This is the second time coffee we’ve bought this coffee from Thailand, and we’re excited to bring it back! It's got juicy, complex notes of Papaya, Matcha, and Agave... just the thing to liven up a gray winter day. We only purchased one half bag (30 kilos), so we don’t expect it to hang around very long!
Sirinya Coffee is not only a coffee farm but also a roastery and coffee shop located in the mountains of the Chiange Rai province. The business is run by couple Oil and Goh Chaosuwanwilai, who are passionate about helping their local community, stewardship of the land, and pursuing excellence in all aspects of coffee.
The Chiange Rai region was historically known for opium production, but a combination of government and NGO initiatives in the 1970s encouraged moving away from opium and over to coffee and other crops instead. These initiatives were so successful that by 1980 the drop in opium poppy cultivation was significant enough to make Thailand a successful model for alternative development.
Today Goh and Oil build on the 40+ years of coffee growing in the region by bringing their knowledge and expertise to all aspects of specialty coffee-- from soil health and organic farming methods to post-harvest processing, milling, and even roasting and brewing. It really is an end-to-end coffee company, and the quality of this honey process coffee (honey process being notoriously difficult to execute in tropical climates!) stands as a testament to their good work.
We bought this coffee through Indochina, an importer that specialises in Asian coffees, and we've loved getting to know some amazing Asian coffee farmers through their work.
Elevation: 1450 meters above sea level
Varietal: Bourbon, Caturra and Catimor
Cup Score: 86.5
Price paid per kilo: £16.75 per kg
Process: Honey