Thailand MicroLot - Black Honey Processed, Light Roast

Cupping notes: Grapefruit/Lemon Taffy/Cantaloupe

Farm: Small landholders in Law Wu
Variety: Catimor
Region: Chiang Mai
Altitude: 1,700m
Process: Black Honey

Law Wu is small and mighty village made of 9 coffee farms and 30 families have been producing coffee for 10 years. Most of the crop is shade grown at higher altitudes and cared for without using pesticides. Law Wu Black Honey was processed by pulping the cherries and leaving the mucilage on the seed to dry. During the drying period it is rotated multiple times a day for a total of 2 weeks. Once the coffee has reached its desired moisture level they are dry-hulled and bagged for export.

ITDF is a NGO in Thailand that helps provide the tribe villagers with clean water and actively working towards ending poverty for the hill villagers. ITDF coffee roots go back to 1961, and in 1990 they created a Co-op to help the villagers produce higher quality products.  They provided training, planted varieties that thrive in certain regions, and processing equipment to achieve this goal. Present day there are over 400 farms in 40 villages that participate. All which are 100% farmer owned.