PNG Coffee

Pacific Trade Invest (PTI) New Zealand hosted six chocolate and coffee exporters from five Pacific Island countries at the show at The Cloud on Auckland’s picturesque waterfront last weekend.

Along with Tonga’s Tupu’anga Coffee were Samoa’s kokoloa, Solomons Gold from the Solomon Islands, Paradise Foods from Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu’s Tanna Coffee – all housed in a specially designed Pacific-themed stand titled the ‘Pacific Hub’. The six-booth PTI stand was one of the biggest at the show.

In an interview with Business Advantage PNG, PNG’s High Commissioner to the UK, Winnie Kiap, says PNG has to tap into a growing young population of coffee drinkers in the UK.

‘They are becoming a big nation of coffee drinkers because the young population now prefers to be identified with coffee than with tea.  It’s a coffee generation. So that’s the market that we have to target,” said Kiap.

The announcement by Kiap follows two successful trade delegations which have boosted awareness.