Cha Tree Coffee

About This Product

A delicious filter coffee from northern Thailand, this coffee from Lefthand Roasters is another example of good coffee supporting local farmers. 

This coffee is named after its grower "Khun Chatree" - a representative of the Hmong community of Baan Khun Chang Kian, Chiang Mai. This is one of the original coffee sites in Northern Thailand supported by United Nations programs.

This coffee has won several awards over the last few years and in 2019, this won best Thai coffee, setting a record high score for Thai coffee (a ranking of 91 points).

Location - Baan Khun Chang Kian 

Elevation - 1200-1400 meters 

Processor - Khun Chatree  

Process - Natural Process 

Varietal - Bourbon, Typica, Caturra, Catimor 

Profile -  Medium Roast

Taste -  black current jam, milk chocolate, peanut brittle

Extraction- French press or Filter    

Size: 200 grams (7oz) of whole bean coffee

WHY SAL SOCIETY SUPPORTS LEFTHAND ROASTERS

Left Hand Roasters is a social impact Thai Coffee Brand, working closely with communities across Northern Thailand to support in their journey to becoming self-sustaining, through increasing their revenue streams, as well as, elevating the quality of Thai coffee on a local and global scale.

As a conscious endeavour Left Hand require the communities they work with to uphold standards of sustainability, biodiversity, human rights and regenerative agriculture. They hope to invest in more farms who continue to work towards these values and in turn, increase tractability and transparency for consumers about their products.

Beyond coffee beans Left Hand try to add value to beautiful coffee by-products such as Coffee Blossom and Cascara by repurposing them in a productive way and creating additional revenue for the farmers. The goal of Left Hand is to empower the people behind the product as well as highlight the potential of one of Thailand’s hidden gems: the coffee bean and their by-products.