Why is the Paradise Bird Coffee at Sigri Manor in Papua New Guinea called the Little Blue Mountain of Asia?

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In many languages, the place name ending with a (Asia) usually means that it is a country. Historically, Papua was under British rule and New Guinea was under German rule. Later, after Australia took over the two places, it merged them into Papua New Guinea, that is, the merger of the two countries. When these rulers arrived at this place, the place was still in a rather primitive social form. In the Blue Mountain profile, Qianjie Coffee once mentioned that the Blue Mountain was brought by the British from Brazil to Jamaica, and it was also the British who brought the Jamaican Blue Mountain to Papua New Guinea. This is why Papua New Guinea is called the Little Blue Mountain.

The history of coffee production in Papua New Guinea is not long. Although coffee cultivation began in the 1890s, it was not initially regarded as a commercial product. In 1926, 18 estates were established, using seeds from Jamaica's Blue Mountain Coffee (Blue Mountai). It was not until 1928 that the coffee industry began to flourish.

In the 1950s, the industry began to have structural development, with the construction of infrastructure, coffee-related activities on the island were able to flourish. Another more dramatic development occurred in the 1970s, possibly due to a decline in coffee production in Brazil. At that time, the government had a series of subsidy programs to encourage small farms to be run by common cooperatives.

At that time, the industry mostly focused on the management of the manor, but since the 1980s, the local industrial structure began to change and the center of gravity was scattered. Perhaps because of the fall in the price of coffee, many estates are in financial crisis. In contrast, small farmers are less affected by market fluctuations, so they are able to continue to produce coffee.

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Today, 95% of the producers on the island are self-sufficient small farmers, producing 90% of the country's coffee, almost all of which are Arabica. This also means that a considerable proportion of the population in the country is related to the production of coffee; especially those living in highland areas. This is a great challenge for producing large quantities of high-quality coffee, as many producers lack access to proper post-harvest processing. The lack of production and marketing experience also prevents high-quality coffee from getting the reward it deserves.

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Production and marketing resume / Product sales resume/

Many large estates are still well run, so it is possible to find coffee from a particular estate. The concept of production and marketing resume is not long on the island. In the past, some coffee farmers bought coffee from other producers and packaged it as their own brand to sell it. It is quite new to sell coffee by region. However, the altitude and soil of the island do make the coffee here have great potential, so in the past few years, it has begun to attract the attention of boutique coffee industry. The purchase can be heavier than coffee beans that can be traced back to a single estate or producer group.

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Coffee taste / Coffee taste/

Usually with a creamy texture / Cream/

Have excellent sweetness / Sweet/

With unique complexity / Complexity/

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