Papua New Guinea shares the eastern portion of the large island of Indonesia and comprises of 600 islands situated just below the equator and to the north of Australia. Papua New Guinea has high mountains, tropical rain forests, grassy plains to sandy beaches and coral reefs.
The population is estimated at 5.8 Mil. Papua New Guinea is part of the Commonwealth and gained its independence from Australia 1975. PNG has maintained it numerous diverse cultures due to the mountainous terrain, deep valleys, fast flowing rivers and rain forests, retaining its 820 distinct languages accounting for one tenth (1/10) of the World's languages. A tribe will not wander into another tribe's territory for fear of inciting tribal warfare, which is still commonly fought with bows and arrows.
PNG has some of the world's last tropical rain forests. Subsistence agriculture is very commonly practised throughout at 98% and with permanent crops at only 1.4% of arable land.
Subsistence agriculture is still commonly practiced by the many. Papua New Guinea gained independence from Australian 1975, and is a Commonwealth Country.
COFFEE
The highlands which form the back-bone of the Country, with its high altitude and cooler climate is perfect for the cultivation of high-quality Arabica Coffee. 70% of the population are still dependant on subsistence agriculture with small plots of coffee trees. Pure economics dictate traditional and natural farming procedures as chemicals, synthetic fertilisers and pesticides are both unknown and unobtainable because of cost and logistics. Resulting in coffee with naturally low levels of caffeine and acidity, with absolutely no trace elements of chemicals and pollutants. This fact is verified by independent Australian and European laboratories.
ROBUSTA & ARABICA COFFEE
There are two general broad categories of coffee; Robusta and Arabica. Robusta is grown on low lands and is predominately for the manufacture of "instant coffee", due to its low price. It is dark, bitter, flavourless with no bouquet. Commonly known in USA as brewed American Coffee.
Arabica is grown in high altitudes, resulting in a much higher quality coffee with aroma and taste. Generally destined for the European markets of Switzerland, Germany, France and Italy for espresso, cappuccino, latte'. Arabica coffee was introduced to North America by speciality coffee-shops like Starbucks, Seattle Best Coffee etc. Due to the ever increasing numbers of speciality coffee shops throughout the world compounded with the ever growing worldwide demand for high quality coffee will of course result in shortages as there just isn't adequate production of Arabica in the world.
ORGANIC & SUSTAINABLE
Certified independently by BIO Farm Australia and the (NASAA) National Association of Sustainable Agriculture of Australia, a member of (IFORM) International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements.
ARABICAS LTD
Our high quality Coffee is processed and packed by Arabicas Ltd., located in the heart of the coffee growing area of the highlands. They specialise in organically grown arabica coffees. The unique feature is that the coffee is purchased from remote villages rather than grown in plantations. These villages still practise traditional methods of growing coffee, without the use of chemical fertilisers, pesticides or fungicides.
Unlike other PNG coffee companies who predominately export green coffee beans, Arabicas Ltd concentrates on roasting and packing of high quality coffee.
RECYCLABLE PACKING
Our coffee are packed in aluminium laminate to prolong the shelf life of the coffee by preventing moisture and oxygen penetration and to preserve the coffee aroma. Gases escape through the one-way-wave. The dyes used are all natural and do not contain harmful heavy metals. Aluminium is of course recyclable.
RARE BLUE MOUNTAIN COFFEE
The legendary internationally known premium coffee species, Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee was established in PNG in the late 1930's. Go to any gourmet food hall: Harrod's, The Galleries Lafayette, David Jones, in fact any speciality gourmet shop and ask the price of Blue Mountain and you will agree that our Blue Mountain is indeed rare and is the finest available. This unique coffee is grown in Papua New Guinea Highlands. It was first planted in Wau in the 1930's from seeds imported from Jamaica.
ARABICAS ORGANICALLY GROWN COFFEE
PNG being on the equator is a tropical paradise, with ideal climate and altitude to grow the finest coffee in the world. In bring you the finest coffee we selected the best Arabica and Highlands Blue Mountain beans grown naturally and farmed without the use of chemical fertilisers, pesticides and fungicides. The traditional cultivation of the trees and the high altitude of the growing areas produces a coffee which is naturally low in caffeine and acidity levels.
