Myanmar, The Lady

About This Coffee

This amazing and unique coffee is the result of a cooperative made up of 51 female-led farms, whose cherries are collected from Nwar Ban Gyi village and then processed by highly experienced professionals at The Lady processing facility. Founded in 2018 by Thi Ha Gyawalie and Su Nandar Linn, The Lady supports and champions the efforts of farmers in the Ywangan region, with limited edition lots produced exclusively by women. 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, playing an instrumental role in the development of Myanmar's coffee industry. Su Nandar Linn, a certified Q grader and processor, continues this commitment to develop the country's specialty industry through The Lady. This coffee is a honey process with additional carbonic maceration fermentation. Firstly coffee cherries are collected within 18 hours of harvest. After being collected, the cherries are floated to remove any under-ripes and then hand-sorted to remove any other defects. The sorted cherries are then placed in 500-liter one-way valve fitted fermentation tanks for 48 hours before being pulped. Following pulping, the coffee is dried on raised beds for 12-15 days.