About This Coffee
Lisha’s father began growing coffee on Tianjiao farm in 1997, when coffee production in Yunnan was just beginning. In 1999, severe frost destroyed his budding coffee farm. While that frost nearly ended his coffee growing career, he understood that coffee growing was a long term business and decided to rebuild his farm after the frost. And he’s flourished since.
Following the increase in coffee prices in 2005, Lisha’s father invested in another farm, NanBanghe farm. At the time, Lisha was attending university in Holland. After graduating, she came back to Yunnan to work alongside her father. She brought with her a focus on specialty coffee and an interest in supporting community development through coffee production.
Today, Lisha is a certified Q grader and has taken roasting, sensory evaluation and brewing courses. She has conducted hundreds of trials with cherry on their farms and has honed an Anaerobic Natural process to create a truly spectacular coffee.
Harvest & Post-Harvest
Cherry is selectively handpicked and processed on the farm. Ripe, red cherry is placed in a sealed container and fermented anaerobically for 15 days. This extended fermentation process brings out the fruit and citrus notes in this coffee.
Following fermentation, cherry is laid on raised drying beds to sundry. Cherry is raked frequently to ensure even drying. Dry cherry is bagged and rested in a warehouse at the dry mill for 1 to 3 months before being prepared for export.
Sucafina Yunnan
Despite not being well known for coffee production, Yunnan has the ideal conditions for specialty coffee production. We are building an increasing number of coffee projects as our presence in Yunnan increases. We see a lot of potential producer-partners who have previously sold their coffees to blenders. With some investment in training and infrastructure, a lot of hard work and a strong quality control system, we just know that coffee producers in Yunnan can shine. Learn more about our operations in Yunnan.
Coffee in China
The majority of coffee produced in China is grown in the Yunnan Province in western China. Our operations in the country are young, but through our partnerships and our Yunnan-based lab and wet & dry mills, we are able to offer a range of great value coffees that display uniformity and consistent profiles.
Sucafina has a lab, office, wet mill and dry mill in the heart of Munaihe, just outside of Pu’er. This small village is where most of the key traders and dry mills in Yunnan are based. We have a small but very experienced team who are committed to delivering coffees to the high quality and ethical standards of Sucafina.
The Yunnan team has worked to develop specific products to represent Yunnan coffees for Sucafina. These products span a quality and value range to allow for a dynamic offering to our clients. In a market where consistency has not always been a focus, we are excited by this opportunity to deliver reliable, quality coffees to our customers.
We have a strong local partnership with a company that enables our in-country financing, logistics and navigation of Chinese trade.
We also looking at China as a destination market and are working on establishing a position within China selling to domestic roasters.
Yunnan is a beautiful part of the world that offers many opportunities for coffees, both as unique offerings as well as making certain blends—such as washed milds—more robust & dynamic. We welcome anyone to come visit & explore what Yunnan has to offer.