The Sigri Plantation, located in the Wahgi Valley in the Western Highland province of Papua New Guinea, was established in the 1950's and rapidly gained a reputation for prducing the finest Arabica coffee in the country.

This reputation has continued to grow and Sigri has been internationally recognized as producing a gourmet coffee equal to the world's best for more than 20 years.

At over 5000 feet above sea level the plantation enjoys a cool climate and bountiful rainfall, the ideal enviroment for growing Arabica coffee. All plantings are exclusively Arabica, concentrating on the Arusha, Bourbon and Typica varieties, which produce a finer coffee than other Arabicas in Papua New Guinea.

All coffee bearing the Sigri name is a washed Arabica and undergoes a rigorous wet factory process. Quality control begins in the field: Cherry coffee is hand-picked and carefully checked for uniformity - it must be red and fully ripe which allows the correct balance of sugar and acid within the cherry. This selected cherry is then pulped on the same day of picking.

A fermentation process follows, a period of three days broken every 24 hours by washing - but unlike most others, the Sigri process follows this by total immersion in water for a further day, which creates a superior coffee.

Sun drying further enhances the coffee and unlike many others, all Sigri coffee is sun dried. Careful conditioning, hulling, grading and hand sorting follows. This combined with rigorous quality control and a final hand sort before packing produces the finest green bean for which Sigri is renowned.

All grades are continuously sampled - roasted and liquored on the estate by experts. This prvides a final check on the quality of the green bean product, and is a practice unique both in Papua New Guinea as well as most other coffee producing countries.

A cup of our superbly flavorful Sigri coffee is the culmination of years of experience, time, proven methods of growing and processing, and the most stringent attention to maintaining standards and quality control.