POSSIBLY MAYBE

CONTINGENCY IN A CUP:
Possibly Maybe is the wild card on our menu. There are no strict guidelines for it. Instead it is a celebration of emergent or underrepresented origins, or perhaps a sensory profile that veers far from its regional expectations, or simply it is a lot that is delightfully surprising! We call it contingency in a cup because the flavour profile presents what is 'neither necessary, nor impossible', which is also part of what makes coffee so fun. As Björk says in her song Possibly Maybe, "uncertainty excites me" because "who knows what is going to happen?" 

ORIGIN:
Kindeng Mill is owned and operated by WR Carpenter Estates, who have six estates across the Western Highlands and Jiwaka Provinces. The station collects cherries from 1500 smallholders throughout the valley. Farms, known locally as ‘gardens’ in Kindeng and Arufa grow coffee alongside multiple other fruits, vegetables, and grains. Fresh cherries arrive then arrive at the sprawling Kindeng processing facility, which is actually the largest in the country. It uses advanced separators, pinhalense pulpers and mechanical washers to separate lots. 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 under-celebrated origin. They always seem to pair stunningly clear and fruity acidity with seriously deep caramel notes. And while we historically brought in washed lots, we have brought in the natural offerings from Kindeng the last three harvests. Because: how can you say no to all its boozy acidity and candy sweetness? You can expect a nice tropical flavour, think of a perfectly ripe mango with passion fruit and pineapple. There is a citrus note that presents with a creamy backdrop, which gives way to a rich caramel and spice heavy finish that delights with clove and nutmeg.