Myanmar, The Lady

Description

The Lady Specialty Coffee was created by two innovators of Myanmar’s specialty coffee scene, Su Nandar Linn and Thi Ha Gyawalie who wanted to improve the livelihoods of female coffee farmers in Ywangan. Their coffees are produced exclusively by women and they now work with over 400 female producers across the region.

This coffee is produced using innovative carbonic maceration processing techniques, utilising both wet and dry fermentation prior to rinsing and drying. For the dry fermentation, the cherry is placed in sealed tanks to bring up the brix level (degree of sweetness), helping to increase body and sweetness. For the wet fermentation, cherry is placed under water in closed tanks for a fixed period until the desired pH level is reached..

PROCESSING INFORMATION
-Cherries are purchased from female 51 women farmers in Nwar Ban Gyi and surrounding villages.
-Within 18 hours of harvest, cherries are floated to remove under ripe cherry before hand sorting to remove other defects.
-Cherries undergo both wet and dry fermentation techniques in sealed tanks before pulping and rinsing..
-Coffee is dried on raised beds for 10-12 days.

Country: Myanmar
Region: Ywangan
Farmer: Smallholders from 7 villages in Ywangan Township
Producer: The Lady Specialty Coffee
Elevation: 1350 masl
Variety: Red Catuai
Process: Carbonic Maceration Washed
Screen size: 15+
Harvest: December – April

Tasting notes: Redcurrant, grapefruit, floral, juicy

This coffee and information has been supplied to Bell’s Beans by Indochina Coffee:

How to store coffee at home
To keep your coffee as fresh as possible, you need to protect your coffee from air, sunlight, heat, and moisture. These all will contribute to making it stale and lose flavour.

We suggest keeping your coffee in an airtight container, in a cool, dry cupboard. Our bags all have a de-gassing valve, to let out CO₂ that the beans produce once roasted, it’s not just there to sniff the coffee, and a reusable ziplock. So if you don’t have a fancy coffee jar just push the air out the bag, zip the lock and give the bag another squeeze to get any remaining air out.

Do not store your coffee in the fridge. Roasted coffee absorbs moisture from the air (hygroscopic) and will also take up surrounding aromas. The aromas and moisture levels in the fridge will react with the coffee and delicate flavours will deteriorate.

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