Origins

The hot drink most commonly associated with and consumed in India is undoubtedly tea. It was introduced under the British Colonial rule between 1858 and 1947. However, a lesser-known fact is that since the 16th century, India has been one of

Sandwiched between mainland Indonesia and Australia lies a belt of volcanic islands. Amongst them is the famed Komodo National Park, with its majestic Komodo dragons. To its east sits the island of Flores in the East Nusa Tenggara, with the

Shirani Gunawardena and Christian Steenberg, we set up Indochina Coffee in 2016 and imported our first coffees from China and Myanmar to the UK the following year. We now work in China, India, Myanmar,

For many of the Asian origins we source coffee from, the best time to visit producers is during harvest season, which runs from around December to March.

On our mission to take Southeast Asian specialty coffee to as many people as possible, it’s important for us to connect to roasters of all shapes and sizes, from those starting out in their roasting journey up to larger, long

Over the past week, we’ve been cupping type samples of the new season lots from China (all fantastic, it has to be said) and we’re confident that our shipment will arrive in the UK late summer – August / September.

We thought it might be a good opportunity to introduce the remarkable story behind one of our most popular coffees – Ou Yang. This coffee is named after Mr Ou, an innovative and visionary producer, who created a coffee farm

A feeling of hope for the future is one we hold onto as we witness the tragic events taking place in Myanmar, a country we feel so privileged to know through our relationships with the farmers and producers we work

Last month our Ou Yang coffee, sourced in Yunnan and roasted by Quarter Horse, was included in Dog & Hat’s specialty coffee subscription package. We are big fans of their project, we actually are subscribed to their monthly service! So

If only we could spend more time at origin! After months in Southeast Asia during the past three seasons, our trips nowadays are shorter but more frequent.