One Line Coffee-Short North

Another PNG offering from a relationship formed during our 2024 origin visit with . Papua New Guinea is a challenging origin to source fully traceable coffees, especially from a single farmer or producer. We’re thrilled to feature one from Peter Seed. Fittingly named for coffee farming, Peter inherited his land from his father, and he farms it with both his immediate and extended family.

Peter is dedicated to producing high quality coffee, and we’re committed to finding producers like him in Papua New Guinea, an area where coffees are usually purchased for their low price tag. Crop to Cup wants to build something different, identifying smallholders throughout the Highlands that are eager to do something special.

SNEAK PEEK & OPENING ANNOUNCEMENT

We’re a bit behind schedule, but we’ve been hard at work. Our Short North location is officially reopening FRIDAY OCT 3. We’ll have a few things that we’re still finishing over the coming days, but we can’t wait any longer to show you all the changes!

Swing on through and visit!

PNG WAINGAR UPDATE - WATER ACCESS

Hey everyone, this is Zach from One Line Coffee! Last year we started a new Smallholder Fund that has been a passion project of mine for some time. It is a culmination of my travels over the last few years, visiting various origins we source from around the world.

Although coffee comes from different continents, across varying cultures and geographies, smallholders across the world face similar challenges. Outside of adverse weather, most of them revolve around finances, whether it is access to lending (especially at reasonable rates), logistical challenges preventing raw material acquisition, lack of bank accounts, etc.

At One Line, while we do bring in innovative coffees utilizing state-of-the-art processing techniques, these coffees are expensive to buy because they are expensive to produce. There is a reason you do not see these coffees coming from most smallholders, as much as they may want to produce them.

We ensure that a significant portion of our offering list comes from smallholders, whether it is from Mexico, Papua New Guinea, Guatemala, Burundi, Rwanda, the list goes on…

We aim to build sustainable relationships with smallholders, but we know that alone sometimes isn’t enough. With more experience each trip, I thought it was best we start a fund that can be more targeted, and aggressive, to address specific circumstances for smallholders we buy from.

In 2024, I visited Papua New Guinea with , where I fell in love with the community in Waingar Village. This community showed a great commitment to producing quality coffee, but they had a massive challenge: water access. At the time, they had a ditch in the center of the village that would collect water during the rainy season. Otherwise, members would travel some 200+ meters down the mountain and back to collect water with small buckets.

Our goal with Crop to Cup was to fund a water pump, and reservoir to hold water for the village’s consumption and for coffee processing, along with shade nets for coffee drying. That goal became a reality in April when Waingar Village fired upon their new pump and Tuffa Tanks to provide water to the community.

NEW ORIGIN - NEPAL

We have a mere 20lbs of this beautiful coffee from Nepal. This lot is an anaerobic natural from the Lekali Estate () which is run by Nima Tenzing Sherpa, who is also a certified Q-Grader and SCA barista. The Estate is nestled in the Ganesh Himal mountain range between 1300 and 1600 meters above sea level.

This coffee underwent a 10 day anaerobic fermentation in plastic drums, with pH levels monitored daily. The coffee was sun-dried for 5 days before being brought into a shaded area for slower drying, until a moisture content of 10.9% was reached.

Due to the small amount of coffee on hand, we are taking pre-orders online that will be roasted on 7/7. There is currently a VERY SMALL (three pouches each) inventory at both our Short North and Franklinton stores. Check the link in our bio to pre-order!