Papua New Guinea Coffee introduction to Baroda Manor, Papua New Guinea

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Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, Papua New Guinea is a volcanic belt around the Pacific Ocean. It belongs to volcanic geology and has fertile soil. It is an important natural condition for giving birth to good coffee.

Although it has a good environment, the share of coffee beans in the world is not high, only 0.7%. Coffee is very important to Papua New Guinea and is the only cash crop in the highlands. 40% or more than 2 million small farmers in the country depend on coffee beans, which is a very important source of livelihood.

Most of the coffee beans in Papua New Guinea are grown in the highlands, and the proportion of Arabica is as high as 95%. The coffee beans in Papua New Guinea are mainly sun-dried after washing and fermentation before treatment, and the main varieties are bourbon, Arusha and Mon Donovo.

In Pakistan, important coffee producing areas are East Highlands, Enga, West Highlands and Chinbu provinces, most of which are 1200-1900 meters above sea level, with a Central American style. If the production system is dominated by small farmers, a few have large estates or government-specific support programs. The coffee beans of Papua New Guinea have been respected by many people in recent years because of their solid taste, low acidity and clean flavor, which is in line with the Asian preference for coffee, and is a rising producer of Asian coffee.

Baroda Manor is located in the eastern highlands of Papua New Guinea, at the top of the Lamari Valley in the Jabarra Mountains, founded by Ben Colbran. Ben bought the land from indigenous Taro in the 1960s, and they were almost the first to grow crops in the valley. The plantation, covering an area of 220ha and planting about 1 million coffee trees, is the only coffee farm owned and operated by foreigners in Papua New Guinea.

In 1965, the government encouraged the early settlers to start growing coffee as a long-term crop. Ben began to grow coffee trees on the Baroda estate and became the first coffee producer in the Eastern Highlands and began to export its output abroad. The whole park is divided into 26 blocks, and the exact variety and daily production process of each planting area are tracked by the target of GPS. The Colbran family is now in the third generation, run by Ben's son Nickel and grandson Chris. In addition to the output of the manor itself, Barodashan has integrated the production resources of small estates and small farmers around the estate to establish a larger supply chain network. After more than 50 years of cooperation with manors and small-scale farmers in this producing area, the Colbran family has gone from guiding agricultural technology and promoting the coffee industry to building bridges, roads and schools in recent years, which has won the general respect of the residents of the Lamari Valley and opened up the market for them to sell their products. For the past 20 years, the Colbrans family has acted as acquisition agents for large multinational traders, ensuring a sustained and stable supply of high-quality coffee through direct trade, which is still commendable and is undoubtedly one of the best and unique coffee farms in Papua New Guinea.