Papua New Guinea Moses Venapoe Esp Roast Whole Bean
Light roasted coffee tastes best at 10-28 days
Eastern Highlands
50 smallholders of Kaibufa
Mixed
1,750MASL
Washed
Tasting Note: Cacao nib, orange,caramelised pecan
 
A local entrepreneur in Kabiufa, Moses Venapoe starts buying coffee with a firm focus on the best possible quality in 2019. He fill the void of an absent dedicated coffee buyer by setting up a buying station for his community in Kabiufa. Moses set up a cherry buying operation and built a small wet mill in his own back yard to ensure full control of the wet milling, fermentation and drying of the coffee. With high-quality in mind, Moses organised the buying process in a (for PNG) unique way: significant premiums of 30% above market price are paid immediately to the supplier for a “red cherry only” delivery. This means cherry is hand-sorted at the wet mill, prior to weighing it and buying it. The carefully selected ripe cherry gets processed while the unripe cherry is discarded. This serves both as a deterrent to the delivery of unripe cherries and to encourage better harvesting at the farm. Although Moses has only been operating on a small scale (50 smallholder cherry suppliers) and is only new to the world of coffee, his ability to effectively implement best practices are remarkable.
 
Recommended Recipes
 
Espresso : 18-20g basket, 20g : 50g 24-26 seconds, 94°C20-22g basket, 21.5g : 56g 26-28 seconds, 94°C
 
Cold Brew : 1:12 ratio, medium grind (slightly finer than V60 grind size), 12 hour brew time with room temperature water
 
Roast every Monday.
Ready for shipping every Wednesday.