GEOGRAPHY:Region SimbaiAltitude 1600-1900PRODUCER:Various smallholdersVARIETY:Bourbon, TypicaPROCESSING:WashedSimbai Balus Kopi (Simbai Airplane Coffee) comes from the Simbai region, just over the Bismarck Range that borders the Western Highlands Province and Sepik Province. Our sister company at origin, Volcafe PNG, works with over 4,000 farmers in this isolated region across four airstrips to get them the support they need. All PNG green coffee from Simbai is transported via plane. For Simbai farmers to access the supply chain, they must bring their coffee to an airstrip. It’s not easy – some farmers have a day’s journey from their farm to the airfields. Once the coffee arrives, it’s weighed in parchment, recorded, and stored in Volcafe PNG’s warehouses. Volcafe PNG lines up charter flights whenever there’s enough coffee for a planeload. They also organize the freight and staff support for the outbound journey from the airstrip to help cover part of the charter cost (usually around USD 2,000). The coffee from Simbai is then transported to Mt. Hagen, where it joins our global supply chain.