One Origin, Two Expressions: Our First Coffees from Laos
Although Laos is relatively new to specialty coffee, its coffee-growing history dates back approximately 100 years, to when French colonists cultivated arabica, robusta, and liberia trees. The growth of the coffee industry seemed promising, but it essentially failed due to leaf rust and the start of World War I and II. When French colonists had left the region, Laotian subsistence farmers were left to tend to coffee trees with little knowledge of how to best grow and produce coffee. Any small amounts of coffee that were grown were inconsistent and likely sold to coffee buyers who would use ...
