Characteristics of Papua New Guinea Coffee beans introduction to Papuan Paradise Bird Coffee Bean Grade

The island of New Guinea was colonized by the Netherlands, Germany, Britain, Japan, Australia and other countries from the 18th century to the 19th century. In 1961, the western half of the island became an Indonesian dependency, while the eastern half became independent from Australia in 1975, becoming the present-day PAPUA NEW GUINEA of Papua New Guinea.

Papua New Guinea is culturally diverse, with more than 800 languages, and most highland tribes were not influenced by the West until the early 1900s. Commercial coffee was grown in 1920 after coffee seeds were imported from Jamaica (a Typica variety called the Jamaican Blue Mountains). In addition, the Arusha (Arusha) variety of this Bebe coffee is grown only in PNG.

Initially, most of the coffee in PNG was grown on 18 large plantations. But today, small farmers say 85% of the coffee in PNG is grown in the "coffee garden". These farmers live on their own farms and use coffee as a by-product. There are several to hundreds of coffee trees in their coffee garden. Papua New Guinea Coffee Industry Company (Coffee Industry Corporation) admitted that a large number of small farmer coffee has "excellent quality and excellent cupping characteristics", so it is favored by many overseas buyers.

Grading standard of coffee beans in Papua New Guinea

PNG's raw coffee beans are graded in the same way as Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe and Puerto Rico, all of which are based on the size of coffee beans. Although the size of coffee beans is not the absolute standard of flavor quality, it is a very useful reference index for coffee beans in some producing areas, where mature beans with strong growth and full shape can best show beautiful flavor. Consistent factors such as maturity and hardness and moisture content make it easier for the baking process to achieve a homogeneous and perfect flavor, so many emerging producing areas will also classify this as a way of grading.

The main export grades are as follows:

AA,A,X,PSC and Y levels. The first three are manor coffee, and the last two are smallholder coffee; PSC stands for top smallholder coffee (PREMIUM SMALLHOLDER).

In recent years, PNG has added other export grades such as organic certified and Fairtrade certified coffee. Although the quantity is very small, it is believed that the export of these coffees will also increase in the near future.