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Papua New Guinea
COFFEE BACKGROUND:
The coffee grown in Papua New Guinea is of “Bourbon” botanical variety and was introduced from the “Blue Mountains” of Jamaica in 1937. The Papua New Guinea coffee is mostly a high-grown mild, washed Arabica coffee of high quality. Arabica coffee is produced mainly in the Eastern and Western Highlands and the Chimbu Provinces near the centers of Goroka, Kinantu, Mount Hagen and Kundiawa, as well as near Wau and Fischhafen in the Morobe Sepic and Northern provinces.
SPECIES: Arabica
ALTITUDE AT WHICH GROWN: 3,200 - 6,800 FT
PREPARATION METHOD: “Washed”
ANNUAL PRODUCTION: 1,302,000 bags (99-00 crop)
SHIPMENT PERIOD: June - November
GEOGRAPHY & CLIMATE:
The country is located in the Oceania region, north of Australia. It covers an area of 174,849 sq. miles and has a population of 4.5 million. The climate is equatorial - hot and very humid.