Vietnam Meo Rung - Green

Region: Sơn LaVarietal: CatimorProcess: WashedAltitude: 1,000 MASLCupping Notes: Red Apple, Orange, Brown SugarRecommended Roast: City to Full City+ Good For: Pour Over, Auto-Drip, Espresso, Blends Description: This lot comes to Bodhi Leaf from Sơn La, a mountainous region in the Northwest of Vietnam, about 300 kilometers away from the capital, Hanoi. Coffee production goes back to the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when French colonialists began planting coffee in Sơn La and other northern provinces. In the past decades, Sơn La has developed into a major Arabica coffee producing hub of Vietnam. “Sơn La” coffee dates back to 1945, when a local started growing coffee trees in his garden. This event is recorded in the book “Sơn La and coffee”. Since then, coffee has been gradually developed, contributing to the incomes of the local minor ethnicities, and helping them move onward from their nomadic lifestyle. Coffee production has become a part of the locals’ lives and everyday pract