BEATING THE PATRIARCHY

As the process designer, dry miller, and exporter of this coffee, Jane Kittirattanapaiboon has been working in Doi Panghkon area for 10 years. It is located in Chiang Rai, is home to 300 households, each typically producing 1–2 tons of parchment coffee per season. Unlike many origins where farms are remote and difficult to access, Thailand’s coffee farms arehighly accessible. The coffee industry in Thailand began as part of an opium eradication project initiated by the late King of Thailand. Compared to Myanmar and Laos, Thailand has been far more successful in this transition. In Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai, the country’s two largest coffee-producing provinces, farms can be reached in just 45 minutes from the airport. The country has a well- functioning coffee infrastructure, and many farmers’ children are returning to take over family farms. Jane sources parchment from two regions in Doi Panghkon to create Wiang Pa Pao Fully Washed & Kenya style washed. Both these coffees highlights woman-led effort to showcase Thailand’s potential as an emerging specialty coffee origin. Jane oversees the entire process, from wet milling to cupping, and sourced the parchment from a nearby wet mill located close to Beanspire’s dry mill. Thailand boasts a thriving local specialty coffee culture, ensuring that farmers receive fair and sustainable prices. Every cup of this coffee contributes to both economic stability and environmental conservation

 

CULTIVARS

Wiang Pa Pao : Catuai, Typica, Chiang Mai
Doi Pangkhon : Catuai, Typica, Chiang Mai, SJ133

ALTITUDE

1,200–1,450 MASL

NOTABLE

Many of the farmers and industry professionals we work with are young, averaging 25–35 years old. This younger generation is a testament to Thailand’s relative economic development compared to other coffee-growing regions. Wiang Pa Pao is expected to have clean caramel sweetness flavour, mild lemon acidity, and a full-bodied profile—perfect as a single-origin (SO) offering or can be blend component for roasters and cafés .Also, SJ133 is genetically identical to Costa Rica 95, while Chiang Mai is a local hybrid derived from SL28 × Caturra × Híbrido de Timor.

PROCESSING

FULLY WASHED This coffee underwent a 12–24-hour wet fermentation, depending on the weather. After pulping, the coffee was soaked in fresh water for an additional 12 hours before being thoroughly washed to remove all mucilage. The beans were then dried on bamboo raised beds and inside greenhouses for 15–20 days. The coffee went through a destoner, huller, size grader, and density table, followed by hand-sorting. The green beans passed through the density table multiple times to ensure high quality. We shipped the coffee in triple-layered bags, consisting of a cotton outer layer, High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE) middle layer, and a hermetic GrainPro inner bag to preserve freshness.

KENYA STYLE WASHED This is done by extending the dry fermentation stage while minimizing the wet fermentation and soaking stages. Drying was done on bamboo raised beds for at least 14 days, then finished in the lowlands. For green coffee preparation, the beans went through a destoner, huller, size grader, and density table, followed by hand-sorting. The coffee was packed in triple-layered bags, consisting of a cotton outer layer, High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE) middle layer, and a hermetic inner bag to ensure freshness and quality during export.Beanspire has dabbled with improvising the processing steps and this version has resulted in a more complex coffee and may become their new processing standard.

Cupping notes

2024 HARVEST

Beanspire - Wiang Pa Pao - fully washed
Beanspire - Doi pangkhon kenya-styled washed - Jane.

 

  • The price you pay for Wiang Pa Pao washed 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. Jane sources parchment from two farmer groups in Doi Panghkon, processing it as either fully washed or Kenya-style washed.

    Doi Pangkhon Kenya-styled Washed - Jane : € 7,79

  • 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.

    Doi Pangkhon Kenya-styled Washed - Jane : € 1,38

  • 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.

  • 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 Wiang Pa Pao. € 1,65 is This Side Up’s Model 1 markup. For a full overview of our modular margin construction, see the Trade Models page.

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