How about smallholder coffee in Chiang Mai, Thailand? What is Kenyan water treatment?

Thailand Tujing Pangkhon Kenyan style washing

Country: Thailand

Region: Chiang Mai

Producer: Doi Pangkhon smallholder

Altitude: 1250-1500m

Varieties: Typica,Catuai,Chiang Mai and Wild Varietals

Treatment method: Kenya washing treatment

It comes from Doi Pangkhon, a small town with 300 families in Chiang Mai. The coffee processing here is not a typical washing process because they are inspired by Kenya.

So, what is Kenyan-style washed coffee? All right! Almost every coffee producer processes coffee slightly differently, so while certainly inspired by the Kenyan approach, we asked friends at Beanspire (who owns a mill in Doi Pangkhon) what it meant to them.

"this is a two-stage fermentation, involving 12 hours of dry fermentation, followed by 12 hours of wet fermentation. We soaked the coffee in clean water for 12 hours and then dried it on a raised bed made of bamboo for 14-25 days. The Kenyan washing process is widely used in Kenya and is famous for producing clean, crisp and stable coffee. "

Now, don't expect it to taste like a cup full of blackcurrants! You will definitely still get the unique Thai flavor and dominate this cup, but the ingenious processing technology makes it cleaner and sweeter, thus adding a unique flavor. Although it was interesting to try this type of processing from Thailand, as always, the taste in the sample stood out for us and prompted us to buy it.

In the cup are sweet raisins with brown sugar on it. There is also a faint smell of rose water, but in the end it is black sugar, which turns black, more like molasses.