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MEET THE ARTISAN
On the Lang Biang slopes of Lac Duong, at 1,500 to 1,650 meters, Thao runs a Typica-Bourbon selection through an anaerobic honey process to push coconut and tropical sweetness forward in Arabica.
SPECIAL EDITION
Mango Sticky RiceSPECIALTY
Fine Vietnamese Arabica • Light Roast
Coconut Milk, Ripe Mango, Sticky Rice, Palm Sugar
$19.99
WHY THIS ONE
Mango sticky rice is the Southeast Asian dessert Americans fell for most recently. Coconut milk and palm sugar make it unmistakable; ripe mango and a sticky-rice softness keep it from reading like candy.
IN THE CUP
TASTE PROFILE
Coconut Milk, Ripe Mango, Sticky Rice, Palm Sugar
SWIPE THROUGH THE CUP
ROAST LEVEL
Light
LIGHTDARK
BODY
Medium body, creamy and smooth
ACIDITY
Medium, soft tropical acidity
BEST BREW IN
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PAPER
FILTER - AEROPRESS
BEAN PROFILE
- ORIGIN
- Lang Biang Slopes - Lac Duong, Lam Dong, Vietnam
- VARIETY
- Typica-Bourbon selection
- ALTITUDE
- 1500-1650 masl
- PROCESSING
- Anaerobic Honey 60h; raised bed dried
- SIZE
- 8.8oz · roasted date on bag
A MICRO-LOT STORY
WHY THIS LOT
COSTS MORE
Mango Sticky Rice is Ngo Thi Thao's refusal to let a dessert coffee skip the hard processing work.
BY THE NUMBERS
- 1500-1650
- METRES ABOVE SEA
- 60h
- FERMENTATION
- 1
- SPECIES · ARABICA
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THE VISION
Ripe cherries are floated and depulped with mucilage left on, then sealed for a 60-hour anaerobic honey ferment before drying on raised beds, turned often so the coconut-mango sweetness concentrates without souring.
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THE MASTERY
For Thao, specialty coffee is the belief that a dessert in a cup still has to be a serious coffee first.
- COFFEE
- 20 g
- WATER
- 320 ml
- TIME
- 3 min
- Rinse the paper filter and add 20 g of medium grounds.
- Bloom with 50 ml at 93°C for 40 seconds.
- Pour in slow spirals to 320 ml in two or three pulses.
- Aim to finish the drawdown around three minutes.
- COFFEE
- 17 g
- WATER
- 220 ml
- TIME
- 2 min
- Add 17 g of medium-fine grounds to the chamber.
- Pour 220 ml at 93°C and stir three times.
- Steep for 1 minute 30, then press slowly for 30 seconds.
- Dilute with a splash of hot water if you want it longer.
