Papua New Guinea Korofeigu Organic Single Origin (medium roast)
Papua New Guinea Korofeigu Organic Single Origin (medium roast)
Papua New Guinea Korofeigu Organic Single Origin (medium roast)
Papua New Guinea Korofeigu Organic Single Origin (medium roast)
Papua New Guinea Korofeigu Organic Single Origin (medium roast)
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Papua New Guinea Korofeigu Organic Single Origin (medium roast)

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Note: All customer orders are roasted on Thursday. Orders must be received by Wednesday morning to be roasted the following Thursday. If purchasing locally, please allow a minimum of four days from roast date for the flavor of the coffee to fully develop. Thank you!

Also, if you are local, you can choose Pick Up instead of Ship at the end of your order and save on shipping.

Region: bena, eastern highlands
Processing Method: washed
Drying Method: sun dried
Variety: arusha, blue mountain
Roast Level: medium
Cupping Profile: caramel, citrus, cranberry; tropical, savory and juicy

The Korofeigu Farmer's Cooperative Society is located in the Bena Bena Valley of the Eastern Highlands, between Goroka to the west and Henganofi to the east.

In early 1945, as the war in New Guinea was subsiding, four village plots in the Korofeigu area were identified by the administration for coffee planting by the villages. Thirteen teenage villagers from Korofeigu and other surrounding areas were selected to be sent to a newly created school for training in coffee production. For the next 12 months, government officials moved around the Eastern Highlands selecting village plots and encouraging them to plant seedlings while continuing to train the youth of these areas. The initial reaction of the indigenous population was indifference; in a bountiful valley that could produce so much, it was thought that a crop that would take three years to harvest a return was a waste of time. Although some plots were neglected, none were removed, allowing the beginning of a coffee-farming culture in this area.

From these small plantings in and around Korofeigu, coffee has become the most important commodity. Today, it is Papua New Guinea's most important agricultural crop, directly or indirectly providing the major source of income for a third of the country’s population.

New Guinea Highlands Coffee Exports (NGHCE) has had business relationship with farmers in the Korofeigu area since the company was created in 1992, but members of the company have been trading coffee within the area since the 1960s.

In recent years, NGHCE began a program to assist farmers in obtaining their Organic certification. This coffee is the product of this initiative, which also provides extensive work on HIV/AIDS prevention, financial management, gender equality awareness, coffee husbandry and certification standards and procedures.