Lanna café is a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), initiated in 2001 by the Wakachiai NGO project that has been exporting coffee grown by hilltribe farmers in northern Thailand (the Lanna region) in accordance with Fairtrade standards since 1997.

Lanna café is a member of the Thai Tribal Highland Arabica Coffee Production and Marketing Cooperative, a local hilltribe growers group in the Chiang Mai area. This cooperative was facilitated through the Integrated Tribal Development Program (ITDP), a member of the Fairtrade Labeling Organization - International (FLO) that works with northern Thailand tribal groups and is certified by FLO. All of our coffee is purchased directly from the Thai Tribal Highland Arabica Coffee Production and Marketing Cooperative.

The Lanna café organization's objective is to introduce high-quality Thailand highland coffee to people not only in Thailand but worldwide. Lanna café coffee sales assist the farmers of northern Thailand hilltribes who do not have direct access to local and international coffee markets. Lanna café supports sustainable indigenous tribal farming that promotes community development in northern Thailand hilltribe villages.

Strict quality-control measures are used by the Lanna café coffee cooperative. Coffee berries are hand-picked at optimum maturity, wet-processed, and sun-dried by the farmers in their villages. Dried coffee beans are hulled and graded by machine, and then culled by hand to insure a high-quality superior-flavored product. The roasting and packaging of Lanna café coffee is continuously monitored to maintain quality.