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Origin Trip · Vietnam

We visit Vietnam’s coffee regions in person: Son La, Quang Tri, Da Lat–Lam Dong and Buon Ma Thuot.

Coffee map of Vietnam
Coffee Map of Vietnam · made on our 2022–2023 origin tours (© Friends Coffee Roasters · Korea Coffee Association Vietnam)

Our origin journey

  1. 2022–2023

    Toured Vietnam’s coffee regions — Son La, Quang Tri, Da Lat–Lam Dong, Buon Ma Thuot — and made the Coffee Map of Vietnam.

  2. 2024

    Selected coffee from the Ara-Tay Cooperative in Son La as the designated green coffee of the International Roasting Winner Cup, and exported it to Korea.

  3. 2025

    Ara-Tay Cooperative coffee from Son La was the designated Single Origin coffee of the first IGCA Vietnam; after the competition the international judges visited the farms in Son La.

  4. 2026

    Simexco Daklak Anaerobic Robusta from Dak Lak is the designated coffee of IGCA Vietnam 2026.

IGCA Vietnam judges visiting a coffee farm in Son La · 2025 (photo: Coffee & Tea Magazine)