BLOSSMING POSSIBILITIES

Huai Chomphu, located in Chiang Rai, is a coffee-growing region with approximately 500 households, each typically producing 1-2 tons of coffee. Beanspire sources coffee from these smallholder farmers. The name 'Huai Chomphu' translates to 'Pink Valley,' named for the cherry blossoms that bloom during the harvest season. All of the villagers belong to the Akha Hilltribe. This particular coffee is from Stidkhun Wuiyaku (34), who works closely with Beanspire in Huai Chomphu district.

 

CULTIVARS

Catuai, Typica, Chiang Mai, SJ133

ALTITUDE

1450 MASL

NOTABLE

The varieties here are a mixture of Typica, Catuai, Chiang Mai and SJ133 (with many unknowns as well). Chiang Mai is a local hybrid that is a cross between SL28 x Caturra x Hibrido de Timor. So it's a catimor variant (like Colombia and Castillo varieties!) that's backcrossed with SL28 in order to improve the cup quality. It's a rust resistant cultivar that's been developed by their late King as part of his effort to eradicate opium plantation by the hill tribe in the North. SJ133 (San Jose 133) has an exact genetic phenotype as Costa Rica 95. It was brought into Thailand via Nestle in the late 80s.


PROCESSING

Anaerobic Natural : The coffee cherries are floated to remove defects, then lay on the raised beds to dry off the water. Then the coffee cherries are anaerobically fermented in double-layered plastic bags for 3 days and the bags are flipped and turned side to side. Then, left to ferment for 3 additional days then removed and dried on raised beds for 25 days.



CUPPING NOTES
2024 HARVEST

Beanspire - Huai Chomphu Anaerobic natural

 

  • The price you pay for Huai Chompu (p/kg). We agreed on this price directly with the farmers, disregarding the volatile US Coffee C price.

  • The farm gate price includes the payment to farmers for the coffee, wet milling, and margin.

  • Beanspire collaborates with producers to mill their coffee, coordinate local freight from farm to port, and manage export paperwork, marketing and sales. The price break down also includes the cost of these services along with Beanspire's profit margin.

  • Shipping is arranged from Lat Krabang Inland Container Depot in Thailand to Rotterdam, Netherlands, with all logistics and paperwork managed by Beanspire.

  • Average financing cost owed to (mostly social) lenders. This ensures immediate payment to the farmers when the coffee leaves the farm or port.

  • A standard TSU premium on all coffees designated exclusively to accelerate farmers’ own regenerative agriculture projects. Read more about the regenerative projects done by Rushashi here. (Webpage Coming soon)

  • This Side Up compensation for spending time and resources importing this coffee. Our work includes year-round contact with producers, managing export, shipping, import, warehousing, grading, sampling, finding and keeping roasting partners for Merlaeku. € 1,65 is This Side Up’s Model 1 markup. For a full overview of our modular margin construction, see the Trade Models page.

PHOTO GALLERY

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