Ca Day Thuan An My Cuong Coffee Farm
Coffee Variety: Robusta
Company: -
Farm: Ca Day Thuan An My Cuong Coffee Farm
Origin: Dak Mil District, Dak Nong Province, Vietnam
Crop year: 2023
Processing method: Honey
Soil condition: -
Plantation scale: 70,000 m²
Elevation: 800-900 MASL
Available lot: 10,000kg
Cupping notes: Chocolaty, rasin, dates, garden pea, lemon, green apple, smooth body
Prices: 100.000 VND (around 4.28 USD)/ kg
About Ca Day Thuan An My Cuong Coffee Farm
The Day coffee tree, a Robusta cultivar, is an exclusive coffee that can only be found in Vietnam. Day's coffee tree distinguishes itself from other coffee tree types by having large and oval-shaped leaves with slightly ridged edges; a united dark green color; healthy branches; and ripe coffee cherries with balanced shapes and a vibrant red hue.
Coffee trees with ripe coffee cherries during the harvesting time. Photo: Ca Phe Day Thuan An My Cuong.
Mr. Nguyen Quoc Cuong's farm in Thuan An Commune planted the Day coffee species thirty years ago. After a long period of breeding numerous coffee tree types, he discovered this coffee variety on his land in 1993.
Day coffee trees have many excellent characteristics, such as large coffee cherries, ease of harvesting, mold resistance, and high drought resistance.
Coffee trees with flowers and ripe coffee cherries during the harvesting time. Photo: Ca Phe Day Thuan An My Cuong.
Mr. Cuong has self-researched the organic breeding process for 1,000 samples of Day coffee tree buds to increase his farm productivity. Mr. Cuong's plantation replaced the ordinary coffee species with Day species in 1998.
Ca Phe Thuan An My Cuong's Coffee Farm has been able to yield roughly 7 tons/ha of green coffee beans after three years of transformation, outgrowing other farms in Thuan An Commune. As a result of such outcomes, several local farmers have visited Mr. Cuong's property, studied his growing model, and purchased seedlings. Mr. Cuong constructed his farm nurseries and imported the Liberica coffee cultivar in 2014 to suit the market demand.
A picture of a farmer checking the coffee trees' roots before planting them in the field. Photo: Ca Phe Day Thuan An My Cuong.
Sunset on the farm Photo: VCA.
Currently, his farm sells 150,000 Day coffee tree seedlings to the market. The farm supplies seedlings not just to local farms in the Thuan An area, but also to farms in nearby provinces such as Dak Lak and Binh Phuoc. Because of Mr. Cuong's influence, many local farmers have begun to create their farm nurseries for naturally replanting higher-quality coffee trees.
A photo of a farmer watering for the coffee trees in the nursery. Photo: Ca Day Thuan An My Cuong.
Ho Chi Minh City certified Ca Phe Thuan An My Cuong's Day coffee trees as elite trees in 2017, allowing for widespread breeding. The accreditation also aids in the preservation of the trees' exceptional gene pool.
A photo of farmers hand-picking the coffee cherries. Photo: Ca Phe Day Thuan An My Cuong.
The "semi-washed" area where the coffee cherries are dried under direct sunlight. Photo: Ca Phe Day Thuan An My Cuong.
With the benefits described above, Day coffee trees enable farmers to reduce investment costs, the amount of water required, and the usage of synthetic chemicals (pesticides, herbicides, and so on).
Green coffee beans harvested in Ca Day Thuan An My Cuong Coffee Farm. Photo: Ca Phe Day Thuan An My Cuong.
Mr. Nguyen Quoc Cuong, the farm owner. Photo: Ca Phe Day Thuan An My Cuong.
Staffs of the Vietnam Coffee Association (VCA) have travelled to Ca Day Thuan An My Cuong Coffee Farm to inspect their farm's conditions and collect their green coffee beans samples:
The green coffee beans samples of Ca Day Thuan An My Cuong Coffee Farm being weighted. Photo: VCA.
The green coffee beans samples of Ca Day Thuan An My Cuong Coffee Farm with a VCA's tag. Photo: VCA.
VCA has sent the green coffee beans samples of Ca Day Thuan An My Cuong Coffee Farm to HQJ Coffee School for cupping and here are the results:
Photo: VCA and HQJ Coffee School.
Photo: VCA and HQJ Coffee School.
