Thailand Doi Pangkhon Dark Roast

DIRECT TRADE Tasting Notes  Dark Chocolate, spice, and black cherry. Full bodied and balanced with soft fruit tones. Background Info Doi Pangkhon is perhaps Thailand’s most promising coffee growing region: good altitude, mild climate, healthy soil, and cherry blossoms serving as shade trees. The conditions are ideal for growing world class coffee, and the cupping table confirms it. Up until the early 21st century, Doi Pangkhon was better known for supplying opium because it is situated in the Golden Triangle, an extensive network where most of the world’s opium poppy was produced. Transitioning the region from opium to coffee has been several decades in the making - a modern story in itself of sustainability, uprising, and revival.  In 2013, Miguel was hired as a consultant by a local export company in Northern Thailand to assess the quality potential of the region’s coffees. During the trip he stumbled onto Doi Pangkhon and after cupping a few samples it was clear this region was alr