PAPUA NEW GUINEA ELIMBARI

– **Location and Cultivation**: Elimbari coffee is grown in the central part of Papua New Guinea, particularly in the Chuave district near the Eastern Highlands, on the slopes of the Bismarck Mountain Range.

– **Smallholder Dominance**: Majority of Elimbari coffee is cultivated by smallholders in gardens ranging from small plots to three-hectare sizes, with traditional plantations contributing less than 20% to total production.

– **Processing**: Harvested coffee cherries undergo pulping, followed by a 24-hour dry fermentation process, and are then washed and dried on tarpaulin drying beds before being sold to collectors and processed at a dry mill facility owned by Kongo.

– **Arusha Varietal**: The Arusha varietal, possibly from the Typica lineage, is found in both Tanzania and Papua New Guinea, with both countries sharing colonial influences from Germany and Britain.

– **History and Introduction**: Coffee varietals were introduced to Papua New Guinea in the 1950s, although coffee was recorded in PNG as early as 1873 and was already growing in the Rabaul Botanical Gardens by 1890, with cultivation in Simbu starting in the 1960s.