SON LA

ORIGIN : Son La, VietnamFARMER : Smallholder FarmersALTITUDE : 1000-2000 mVARIETAL : CatimorPROCESSING : Washed White HoneyROAST : Light MediumTASTING NOTES : Lemon-Lime, Cucumber-Melon, Honey, Creamy, Leather   Arabica coffees make up only a small percentage of the coffee that Vietnam produces. Vietnam is a country of smallholder farms, averaging 1-3 hectares, and farmers do not process their own coffee here but instead sell red cherry to wet mills, which process the coffee for export. During honey-style coffee processing, most of the pulp is removed from the coffee bean with a bit of remaining mucilage left to impart flavor. The coffee is then sun-dried and sorted and hulled before grading and exportation.    We roast on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and to ensure the best tasting coffees, orders received after Monday may not be processed or shipped until the following week.