How is the development of Arabica boutique coffee in Thailand? What's the quality of Thai coffee?

Coffee cultivation in Thailand began with a project to eliminate opium cultivation in the 1970s. Similar projects to promote alternative crops have been carried out in many countries in South-East Asia and Arabica coffee cultivation in Thailand has proved to be the most successful. Thailand's booming coffee farms have provided food for the domestic market for decades, and the specialty coffee culture of Bangkok and other cities is as mature as that of Australia, Europe or the United States.

Today, the average age of coffee growers in Thailand is between 25 and 35. These young entrepreneurs are already studying in universities, traveling around the world, consuming their coffee in the form of siphons, hand-brewed coffee and black coffee, and choosing to work in agriculture because it offers better prospects than getting a doctorate or working in government. In Thailand, the story of coffee production is contrary to that of many countries, where farmers give up their family property in order to better work in cities. Growing coffee in Thailand rewards producers for their work, so farmers' children come to the farm to bring Thai coffee into a new generation.

The booming local specialty coffee market in Thailand helps ensure that farmers buy coffee at high prices, while new specialty export businesses such as Beanspire Coffee are helping Thai producers share their coffee with the world.

Beanspire Coffee was founded by Fuadi Pitswan and Jane Kittirantanapaiboon in 2013. They are themselves part of the coffee generation. "this youth sport is the result of Thailand being more developed than most coffee producers. It's easy to get to coffee farms in Thailand: coffee farms in Chiang Mai or Chiang Rai are only 45 minutes from the city. " Fuadi said. In Thailand, the story of coffee is "a successful example of using coffee as a synonym for change and sustainable development", and Beanspire hopes to write the next chapter to include more farmers with wider influence.

Chiang Rai is the northernmost province of Thailand, located in the mountains bordering Myanmar and Laos. The border location makes it the main trade route during opium cultivation, but now farmers in Chiang Rai are considering the location of coffee factories rather than smuggling routes. The Beanspire paper mill, operated by Jane, is located on the Mekong River in Chiang Rai. It is equipped with mine remover, sheller and size and density separator. The manufacturer delivers his coffee to the factory, where Beanspire is responsible for the grinding and export phase. From here, coffee can be retained as a single farm micro-batch or collected in a community, such as Mae Kha Jan Washed, to represent and support the joint work of producers in the Chiang Rai area. Always pack it in the same three-layer bag as Thai rice.

Beanspire supports Thai farmers to provide the best quality green coffee beans in a highly competitive market without losing their identity. " "We work with coffee growers at the farm level to maximize the potential of Thai coffee." Chiang Rai and the mountains of northern Thailand have rich soil and suitable climatic conditions to grow coffee, but producers cannot rely solely on native soil. They must concentrate on every step to ensure that the coffee sent to roasting ovens around the world is the best representative of Thai coffee capacity.

Farmers grow varieties that are familiar to the world, such as Catuai and Typica, as well as local varieties developed specifically for Thailand, such as Chiang Mai, which was released on the 80th anniversary of the former king's birth in 2007. The farming tradition in northern Thailand is one of the multiculturalism and producers understand sustainable land use as an integral part of the production of quality coffee.

Coffee from Thailand embodies the tradition of driving coffee development, and Ally Coffee is pleased to work with Beanspire to provide Thai coffee to roasters who want to be part of a sustainable quality campaign.