Pyin Oo Lwin. Mandalay, Myanmar.
These are the last 25 kilograms of green coffee from this lot. They go into the Probatone 25 today.
Green Land Estate sits on the road between Pyin Oo Lwin and Mogok, near the border of Mandalay Division and North Shan State. The land was acquired in 1998; first plantings in 1999. Around 400 acres of Arabica growing under silver oaks and macadamia trees, at 1,127–1,158 metres above sea level.
The producer is U Sai Wan Maing — geologist by training, one of fewer than twenty certified Q Arabica Graders in Myanmar, FAO-recognized coffee grower since 2003, and one of the key figures behind the modernization of the country's specialty coffee sector. He sold a rubber plantation in 1998 to dedicate himself entirely to coffee. That decision produced this.
The variety is T-8667, honey process. Ripe cherries hand-selected and sent to the wet mill the same day as harvest. Dried on concrete patios, turned every hour, covered at night. Seven to ten days until the parchment reaches 12% moisture. Each batch kept separate by processing day.
SCA score: 86.
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