Thailand- it’s been too long! We’re mega excited to have a Thai coffee back on our roster. This one roasted by Red Bank comes from family-run farm Sirinya in the mountains of Chiang Rai, close to the Myanmar border.

Though coffee has been grown in the area for 40 years, Oil and Goh Chaosuwanwilai have transformed the operation, instituting and sharing knowledge about soil quality, organic farming and experimental processing.

For their anaerobic natural process, ripe cherries undergo anaerobic fermentation in plastic tanks with native yeasts until they reach their optimum pH. These cherries sun-dry on outdoor racks and finish drying in a temperature-controlled dryer.

The final cup is fittingly bright and tropical, with tasting notes of guava, pomegranate and raspberry. Definitely one for filter brewers, we might have taken a bag for our Kalita...