COFFEE PRODUCER

The Lady

The Lady Specialty Coffee was created in 2017 by two leading lights of the Myanmar specialty scene, Su Nandar Linn and Thi Ha Gyawalie, to champion and support the women coffee farmers in Ywangan, southern Shan.

Overview

Location:

Ywangan

Altitude:

1300-1400masl

Varietal:

Red Catuai

Meet The Producers

All of their coffees are produced exclusively by women (from Pa-O and Danu ethnic minority groups). From initially engaging with 51 farmers from one village, Nwar Ban Gyi, they now work with over 400 female producers across seven villages in Ywangan.

Both Su Nandar Linn and Thi Ha have family backgrounds in coffee and are themselves experts in all aspects of coffee growing and processing. Su Nandar Linn’s family owns Shwe Ywar Ngan Coffee, a farm, processor, and roaster in Ywangan, Shan State. Her father, Win Aung Kyaw, has been in the coffee business since 1975, and played an instrumental role in the development of Myanmar’s coffee industry, disseminating coffee cultivars and new coffee production technologies. A certified Q grader and Q processor, Su Nandar Linn continues this commitment to develop the country’s speciality industry through The Lady.

Thi Ha runs his family’s coffee estate Ruby Hills, based in Mogok. A Certified Q Grader and Processing Professional (CQI), Thi Ha is also a board member of the Myanmar Coffee Association, a non-profit trade association working to increase the prosperity of all sectors of the country’s coffee industry.

Harvesting & Processing

They produce a wide range of different coffees, always starting the process using flotation to remove defects. Many of their coffees are produced using dry and/or wet fermentation methods to increase acidity, sweetness and add fruit character to the coffee. After this stage, the coffee is either dried on raised tables to produce a natural process coffee, pulped and dried to produce a honey process coffee, or pulped and washed to produce a washed processed coffee.

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