No longer should you be describing your coffee drinking experience as one that simply satisfies the thirst or gives you fuel. As of today, you’re one step closer to reclaiming your cup of coffee as a sacred moment which brings you-time and even connection with others.
What will you do with this coffee drinking experience? Invite a neighbour over. Start a morning ritual. Make a round of coffee for people you work with or care about. Be mindful, and taste the flavours. The choice is yours. No matter how you choose to experience good coffee, we’ll take care to roast speciality coffee, from farmers who are cared for just as much as the coffee we roast for you.
Go on, experience good coffee.
Roaster’s tasting notes: chocolate | orange | winey
Kongo Coffee Ltd. is a locally owned coffee export company based primarily in Simbu province. Simbu is Papua New Guinea’s third largest coffee producing province. Kongo have been in operation since before the turn of the millennium and provides services to the smallholder coffee producers.
Coffee in PNG is mostly processed using the traditional wet method, with drying done with mechanical driers, raised beds or ‘sails’. Sails are tarpaulins stretched out under the sun to provide clean space to dry the beans.
Over the years Kongo have been supporting several schools across the Simbu province. This includes funding for building development, resources, and school fee scholarships.
This particular coffee includes a premium for the Simbu Project This project is their own, which has been investing locally for more than 35 years. They pay producers 20% above market rate for their coffee, which means not only are producers paid well, but there is always plenty of good coffee coming through because there is up to a further 60% increase available based on quality. This in turn means they can sell at a good price, and have money to invest. 7 primary schools are funded by Kongo B, and infrastructure is invested in too such as local road upkeep and telegraph connections.