Left Hand Roasters aims at refining the vertical integration of coffee in Thailand

Left Hand Roasters works with communities across northern Thailand to help them increase their revenue streams and become self-reliant, while elevating the quality of Thai coffee on a local and global scale.

It is not just coffee, though. The brand also produces byproducts such as coffee blossom and cascara by repurposing them in a productive way and creating additional revenue for the farmers. The main goal being, empowering of people behind the product, while highlighting the potential of Thailand’s coffee bean and its byproducts.

Guru By Bangkok Post speaks to chief operating officer and founder at Left Hand Roasters, Dustin Joseph, to learn more. 

How and why did you get into coffee? 

My first interaction with coffee and the agricultural side of things was in Mae Hong Son in 2005, when I moved up there to study Thai cooking and wanted to be in nature. I…