Description
Landlocked within the Southeast Asian peninsula, Laos historically has not been a major exporter of specialty scoring coffee. While coffee is Laos’ primary agricultural export, overall it’s not even in the top fifty coffee producing countries.

A few years ago we had the pleasure of connecting with a new coffee company in northern Laos, Yuni Coffee Company. Yuni (meaning “here“ in the Lao language) is committed to on-the-ground efforts, creating partnerships with farming villages to see lasting change and development right within the communities and villages that their partners love and call home.

Anaerobic Washed Process
After picking, this coffee utilizes a new/experimental type of fermentation called anaerobic washing. The coffee cherries are pulped, then fermented in a sealed container w/out oxygen or water. The parchment is washed once fermentation is complete. Dried ~14 days on raised beds in a solar drying house.
You can read more about anaerobic fermentation here.

Tasting Notes
Honey - Milk Chocolate - Creamy - Vanilla

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Farm: 50-60 families from two villages
Region: Houaphan Province, Xamtai District
Community: Nala Village
GPS Coordinates: 19º56'07.0”N 104º37’30.1”E
Variety: Catimor, Java, Yellow Caturra
Altitude: 800-1200 meters, 19.5º N of the equator
Process: Anaerobic Washed (pulped, fermented in anaerobic container w/out water, parchment washed after fermentation)