The Barn - Thailand Doi Saket Washed Filter 250 g

Specialty-grade whole-bean coffee from Thailand, roasted by The Barn in Germany. Light roast – perfect for all pour-over brewing methods: from drip, Chemex, AeroPress, and French Press to other alternative brews and batch brewers! Flavor notes: blackcurrant, fig.

Origin: Thailand

Region: Chiang Mai

Farm: Nui & Aoy Jaisooksern

Variety: Typica

Processing: Washed

Altitude: 1500 m a.s.l.

Cupping score: 87 / 100

THE CUP

Kenyan-style washed processing delivers a juicy, aromatic cup. Expect fruit-forward notes of blackcurrant, raspberry, and fig. The finish is long and sweet, with aromatic black tea.

ABOUT THE FARM

As the coffee growing industry grows stronger in Thailand, the children of farmers who once moved away are returning to the land. With new approaches and an embrace of new methods, they are taking Thai coffee to exciting new places. Having left careers in accountancy and engineering behind, Nui and Aoy Jaisooksern decided to return to the land of their parents to grow coffee. Doi Saket is the oldest coffee growing area in Thailand, located in Chiang Mai province. The first few trees of Arabica coffee that were part of the opium replacement program of the Thai King were tested here. As a result, heirloom varietals, particularly Typica, are still commonplace in many old farms. The area of Doi Saket is the epitome of shade grown coffee farms. Typica trees are grown under a forest with many micro mills each producing about one ton of green beans per year. At 1300 - 1500 meters, Doi Saket is situated at a lower altitude than many of the farms we work with. However, at 19 degrees north of the equator, the altitude is very high for coffee - in Thailand, coffee cannot grow above 1550 meters. The result is a coffee with a level of complexity usually associated with coffees grown at higher altitudes.

THE PROCESS

This lot was processed in washed style, with a double-stage fermentation used to produce a more complex profile. After arriving at the mill, cherries were immediately pulped then dry fermented in a sealed tank for 24 hours. After this first stage, water was added to the tank for a period of wet fermentation, for an additional 24 hours, followed by washing with clean water. The coffee was then dried on raised beds before undergoing multiple stages of sorting and quality control, including a final stage of hand sorting.

ROASTER'S NOTE

In one of the oldest coffee growing areas in Thailand, Nui and Aoy Jaisooksern have introduced modern speciality methods to deliver clean, distinct flavour. Doi Saket is a juicy coffee with delicious berry notes.