Myanmar · Shan State
A young specialty origin in Shan State, developed as an opium alternative. Sweet, tea-like and improving quickly.
Ywangan in southern Shan State is the centre of Myanmar’s emerging specialty coffee, developed from the 2010s partly as an alternative to opium poppy cultivation.
Sweet and delicate: floral, tea-like, with stone fruit and a clean, light body. It resembles a good Central American coffee more than its Southeast Asian neighbours.
High altitude, suitable climate, and — crucially — a specialty programme built from the start with washing stations, raised beds and training, rather than converted from commodity production.
That sequencing is unusual and it shows in the consistency.
Political instability since 2021 has disrupted export and made buying complicated. Volumes are very small.
Smallholder groups with shared washing infrastructure, several with direct relationships to European and American roasters.
Filter, light roast, a clean brewer.
The equipment this actually requires — not a shopping list, the shortest route to doing it properly.
60° cone · spiral ribs · 1–4 cups
The most transparent cup you can brew for twenty euros, and the least forgiving. Ceramic holds heat where plastic does not — and the open bottom means your pour, not the dripper, decides the coffee.
Best for: Someone who wants to taste what a single-origin coffee is actually doing.
≈ $25 / £20 / 22 €
64 mm flat burr · filter only · single dose
64 mm flat burrs, near-zero retention and a footprint the size of a mug, built for filter and honest about not doing espresso. For pour-over it is the clearest grind you can buy at this price.
Best for: V60, Chemex, AeroPress and batch brewing, where clarity is the whole point.
≈ $345 / £275 / 300 €
0.9 L · ±1 °C hold · counterbalanced gooseneck
The best-pouring kettle sold, and the hold function matters more than the thermometer. Expensive for boiling water — but if you brew pour-over daily, it is the accessory that most improves the cup.
Best for: Daily pour-over, where flow rate is the variable you are trying to control.
≈ $195 / £165 / 180 €
