<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[My Site 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[My Site 1]]></description><link>https://www.beansandfolks.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 10:16:28 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.beansandfolks.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Beyond Robusta: Discovering Thai Specialty Coffee]]></title><description><![CDATA[In Northern Thailand, specialty coffee is more than a product. For many farming communities, it represents an opportunity to create a future without leaving the land they call home. To understand why specialty coffee matters in Thailand, we first need to understand the reality of rural communities. Across many parts of the country, farming has been the foundation of family life for generations. However, for younger generations, continuing this path is not always an easy choice. Many leave...]]></description><link>https://www.beansandfolks.com/post/beyond-robusta-discovering-thai-specialty-coffee</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a70ced210c38ed7f0836112</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 17:27:57 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>beansandfolks</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meet Pi Wan: The Coffee Farmer Who Changed Thai Coffee Without Trying To]]></title><description><![CDATA[For many people, Pi Wan is one of the pioneers of Thailand's specialty coffee movement. As the founder of Nine One Coffee in Northern Thailand, he became the first farmer in the country to produce a coffee scoring over 90 points on the SCA scale. It was a milestone that helped put Thai coffee on the international map and showed what was possible through careful farming and processing. But when we met Pi Wan, it quickly became clear that chasing high scores was never the goal. When we asked...]]></description><link>https://www.beansandfolks.com/post/meet-pi-wan-the-coffee-farmer-who-changed-thai-coffee-without-trying-to</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a70cb3d74653e170f8ba53c</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 17:13:38 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>beansandfolks</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why coffee was never the main goal: Meet Pi Lee - Founder of Akha Ama Coffee Roastery]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Akha people are an Indigenous community originally from the Yunnan region of China. Today, many Akha families live in the mountains of Northern Thailand, where coffee has become an important part of both their livelihoods and their identity. One of the people helping shape that future is Pi Li, founder of Akha Ama Coffee. More than a coffee company, Akha Ama is a social enterprise built around the idea that coffee can create opportunities for Indigenous communities.  The company works...]]></description><link>https://www.beansandfolks.com/post/why-coffee-was-never-the-main-goal-meet-pi-lee-founder-of-akha-ama-coffee-roastery</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a70c798d9c2f27b9b1276a2</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 17:05:17 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>beansandfolks</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>