Between Two Mountains

 When Khun Saw Tun Aung tried to convince farmers to make coffee, they resisted, "we will harvest coffee, all right, but who will buy it?" they wondered. Only 31 families from Bant Swak initially joined. However, as Myanmars' coffee reputation spread worldwide and the project became stronger, neighbours, witnessing the positive results, gradually shifted. Today, for instance, of the 160 households in Bant Swak, 150 grow coffee, not all of these sell their coffee to Indigo Mountain, but it demonstrates the incredible and fast results coffee's had in the region.

It is said that Bant Swak village was founded by two shan ethnic families in a valley located between two mountains: Lwel Mai and Mel Nel. They named the place Want Sawk, "Want" meaning valley; "Sawk" the corner of the mountain. Taking advantage of the natural conditions of the area, and because they didn't have other alternatives, the families used to mainly grow poppy. Twenty years later, ten Pa O families arrived in the village. Together they built the monastery that brought them together as a village. The monk that ran the monastery changed the name to Bant Sawk.