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Origin

Story by Coffee t&i Thailand
Photos by Ja Narin

A happiness on

the farm

Sergeant Narin Coffee Farm

“Khao Kor” is the most visited attraction in Petchaboon. wouldn’t have the strength to work on a farm. It’s better to start
The cool climate all year round attracts tourists from around when I have the strength and builds it up before I retire.” Narin
the country even in summer. However, Khao Kor is not just didn’t even know what crops are grown at Khao Kor until he
known for its beautiful sceneries, quality Arabica coffee from met an agriculture academic who advised him to try macada-
the mountain is fast becoming a staple for Khao Kor, and Sgt. mia and avocado. “Personally I like growing banana because it
Narin’s coffee is one of the leading brand of Khao Kor. Besides provides shade and helps preserve water. Banana trees were the
producing quality organic coffee, Sgt. Narin Coffee farm is also first plants I grew, followed by any fruits I like such as lychee,
an agro-tourism attraction where you can learn all about coffee. longkong, mangosteen, etc. It was a simple fruit farm on my 2
Police Senior Sergeant Major Narin Srimorakodmong- rai of land. Later I received Arabica and Catimor saplings which
kol is the Head Investigator of Khao Kor Police Station and the I planted alongside other trees.”
owner of Sgt. Narin Coffee farm. He was born in Bangkok and The coffee trees yielded cherries 3 years after they
works as a policeman since 1996. How did he become one of the were grown, but Narin did not have any knowledge about cof-
most well-known coffee producer in Khao Kor? We are here to fee at all. He did not know what to do with the cherries and he
find out! was thinking about chopping the trees down. Fortunately, the
decision was to go forward and Narin began learning from lo-
Stepping into Coffee cal coffee farmers, Khao Kor Agriculture Center, internet, and
Sgt. Narin was stationed in Bangkok before he decided books. “I looked at every source I could find and experiment
to move to Khao Kor to pursue his dream of having a small with it. I took my coffee to the center to have it processed and
coffee farm sufficient for a small family. “Before I came here, I roasted. The product was given to the locals and tourists to try,
heard senior officers talked about retiring on a farm. I agreed and to my surprise, they loved it. The feedbacks inspired me to
with the farm, but if you wait until retirement, you probably really hop into coffee.”
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