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Bean Recommendations?
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this post was submitted on 22 Aug 2023
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I live in China and buy local beans exclusively, China isn't particularly well known for being a bean producer - and most people here don't drink coffee, though it's growing - but down in Yunnan, in the border region to Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar are a bunch of farmers and roasters, and they make excellent stuff.
Unfortunately none of them have any websites and are only available via Chinese social media or messaging apps, but if you come across any Yunnan roasts by chance, give it a try!
Sounds awesome! I'm sure there's a lot of cross-pollination with Vietnamese coffee but I'd love to try some Yunnan roast. My wife just brought back a bundle of beans from Vietnam and it was a real treat.
Chinese and Vietnamese coffees aren't worlds apart, but I'd say there still is some difference at least. Love Vietnamese in general though, friend of mine is a farmer there with his own roastery, always a highlight to visit when I'm around.
I'm in Hanoi. The change in the coffee culture over the last decade or so has been great. Some really nice fair trade farm to shop arabica is now available plus local roasters using Kenyan and Ethiopian beans. Things are even more advanced in Saigon.
Yep, my friend is down in Saigon, though is farm is in the border area with Laos and Cambodia. Had some excellent roasts there.
As a “coffee fan”, I’d be siked to try some. Just gotta figure out what can make it to the US eventually.
I wouldn't mind shipping any, but since the covid lockdowns, shipping has become prohibitively expensive. I've got some friends from the US here, so if you're not in a particular hurry I can always wait until someone's traveling home and give them some packages to ship domestically with USPS or whatever it convenient?
Was also planning to go to the US to audit one of our key suppliers, but that won't be before June '24 unfortunately.
I appreciate the kindness but no sweat. Not in a hurry but I know it’s a pain to move stuff around the world for a random person on Lemmy. Maybe I’ll get some of those beans when I’m feeling a bit more fancy :)
Very cool to see coffee around the world!