Introduced to Vietnam by the French Catholics in the 1850s. Vietnam has become the second largest coffee exporter in the world, after Brazil.
Producing between 800,000 and 1 million tons of coffee per year, but Vietnam consumes only 10% of this amount. The rest is exported to the world mainly by famous instant coffee manufacturers.
Most of the coffee in the country is produced by households with a planting area of about 2-5 hectares/household. State-owned companies account for about 15% and coffee is grown on larger farms.
Buon Ma Thuot, Dak Lak and the Central Highlands are famous coffee producing regions in Vietnam.
Robusta is a type of coffee that is grown mainly in Vietnam due to its specificity in geography, climate and altitude above sea level. The Government is planning to replace the cultivation of Robusta with Arabica in suitable areas. Although the Arabica coffee line has a lower output, if calculating the same amount, the profit is twice as much as that of Robusta.
With more than 150 years of inheriting the coffee culture, the discerning Vietnamese coffee drinker has been making coffee a part of Vietnamese culture. They sat chatting, watching the strong coffee drops fall, the only choice left was just adding ice, condensed milk, or both.
(Source: Internet)