IN THE SUN

NATURAL LOTS:
In The Sun always features naturally processed coffees. These are lots in which fresh cherries are harvested from the tree and then set out to dry in the sun. By leaving on those outer fruit and mucilage layers, the seed take on those complex sugars from the pulp. This drying typically takes around two weeks with the next stage being ‘hulling’ in which the outer layers are removed before a final wash. 

Natural coffees are ‘the perfect starting point’ for people interested in specialty coffee. The processing lends itself to deep fruit-forward flavours, which are easy to pick up and makes ‘taste notes’ far less ambiguous. The cup will have much bigger body than washed processes, and natural lots can even lend themselves to more earthy and robust sensory profiles. 

Simple with heavy sweetness, our natural lots are crowd pleasers that will leave you feeling content. As Nirvana’s All Apologies suggests, “In the sun, In the sun, I feel as one.”

ORIGIN:
One of the highlights of last year’s winter menu was a natural lot from Kindeng Mill in Wahgi Valley, so I am ecstatic to bring it back! The mill is part of the WR Carpenter Estate’s network and purchases crops from roughly 1500 farms in the area. Farms, known locally as ‘gardens’ in Kindeng and Arufa grow coffee alongside multiple other fruits, vegetables, and grains. For this natural lot, fresh cherries dry with cherries intact on raised beds and canvasses. They are moved multiple times a day throughout the average 1-month drying process to ensure an even and uniform average moisture content across the lot. 

FLAVOUR:
In specialty coffee circles, I think Papua New Guinea is the most unsung and strangely undercelebrated origin. They always seem to pair stunningly clear and fruity acidity with seriously deep caramel notes. And while we typically bring in washed lots from Papua New Guinea but could not say no to all the boozy acidity and berry notes of this natural lot. You can expect a nice tropical flavour, think of a perfectly ripe mango. There is a citrus note that presents with a creamy backdrop, which gives way to a rich caramel and molasses heavy finish!