Introduction to the Development of Coffee in Chiang Mai, Thailand description of the flavor of coffee beans treated with Qingmai honey in Thailand

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Coffee Story of Chiang Mai, Thailand

Chiang Mai, located in northern Thailand, is one of the popular tourist hotspots in recent years. What tourists like is not only the Buddhist temples with rich history and beautiful scenery, but also the product of the local leisurely life culture-coffee. Based on the continuous expansion of the coffee industry in Thailand's second largest city in recent years, efforts have been made to develop from production, baking to trade and retail, which has deepened the relationship between coffee and Chiang Mai and become a local proud cultural feature.

Thailand's main coffee bean is Arabica, while Chiang Mai in northern Thailand is one of the few cities in the country with a relatively cool climate. It does not have to withstand extremely hot weather for at least one or two months a year, so hot coffee and frozen coffee are also popular in the local market.

The successful development of the Arabica coffee bean market can be attributed to the Thai Royal Project launched by the late Emperor Bhumibol Adulyadej in 1969, including the Northern Thailand Mountain Agricultural Development Project, which encourages locals to invest in sustainable industries in the hope of replacing opium poppy with highly cash crops and reducing "felling and burning" agricultural practices related to opium production. In this way, we can alleviate poverty and combat drugs, and at the same time, we can create an environmentally friendly economy. Coffee, as a forest crop, has experienced fluctuations in its production and export since 1970. According to the statistics put forward by the International Coffee Organization (ICO) in 2015-16, Thailand exported 500000 packets of coffee in the above-mentioned year, but its domestic consumption alone has reached 1.2 million bags. It can be seen that under the strong demand, Chiang Mai will inevitably be hit.

Today, walking up Nimman Avenue Road in Chiang Mai is no longer as easy as it used to be to meet locals peddling coffee, in exchange for all kinds of glass-window coffee shops that offer free wifi Internet access, or mobile coffee carts parked by the side of the road. There are many exquisite specialty shops in the city for coffee lovers to enjoy.

Flavor description of Coffee treated with Chiang Mai Honey

Chiang Mai Honey processing Thailand Lampang Chiang Mai coffee, Nambang Province, Thailand

Honey-treated coffee beans have a great balance of sweetness and acidity, which is usually less intense than sun-dried beans, but tastes more fresh and mellow. The key to the flavor of honey-treated coffee beans comes from the sugar and acid content of the pectin layer. during exposure, the sugar in the pectin layer becomes more and more concentrated, and these sugars soak into the coffee beans. As a result, coffee beans are rich in black sugar, peach, parrot juice, wine, walnut, and fruit wine as sour and sweet, Body full.

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Country Thailand

Production area Lampang

About 1200-1500 meters above sea level

Treatment method honey treatment

Varieties Catimor, Typica, Bourbon

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