PAPUA NEW GUINEA COFFEE – A REAL ORGANIC COFFEE

PAPUA NEW GUINEA COFFEE – A REAL ORGANIC COFFEE

We at UK Vending we are genuinely obsessed about good quality, hardworking coffee that you can feel good about drinking.  Our 100% Papua New Guinea coffee is medium roasted to give a full bodied yet fruity flavourful cup.

People around the world love this ‘oh-so-enjoyable’ medium strength coffee which has such a satisfying flavour. But where it comes from is shaded in mystery – ask anyone what they know about Papua New Guinea and watch  faces cloud over – unlike this clear, medium strength coffee.

Papua New Guinea is a distinct coffee among the Indonesian coffees, even though it doesn’t even have an entire island to call its own.  Papua New Guinea occupies the eastern half of the island it shares with the Indonesian province of Irian Jaya (no organized coffee production originates from Irian Jaya) – which allows whatever makes the fresh wonderful flavour to all be available for the coffee we bring you.

Coffee is the highest foreign exchange earner for Papua New Guinea, the majority of which is grown in the Eastern Highland Province, the Western Highland Province and Simbu.  With the industry not derived on a colonial plantation-based system, production is largely by small farmers with land holdings that grow as little as 20 trees per plot in “coffee gardens” alongside subsistence crops.  Predominantly in isolated places, the product is mostly certified as “organic coffee”.  The small-farm “coffee gardens” have a unique wild note in the cup but are in no way as earthy as other Indonesian coffees such as Sumatra and Sulawesi.

The plantation coffees are the larger farms and have the cleaner, more delicate and sophisticated cup character.  While a lighter body than Javas, good Papua New Guinea has the delicate notes, complexity, and sometimes the acidity or brightness of the best Central Americans.

Much of the seedstock on Papua New Guinea is planted from the Jamaican Blue Mountain ‘var. typica Arabica’, and with the Arusha typical varietal from Tanzania.  Some are more modern hybrids or the Indian “Kent” varietal.  There is also a lot of classic Bourbon coffee.

There are several types of Papua New Guinea coffee:  a bright, clean fruited cup such as Kimel; a balanced lower-toned cup like Arokara Plantation (great for espresso) and a Sigri, the large farm that also does a lot of tea.  Baroida has been a recent favourite.  In general, Papua New Guinea is such a solid origin, with a range of different cup profiles, as opposed to Timor which has one basic cup profile.

So next time you lift the cup to your lips and prepare to savour remember the share-crop farmer who made this all possible on post-volcanic island – and remember that we at UKV have spent almost half-a-century also bringing such treats to you.

About Sumatran Coffee from Flavia and UKV

Flavia Sumatra Coffee

The best Sumatran coffee, including Flavia Sumatran Coffee, comes from Arabica beans.

Arabica coffee production in Sumatra began in the 18th century under Dutch colonial domination and was introduced first to the northern region of Aceh around Lake Tawar. Coffee is still widely produced in these northern regions of Aceh (Takengon, Bener Mariah) as well as in the Lake Toba region (Lintong Nihuta, Dairi-Sidikalang, Siborongborong, Dolok Sanggul, and Seribu Dolok) to the southwest of Medan.

In the past, Sumatra coffees have not been sold by region, presumably because the regional differences are not that distinct. Rather, the quality of the picking, preparation and processing of the coffee determines much of the cup character in this coffee. In fact, Sumatras are sold as Mandheling (Mandailing) which is simply the Indonesian ethnic group that was once involved in coffee production (see note below). The coffee is scored by defects in the cup, not physical defects of the green coffee. So a fairly ugly-looking green coffee can technically be called Grade 1 Mandheling.

Indonesian coffees (‘Indonesians’) are available as the outcome of a unique semi-washed process and (rarely) fully-washed coffees. Semi-washed coffees are best described as “wet-hulled“, localy called Giling Basah, and will have more body and often more of the “character” that makes Indonesians so appealing and slightly funky. In this process, the parchment coffee (the green seed with the parchment shell still attached) is very marginally dried, then stripped of the outer layer, revealing a white-colored, swollen green bean. Then the drying is completed on the patio (or in some cases, on the dirt), and the seed quickly turns to a dark green color.

There is a tendency to over-roast ‘Indonesians’. The reason is that they don’t show as much roast colour, and have a mottled appearance up until 2nd crack and even a bit into it. Don’t let this make you think you have to roast them dark (although they can be nice this way too). Great Indonesians will be wonderful roasted just to the verge of 2nd crack but NOT into it at all. So ignore the weird beans you see green, and ignore the mottled appearance of lighter roasts, and focus on the ‘what you get in the cup’.

With prices high, you expect quality would be up to, but in general this is not the case: what’s the incentive to pick and prepare the coffee better when the market guarantees a premium anyway? It’s why Mars and Flavia buy very selectively from Sumatra and cup the lots hard. What we have seen is blends of old crop and new crop early in the Grade 1 window (Nov-Jan in particular), which is a deceptive practice – but not what is provided from Flavia where quality still counts. Nonetheless, roasters need Sumatra and we know someone buys it … someone who doesn’t cup their lots that is. Problems aside, Mars and Flavia have been able to find great Sumatras in both the rustic and the fancy triple-pick categories because of the  established good relations Mars has directly with the growing sources.

This why we can all continue to enjoy a really good, flavoursome strong coffee called ‘ Sumatra’ from Flavia and supplied to you by UK Vending Ltd – Britain’s longest serving vending company.

For your information: ‘Mandheling’ is an older Dutch spelling of Mandailing, which is an ethnic group, not a region.

Papua New Guinea Flavia Coffee

Flavia Coffee Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea is the first ALTERRA coffee to use 100% Rainforest Alliance Certified™ coffee

The Rainforest Alliance is an independent organisation with a rigorous certification process that comprehensively covers social, economic and environmental factors.

 

Flavia Drinks Herbal Bundle

Flavia range of Herbal Drinks

Flavia Drink of the Week Alterra Coffee RoastersTM Papua New Guinea & Ethiopia

Flavia drinks

For two weeks only, UKV is offering a very special price of £22.50 per box of 100 drinks or rail of 20 at £5.00 – (that’s a 15% saving!).

This promotion lasts from 18th to 1st May 2011 – so do hurry and place your order.
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UK Vending is delighted to be supplying the new range of teas from THE BRIGHT TEA CO.TM

Flavia Bright Tea Company UK Vending

Black, green and herbal teas from THE BRIGHT TEA CO.^TM are all perfectly dispensed through the range of FLAVIA^® brewers.

“England is the land of Tea lovers, these new teas from THE BRIGHT TEA CO.^TM will be enjoyed by over 10,000 UKV customers” says Martin Button Director.

See new range

UK Vending are pleased to announce that they will be distributing ALTERRA COFFEE ROASTERSTM coffees for the FLAVIA® machine.

Flavia Alterra Coffee UK Vending

The MARS Drinks range now comprises of ALTERRA COFFEE ROASTERS^TM coffee, THE BRIGHT TEA CO.^TM teas and GALAXY^® hot chocolate, offering more than 25 combinations of premium coffees, cappuccinos, lattes, mochas, espresso, fresh leaf teas and hot chocolate.  UK Vending are very proud to distribute these for the FLAVIA^® machines.

“UK Vending supplies to over 10,000 customers, who will certainly enjoy the full flavour of these exciting new coffees” say Martin Button, Director.

See New Range

Being the ’2010 Official Coffee Sponsor’ proves to be very worthwhile for UKV

April 22nd 2010- UKV was the Official Coffee Sponsor for the 2010 ‘Kent 20/20 Exhibition’. We dispensed many hundreds of Flavia drinks and cups of chilled, fresh water to the crowds that flocked to our stand. The high quality of the drinks dispensed from the ‘Flavia coffee machines’ by our ever-so-helpful staff was remarked upon throughout the day by our old and new friends. As a result UKV has welcomed a host of new customers since the exhibition.

Overall, the Kent 2020 Exhibition once again proves that although we are a national company, it is wise to remember our roots. Kent, the garden of England, continues to like UKV, its people and its products and we continue to support our county and our community.”

What is leasing?

What makes contracts of these kinds with UK Vending Ltd almost unique in the UK vending industry is that we can be both the supplier and the lessor – in other words it is we that supply you with the goods and the finance and we manage the entire package in-house thus maximising flexibility and minimising management costs.

Leasing (or Rental) is a contract between us the funder (lessor) and the end user (the lessee) for the acquisition and use of an asset and/or solution and (if included) any associated costs, such as maintenance. In some cases we look to an external funder to capitalise the agreement if it means we can thus offer you an even better service.

The lessee selects the asset required and (the lessor) buys title to the asset, usually via the supplier but sometimes direct from the end user client. If UKV is the lessor, we own the goods we in turn lease to you. If you ask us to lease goods you already own we acquire title to them from you and then make them available to you through a lease. You, the lessee then makes a series of payments (usually monthly or quarterly) to us the lessor over a defined period of years, in return for which you have the right to use the equipment. The lease term is normally set to reflect the underlying asset’s expected useful life.

The benefits to you

Conserves cash reserves – leasing enables you to secure the equipment solution most suited to your business, without making a substantial lump sum cash payment, which could be used to better effect elsewhere in the business.

Maintains credit lines for other use – acquire the solution you need without affecting other credit lines, such as loans and overdrafts. This ensures that further borrowing, if required, will be easier.

Improved cash flow - spread the cost over a number of regular payments. Payments can be set to match individual requirements, including seasonal cash flow circumstances.

Fixed payments – payments are fixed for the term of the contract, protecting your business from the effects of changing interest rates. Knowing the amount of future payments enables more accurate budgeting and cash flow projections. And because payments are fixed the true cost of leasing diminishes over time as the value of money depreciates.

Leasing versus other funding options
There are many advantages to leasing when compared with other financing alternatives.

Cash

- Outright purchase has an immediate impact on cash flow. This is not the case with leasing
- The cash is tied into the asset and cannot be used elsewhere in the business. Leasing ensures the cash is available to be used to better effect elsewhere in the business
- The asset(s) is shown on the balance sheet whereas some types of lease are off balance sheet
- Writing down allowances are only claimable each year I the UK at a 25% rate on a reducing balance basis; leasing payments are 100% offset against taxable profits
- Outright cash purchase can reduce your flexibility to upgrade and add to your equipment as technology and your business needs change as you are dependent on future cash reserves. Leasing ensures total flexibility regardless of immediately available cash reserves

Loan

- Using a loan will use up some of your available credit and impact on your ability to obtain or increase any overdraft or current loan to fund working capital in the future
- The asset(s) is shown on the balance sheet whereas some types of lease are off balance sheet
- The lender may ask for additional security – e.g. a debenture over book debt or a charge over a freehold property, where as a lease is always only ever secured on the asset in question
- Loans may be repayable on demand, whereas a lessor cannot ‘foreclose’ on the transaction whilst payments continue to be made
- Only the interest element on loans and writing down allowances are claimable against tax, whereas 100% of leasing payments may be offset against taxable profits

Overdraft

- An overdraft is a short term finance facility to fund working capital, not asset acquisition, and is therefore less appropriate for buying technology
- As with a loan an overdraft will use up some of your available credit and impact on your ability to obtain or increase an overdraft to fund working capital in the future
- Interest is normally variable and calculated daily – lease payments are fixed and allow for easier budgeting
- Just as with a loan, repayment on an overdraft is on demand. Lessors will not foreclose on the arrangement whilst the lessee continues to make payments
- The asset is shown on the balance sheet – some types of lease do not require this

Who uses leasing?

Nearly everyone! Virtually all of the FTSE 100 companies use lease finance solutions to acquire business asset solutions. Over the last twenty years leasing has grown in popularity owing to its often favourable impact on taxation and the value added services that are often provided as part of the lease, for example maintenance, extensions and upgrades, as well as associated service costs.

FAQs

Q. How do I arrange finance?
A. You can contact us directly by telephone, fax or by e-mail by using the ‘contact’ or ‘’enquiries’ forms on our website.

Q. Why should we use leasing rather than pay cash or use a loan?
A. Your cash may be better used elsewhere in the organisation, particularly as working capital helping to develop the business, rather than financing fixed assets.

Q. What kind of equipment can be financed using leasing?
A. Almost any capital equipment can be financed using leasing; from essential vending and IT and telecoms equipment, to software and electronics; from dental chairs and medical scanners to wheelie bins and snow ploughs including plastic extrusion machines and laser etching tools. Nearly any asset required to improve the efficiency of, as well as develop and grow your business can be leased, and we at UKV can both advise your use of leasing and package your requirements to include all the products you wish to lease and not only the vending equipment. Please ask us for details.

Q. What value of equipment can I finance?
A. Assets with a value from as little as £1,000 can be financed through a lease though we also offer reduced rental packages for our low cost water units.

Q. How long will my finance agreement be for?
A. There is a wide range of leasing terms available which can be tailored to suit you, so long as the term does not exceed the expected useful working life of the equipment.

Q. How often do I make payments under my finance agreement?
A. Most UKV customers choose to pay monthly or quarterly, but payment structures can be arranged to suit each individual customers’ requirements.

Q. How do I make payments to UKV?
A. Most customers choose the convenience of a direct debit arrangement or a standing order though we may consider taking payments by conventional invoicing for a small premium.

Q. When do I make my first payment to UKV?
A. This will be normally on the date on the agreement or according to the date of any acceptance certificate or installation.

Q. What happens to the equipment at the end of the finance arrangement?
A. It depends on the type of finance arrangement you choose with us. With a lease agreement you can choose either to continue leasing the equipment for a secondary period, arrange for an up-to-date replacement to be installed as part of a new agreement or simply return the equipment to us. At the end of a lease purchase agreement you have the option to buy the equipment for a final, nominal sum.

Q. If we want to add, change or replace the equipment during the lease, what happens?
A. Changes to equipment requirements can be easily accommodated by UKV via our upgrade and add-on options. A simple adjustment to your payments will make this process easy.

Q. Do the leasing payments cover the VAT element of the cost of equipment?
A. Yes, you pay VAT on the payments as they fall due, rather than pay the VAT up front in full as you would do when you purchase equipment.

Q. Who is responsible for insuring the equipment?
A. As the lessee, you are responsible for insuring the equipment against loss and damage. You should make sure that the equipment is insured with a reputable company and for the full replacement cost. You may be required to produce evidence of the insurance policy.

Q. What do I do if I want to end the finance agreement early and how much notice do you require?
A. You should inform us of your early termination request in writing and we will quote you a settlement figure based on early termination. Normally you will be required to give 90 days notice of early termination.

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Flavia Galaxy Chocolate from 14th September 2009

FLAVIA® is delighted to announce the launch of the NEW GALAXY hot chocolate drink.  Available from 14th September 2009 Made with Real Chocolate 3 out of 4 people prefer Galaxy Guilt free indulgence The fastest growing Mars Inc chocolate brand… in the world The unique FLAVIA SOURCE, SEAL, SERVE process ensures every single serving of GALAXY hot chocolate will be fresh and of the highest quality.