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Son La province sorts 36,000 hectares of coffee into three categories, building a register by December 30
Son La province in northern Vietnam has begun a full review of all the coffee gardens in the province. Over two days, September 23 and 24, the provincial Department of Agriculture and Environment held meetings to inventory coffee sitting on forestry land and to build cultivation-plot data in line with the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR). Those taking part were coffee... -
Cau Dat's organic Arabica moves to deeper processing: what will Japanese roasters source?
The cooperative Song Vu in Cau Dat, Da Lat, is breaking away from reliance on green beans and competing on quality through organic conversion and deeper processing. We lay out the points Japanese specialty roasters will want to check. -
Quitting celebration flowers for 1 million seedlings: a Quang Ngai origin that residents build
In Tu Mo Rong, Quang Ngai province (the former Kon Tum highlands), the budget for ceremonial celebratory flowers was converted into one million coffee seedlings distributed free to the Xo Dang people. It started on about 200 ha, with 1,000 ha of new planting targeted for 2030. We unpack this resident-led formation of a growing area from the perspective of Japanese roasters. -
Overturning the "Vietnam equals Robusta" conventional wisdom: Son La Arabica carried by a 25-year-old
Carrying the Arabica of Son La province in northern Vietnam, a 25-year-old barista heads to the Brewers Cup world championship. We unpack the growing area's move into specialty coffee and the implications for Japanese roasters and importers. -
HAGL, toward the world's largest 20,000 ha directly managed coffee estate—vertically integrating through processing across Laos and Vietnam, a vision of JPY 71.3 billion in sales
Vietnam's HAGL has announced a vertical-integration plan to establish 20,000 ha of company-run coffee plantations by 2028 and produce everything in-house, down to roasting and cascara tea. It expects coffee-division sales of 71.3 billion yen, giving rise to a new sourcing partner directly linked to the growing area.
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