Thailand Doi Saket Typica

You can tell from the outset that Beanspire was facing an uphill battle from their own words below, but they were and are still producing mighty fine coffee. Similar to our friends at Cedro Alto, who bring us our Colombia coffees, Beanspire is a Thai-only collective working hands-on with farmers to develop and facilitate their access to the international specialty markets. Doi Saket is the oldest coffee-growing area in Thailand, located in Chiang Mai province. Back in the late 1970s, the first Arabica trees that were part of the opium replacement program of the Thai King were tested here, and they have never been replaced by higher-yield cultivars like in many other regions. As a result, heirloom varieties, particularly Typica, are still commonplace in many old farms. The coffee trees are 30-40 years old, older than the farmers! We want to demonstrate to the farmers that there are people who appreciate and are willing to pay more for the heirloom cultivar to compensate for the lower yi