The first new coffee plantings were launched in northern Nghe An province as early as 1973. After the end of the war the Vietnamese government quickly moved into the Central…
An agricultural specialist and soil expert Doan Trieu Nhan is the chief architect behind the Coffee Development Plan. But across Asia’s coffee industry he is simply known as Vietnam’s “Mr…
By 1989 Vietnam decided to start expanding the Arabica coffee growing area as well. When coffee was first introduced to Vietnam over 150 years ago by French colonialists it was…
The core-root of Vietnam’s coffee policies was never about market dominance, but rather always about “social development” and when the government launched the expansion plan for Arabica it was all…
Vietnam has today by far consolidated its position as the world’s second largest coffee grower and it’s one of only a handful of producing countries that in recent years has…
Since the 2000-2004 coffee crisis when prices crashed to historic lows and caused social disaster in producing countries, Vietnam’s government has embarked on ambitious policies to promote sustainable practices and…
There is no denying Vietnam’s fast growth in the last 30 years of coffee statistics, but one of the most mis-reported myths about the Vietnamese coffee boom is that it…
JULY 20 (SpillingTheBeans)–Coffee production in Uganda in the current 2012-13 crop cycle is on track to reach between 3.3 million and 3.4 million 60-kilogram bags, up at least 6.5 percent…
For more on the fascinating details of Vietnam’s coffee history, please stay tuned for my special 5-part article series written for the Tea & Coffee Trade Journal on Vietnam, coming…
JULY 19–September Arabica coffee closed down 4.85 cent per pound on Friday after predictable profit taking plunged into profits from the strong gains seen earlier in the week. Prices settled…
My name is Maja and I’m a Danish born woman, crazy beyond passionate about everything coffee. I have written about all aspects of coffee for over 30 years from 60 coffee producing countries across the world. Welcome to my blog.
