Coffee Plantation in Myanmar

Green Land coffee estate (22°06’23” N, 96°30’43” E) is one of Myanmar’s largest Arabica coffee estates, lies on the road between Pyin Oo Lwin and Mogok town in Thetkan Village near the border of Mandalay Region and Northern Shan State. Acquired the land in 1998 and planted coffee in 1999, with over 600,000 coffee and shade trees grown on 400 acres intercrop with silver oak and macadamia trees for shade in the Shan plateau at the altitude of 1127-1158 masl.

U Sai Wan Maing, owner of Green Land coffee plantation, runs one of the largest Arabica plantations in the country, which has won multiple awards in Myanmar’s national quality competitions, and was named an Outstanding Coffee Grower by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in 2003. Since 1991, he has been deeply involved in his family business of exporting pulses and beans, logs and timber company and family-owned salt manufacturing business.

In 1993, he operated 1,000 Acres of rubber plantation in southern Myanmar, which was eventually transferred to another owner in 1998. That’s when he decided to shift into coffee cultivation full-time. U Sai Wan got a certified Q Arabica Grader in 2016, completed certification in Q processing (Level 2: Professional) in 2019, and Q processing (Level 3: Expert) in 2024.