The 25th Microfarm Project has arrived!

Kunjin coffee with a taste that will never exist again, comes from Papua New Guinea and brings with it a unique history.

Ask yourself! Can you recall the time when you were drinking frappé coffee with milk? If you are a true coffee lover it is difficult to recall this taste, as the real joy (the coffee for the aficionados) is found in a cup of espresso, in a frozen freddo cappuccino, in a warm late or in whatever choice your research has taken you, until you discover the flavor that suits you.

The history of coffee seems to evolve with you (and for you). And if until now you felt that you have found what you are looking for, you should think again. Even if you are sure about the coffee you like, it is time to try different blends, specialty varieties and suggestions that will change your taste experience. At Coffee Island, coffee explorers undertake to guide you on such a journey full of knowledge, discovery, taste and finally into a new era where coffee is a choice of quality features, aromas and aftertaste that accompanies you for many hours.

The 25th coffee of the Microfarm Project is an experience that you must live not only for its delicious profile, but because its history will take you to the mountains of Papua New Guinea. Kunjin is unique because it is born from a collection of crops from small farmers. Its precious grains are collected in small plantations-gardens located at an altitude of 1500 -1800 meters. This could be a scene from a documentary, where your mind conjures up the images of farmers gathering their crop in the eponymous central mill of a plantation located in the Wahgi Valley, where the grains are carefully sorted, then washed and spread on tarpaulin sheets for three to six days to dry. This processing makes for a coffee with full body, mild acidity and sweet aftertaste.

You need to experience this taste that will never exist again to understand why this 100% specialty Arabica brings to the Coffee Island online shop , but also to the Espresso Bar a completely new proposal that you will love. Artisan roasted Kunjin, Microfarm’s 25th coffee is the twist in your day that will change everything you knew about your favorite beverage until now. Notes of plum, cocoa, bergamot and green apple succeed one another in a cup that wins you over with its sweet aftertaste. Indeed, this coffee has a history which reaches to you.

In this story you will encounter 800 different languages – there are that many languages spoken in Papua New Guinea -, indigenous tribes living in the mountains without having contacts with the Western Civilization until the 1930s, and a country trying to balance between the influences of the modern world and the domestic traditions that are preserved to this day. This emphasizes even more the paradoxical character of this corner of the world. The coffee production comes from the largest percentage of farmers who literally have gardens – they call them coffee gardens – with two (!) up to two hundred trees that produce 25 – 65 kg of coffee.

As for the mill in which they gather their crops, it is a rented facility located at an old plantation. Due to the ruling power possessing the power to break business deals at ease, property ownership is almost impossible for the farmers.

From these lands, presenting huge cultural and social differences, comes Kunjin. As soon as you taste it you will understand why we traveled to Papua New Guinea, climbed the rugged mountains and met the natives who cultivate this unique coffee.

Because this taste will never exist again and we want to share it with you, writing the history of coffee in your modern daily life. All you have to do is follow the path of exploration, constantly looking for a new experience, which is not just an espresso., but rather a drink with a name, a place of origin, its own history and a unique taste profile that emerges from the very first sip. Your journey to exploring coffee begins at Coffee Island and it is exciting.