Coffee region guide
Western Highlands
웨스턴 하일랜즈
A central highland origin spanning smallholder gardens and estates, with washed lots showing candy sweetness and tea-like texture.
Place and growing environment
Mountain farms intercrop coffee with food crops, using both home processing and mill collection.
Recorded flavors
- 01Candy sweetness
- 02Tea-like texture
- 03Balanced body
Processing
Washed
Grown varieties
Arusha · Blue Mountain · Bourbon · Mundo Novo · Typica · Caturra
Blue Mountain
A name associated with Typica material, also cultivated in East Africa.
- Growing conditions
- Among the varieties cultivated by growers supplying Mugaya in Kirinyaga, Kenya.
Bourbon
A traditional variety central to the ancestry of cultivated Arabica.
- Lineage
- Belongs to the Bourbon genetic group and underlies several compact varieties.
- Growing conditions
- Tall plants susceptible to leaf rust and coffee berry disease.
- Traits
- Strong high-altitude cup potential; fruit ripens relatively early.
Mundo Novo
A vigorous, tall variety selected in Brazil.
- Lineage
- Originates from a natural Bourbon–Typica cross.
- Growing conditions
- Productive for a traditional variety, with relatively late ripening.
- Traits
- Crossed with Caturra to create Catuai.
Typica
A foundational Arabica variety distributed worldwide via Java.
- Lineage
- Seeds transferred from India to Java in the late seventeenth century founded the modern Typica variety.
- Growing conditions
- Tall, low-yielding trees susceptible to major coffee diseases.
- Traits
- Adapted to cool growing conditions and valued for cup quality in Central America.
Caturra
A compact Bourbon mutation discovered in Brazil.
- Lineage
- A single-gene mutation subsequently selected by IAC from 1937.
- Growing conditions
- Short internodes and closely spaced branches suit dense planting; susceptible to leaf rust.
- Traits
- Widely cultivated in Central America and used as a benchmark in variety trials.
Lot details
Mong
Rexson Raguni / Mong Coffee
Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Sources
- Variety · process
- Blue Mountain · Mundo Novo · CaturraWashed
- Tasting notes
- Pear · Cola · Lemongrass
Mong
Rexson Raguni / Mong Coffee
Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea
- Variety · process
- Blue Mountain · Mundo Novo · CaturraWashed, slow dried under shade
- Tasting notes
- Pear · Cola · Lemongrass
Sources
- Western Highlands Washed(opens in a new tab)
Sucafina · Accessed
- Mong Coffee — Western Highlands producer profile(opens in a new tab)
Crop to Cup · Accessed
- Mong(opens in a new tab)
Enjoy Coffee Roasters · Accessed
- Rexson Raguni — Papua New Guinea — Natural(opens in a new tab)
Dandy Coffee · Accessed