The Christmas Edition
Change Please Christmas Edition
Our Christmas Edition coffee is the perfect Christmas gift: a cozy, brandy-kissed cup with stone-fruit sweetness, soft acidity, and a rich, syrupy mouthfeel that feels like a festive treat by the fire. It’s rare Papua New Guinea origin, combined with a spirit of community and sustainability, makes it a meaningful, memorable choice for both coffee lovers and casual holiday sippers.
Origin: Arufa, Papua New Guinea
Process: Natural
Processed by: Monpi Coffee
Altitude: 1520 - 1770 masl
Tasting Notes: Brandy snaps, Plums, cherries
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About the Coffee Farm
Sitting in the shadow of Mount Bangeta, Papua New Guinea, the land is filled with winding waterways that help distribute much-needed volcanic nutrients throughout the soil. Traditionally, these remote regions of Papua New Guinea are difficult to traverse, meaning many producers have to carry their crop over long distances to receive factory door prices. Fortunately for communities in Arufa, the region benefits from accessible roads, providing producers with access to Monpi’s mill.
Land in PNG is still to this day conventionally owned, with plantations in Arufa managed by smallholder farmers, averaging just 2 hectares. Coffee is inter-cropped with other crops to increase soil humus, fertility and shade. Crops include plantain, bananas, yams, sweet potato, cabbage and other traditional foods.
Although a variety of other produce is grown, coffee cultivation is often the primary means of income; with other produce grown and livestock reared only for personal consumption. This makes coffee an important cash crop, as most farmers in the Jiwaka Province will grow coffee for income.
Raise a mug to Change Please and their coffee that’s tackling the homelessness crisis.
100% of their profits go straight back into their mission to give people experiencing homelessness a fresh shot at life, via the Change Please Foundation. Through this they offer barista training at their state-of-the-art coffee academy, setting people up on a new career path.
Change Please pays all trainees a living wage, provides temporary accommodation and lends a helping hand supporting them with wider needs too, from accessing therapy to financial paperwork. It’s a sustainable employment model that takes people from the streets to a secure life with a bright future.
Change Please apply their ethical ethos when sourcing their coffee too, so you can be sure every brew is an all-round force for good.
Oh, and it tastes amazing, with multiple awards to Change Please’s name. What’s not to love?