Country: Papua New Guinea Producer: Timuza Coffee Cooperative Process: Fully-washed and sun-dried Roast Profile: Medium Flavour Notes: apricot, banana, molasses The Timuza Coffee Cooperative represents over 200 smallholder farmers of the Kamano tribal group located southwest of Kainantu in the hamlets surrounding Namura town. The soils are a mix of black and brownish-red loam with predominately traditional Typica grown under casuarina and albizia shade trees. The average farm size is 1.4 hectares per family with adjacent gardens for cultivating food crops such as sweet potatoes, taro and cassava. Farmers have received training and assistance in financial management. The harvest takes place from April through September with selective harvesting of ripe cherries, manual pulping, fermentation in traditional bilum bags, washing, and full sun-drying.