the last five years. This year, we got one from the Jiwaka region.

This unique natural lot is made possible by Monpi Coffee, a miller and exporter based in both Garoka and Mt. Hagen, the two main coffee industry hubs in PNG’s highlands. Monpi also partners with independent washing stations and occasionally commissions specific processing styles in collaboration with participating growers. In this case, Monpi worked with the Kindeng Wet Mill to sort and separate exemplary cherry purchased from about 1500 multiple smallholders. Their farm sizes are on average 1-2 hectares, where the soil is generally sandy loam and loamy clay. After the typical depulping phase, the fruit is directly dried as a full natural, a process that takes a full month in Jiwaka’s cool highlands. Once the drying is complete, the coffee is transported to Monpi’s Kagamuga dry mill for hulling, and finally fully milled for export in Garoka.

The Arufa is an exceptional coffee with intense sweetness and a fruity sensory profile with notes of guava and strawberries, and a long-lasting aftertaste.