Banka is the name given to both the farm and the wet mill that processes the coffee cherries. It is managed by ‘Yunnan Coffee Traders’ who have driven the improvements to speciality coffee in the region. They installed one of the first optical sorters locally and are keen experimenters, using yeast fermentations and introducing some lesser found varietals.

In the case of this particular lot, coffee cherries are hand-harvested before being passed through an optical sorter to remove over and under-ripe fruit. The perfect cherries are then tank fermented for 48 hours, and dried on patios to optimal moisture levels before dry milling and finally packaging for export.