FARM LAMARI VALLEY, EASTERN HIGHLANDS	PROCESS FULLY-WASHED & SUN DRIED	ELEVATION 1,600-2,200 MASL

The Baroida Estate is located in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea and was founded by Ben Colbran, in the 1960’s. Ben first purchased the land from an indigenous man named Taro & they were amongst the first people to cultivate crops in these valleys. 

For the past 20 years, Colbrans served as collectors and agents for large multinational traders and ensured a consistent supply of direct trade super high quality coffees that are highly sought after. 

In early 2010, MTC and the Colbran family joined in a unique specialty coffee partnership, with the aim to bypass the large multinational traders and focus on unique, small lot specialty coffees. Boana Plantation is sourced as cherry from surrounding indigenous estate owners. Like all things in PNG, Boana is the name of the spirit that roamed that part the valley. Each season the Colbrans inspect their regular suppliers and buy forward contracts of the best fruit in the regions. This ensures the best quality cherry is sold to them and the farmers can then choose to mill their own coffee to parchment. 

The cherry coffee is bought to the Baroida wet mill collection point on a daily basis during harvest and the cherry is sorted and checked for quality and the growers are paid on the spot for their cherry. Baroida then pulps, ferments, washes and dries the coffee and prepares ready for export.