Mist settling over the forested coffee mountains of Northern Thailand at dawn

Thai Coffee, Elevated.

Specialty coffee grown in the mountains of Northern Thailand, sourced straight from the farm for roasters, cafés, importers, and private-label buyers worldwide.

Rooted in Thailand. Built for the World.

White Canopy is the link between Northern Thai farms and the buyers who want what they grow. We source green coffee, develop custom roasts, run white-label programs, and release limited reserve lots. And we know the people behind every one of them.

We buy direct

We work with the same highland farms season after season, not whoever happens to be cheapest that year.

We cup everything

Every lot is tasted before we commit to it. If it doesn't have something to say in the cup, we pass.

We ship ready

Green, roasted, or white-label, prepared and documented to clear customs wherever you are.

Coffee trees heavy with ripe cherries under forest canopy, misty Northern Thailand mountains beyond

From the Mountains of Northern Thailand

The best Thai coffee grows high in the northern highlands, where the elevation is steep, the forest keeps things cool, and the families farming it have been at it for generations. You can taste all of that in the cup.

Great Thai coffee is nothing new. It has just spent decades getting blended into anonymous supply chains and losing its name along the way. Our job is to put that name back on the bag.

1,200–1,600m
Highland elevation
Chiang Rai & Mai
Sourcing regions
A farmer's hands holding freshly harvested red coffee cherries over a bamboo drying bed

From the Farm to Your Dock

There's a lot that can go wrong between a coffee cherry and a shipping container. Here's how we make sure it doesn't.

  1. We know the farm

    It starts with a real relationship with the grower, not a broker in the middle.

  2. We pick the lot

    We choose coffees by origin, character, and how they were processed.

  3. We taste it first

    Nothing moves forward until it's been cupped and it earns its place.

  4. We prep and roast

    Green preparation, plus custom roast development when you want it.

  5. We get it to you

    Export-ready green or finished product, on its way to your dock.

“Thailand deserves to be known for world-class coffee.”

For years, some of the best coffee we'd ever tasted was coming out of the mountains near where we grew up. Then it disappeared into supply chains that never mentioned it was Thai at all.

We started White Canopy to change that. We find the coffee worth talking about, get to know the farmers who grow it, and bring it to buyers who actually care where it came from.

We're not trying to make Thailand the biggest name in coffee. We're trying to make it one of the most respected.

— The White Canopy Partners

Source Thai Coffee With Us

Tell us what you're looking for and roughly how much you need. We'll come back with the lots, roasts, or programs that fit, and samples if you want to taste before you commit.

Regions
Chiang Rai & Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand