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Country: Papua New Guinea

Region: Wahgi Valley, Western Highlands

Farm: Various Smallholder Farmers

Variety: Arusha, Bourbon, Typica

Altitude: 1600-1850 masl

Processing Method: Washed

Tastes Like: Melon Balls, Broiled Grapefruit, Black Tea

Goes Best With: Daydreaming, Steez, Road Maps, Basement Studios

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Kenta Plantation Mill is named after the community and village where it is located, about 4 hours away from Goroka town. The mill is a relatively new addition, built in 2011 and equipped with two four-disc depulpers and newly constructed fermentation tanks, where coffee is fermented for two days or more before being fully washed. The mill is located at 1,600 meters, but the farmers in the area live and grow coffee all the way up to 1,850 meters, some of the highest elevations in the region.

Local producers deliver coffee in cherry and blended with coffee grown on the plantation land. The majority of the coffee in this area is Bourbon, Typica, and Arusha. The coffee is separated into day lots and kept separate throughout the processing and drying. The coffee is depulped the same day it's delivered, and fermented for 48 hours or more before being washed. It is dried on tarpaulins that are spread on a grassy field near the wet mill; it's tended by local women, who rake and rotate the coffee as it dries, over a period of 6–9 days.

For more information, check out Café Imports Papua New Guinea page!