Papua New Guinea Sigri Maragogype

Sigri Estate was established in the 1950s by Tom Cole, a crocodile hunter turned coffee farmer. Later acquired by WR Carpenters—its current owners—Sigri has grown into one of Papua New Guinea’s largest and most respected coffee farms. Located at elevations above 5,000 feet, all Sigri coffee is processed on-site, minimizing quality risks and ensuring full traceability.

The estate employs a meticulous washed process that includes a three-day fermentation, broken up by a daily washing, followed by a full day of clean water immersion to balance and refine the flavor. After sun-drying, the coffee is rested for 21 days, then carefully destoned, hulled, and sorted by density, color, and finally by hand.

This particular lot was sourced through Benchmark Coffee Traders, whose family maintains a direct connection to Sigri Estate. It carries the “Kula” designation—exclusive to Benchmark—which signals elevated processing standards: drying on raised beds and two rounds of precise color and hand sorting. The result is a clean, complex cup with distinctive character, rivaling the best from more widely known specialty origins.

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