87.69 15th place / KUO,CHANG-SHENG Rank 15: SONGYUE coffee manor Lot info Farm Story Veriaty: Gesha Processing: Natural Lot Altitude: 1200m Auction Lot Size: 30kg Flavor: Winey, Pineapple, Tropical Fruit, Grape, Prune, Floral. Processing detail: Anaerobic fermentation at 39 °C for 5 hours followed by solar drying for 15 days. Store in sealed bags at room temperature. Located in Jianan Yunfeng of Yunlin County, SONGYUE Coffee Manor is a local pioneer in coffee cultivation. Owner Chang-Sheng Kuo grew up hearing stories about the Taiwanese coffee farms of eld, so he began planting his own coffees in the eighties. An expert in botany, he understands that the shallow roots of coffee plants are too easily affected by soil conditions at a surface level; therefore, he used various tools to guide his coffee plants to take deeper roots and apply organic fertilizer, remarking, “In the year when coffee harvests were bad all over Taiwan, our coffee trees were fruitful.” Area: 4ha Farm Altitude: 1200m Total coffee planted: 4500 Annual Production: 3500kg Auction Results