Pha Yar Gyi Kone - Myanmar - Espresso - Natural Coffee

TASTE NOTES
Vanilla, Strawberry & Blackberry Jam

VARIETAL
Red Catuai

PROCESS
Natural

ALTITUDE
1323 masl

We are excited to share with you our first ever coffee from Myanmar. This particular lot gets its name from a small village called ‘Pha Yar Gyi Kone’ situated in the mountains of eastern Myanmar. There are lots of small coffee producing villages in this area and are all part of the ‘Shwe Taung Thu’ farmers group which translates to ‘golden farmer’.

Each village hasits own working group which is responsible for managing the processing of the coffee within each village. The focus is exclusively on producing dry naturals. The climate and terroir is particularly suited to this process, with very dry heat during the harvest season providing excellent conditions for drying. When the coffee is ready to be harvested the ripe cherries are picked and delivered to a central collection point in the village. They are then hand sorted by villagers, retaining the best cherry and removing under and over ripe fruit. The cherries are then spread out to dry on raised beds. With weather variations through the season, drying takes between 11-32 days, with the cherry moved each hour to ensure even drying. Dry milling takes place through a local exporter. This has all the usual characteristics of a natural process coffee but has a clean and bright elegance which reflects this community’s meticulous attention to detail and dedication to producing the best quality possible.