Dong Tam Coffee Farm
Coffee Variety: Robusta
Company: -
Farm: Dong Tam Coffee Farm
Origin: 208 Ly Thuong Kiet Street, Di Linh District, Lam Dong Province, Vietnam
Crop year: 2023
Processing method: Honey
Soil condition: -
Plantation scale: 10,000m²
Elevation: 850-950 MASL
Available lot: 500kg
About Dong Tam Coffee Farm
Behind Dong Tam Coffee Farm is a story of a young man desiring to change the coffee industry's future for his people and his beloved homeland—Di Linh District, Lam Dong Province, Vietnam.
Mr. Nguyen Van Chien, owner of Dong Tam Coffee Farm. Photo: Dong Tam Coffee Farm.
Mr. Nguyen Van Chien, owner of Dong Tam Coffee Farm, comes from a family with a long tradition of growing coffee trees. The family gained their land in 1993 and started cultivating coffee trees using traditional methods in 1995.
The greenary scene of Dong Tam Coffee Farm. Photo: Dong Tam Coffee Farm.
It was not until 2016/2017, during a trip to Ha Noi to learn more about coffee, Mr. Van Chien decided to write his very own “organic coffee story”.
Mr. Van Chien has realized the importance of shifting from traditional cultivation to sustainable ones and the benefits that this change offers him and other local farmers. He shared with VCA that coffee farmers had struggled for many years to find a stable market for their green coffee beans. By transforming the cultivation model, he believed that he and his team could produce higher-quality green coffee beans, increase their productivity, lower costs, and most importantly preserve the natural environment.
A close-up photo of the ripe coffee cherries. Photo: Dong Tam Coffee Farm.
The natural enviroment of Dong Tam Coffee Farm. Photo: Dong Tam Coffee Farm.
Animals building homes in the farm. Photo: Dong Tam Coffee Farm.
With a strong will to open new doors for his farm, Mr. Van Chien has self-researched the knowledge of cultivating coffee organically. He takes the sustainable coffee-growing process from other successful farms and adjusts it to suit Dong Tam Coffee Farm.
The ripe coffee cherries grown, harvested, and processed naturally by the farmers of Dong Tam Coffee Farm. Photo: Dong Tam Coffee Farm.
Ripe coffee cherries of Dong Tam Coffee Farm dried under direct sunlight. Photo: Dong Tam Coffee Farm.
Putting the theories into practice, Mr. Van Chien invests in using manure fertilizer, cutting down harmful chemicals (synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, etc.), and building linking agricultural households models.
Thanks to all these efforts, Dong Tam Coffee Farm can produce high-quality green coffee beans that reward the farmers with a higher and more stable income while protecting the environment.
Dong Tam Coffee Farm's ripe coffee cherries during the harvesting time. Photo: Dong Tam Coffee Farm.
The coffee cherries processed using the honey method at Dong Tam Coffee Farm. Photo: Dong Tam Coffee Farm.
The organic green coffee beans of Dong Tam Coffee Farm. Photo: Dong Tam Coffee Farm.
However, his sustainable coffee-growing journey will not stop here. With the hope to develop his homeland’s coffee industry, he has convinced other local farmers to join in the organic coffee cultivation methods, bought roasting and grinding machines, and upgraded his physic and chemical knowledge. Mr. Van Chien believed preparation is the key to success.
Roasted coffee beans of Dong Tam Coffee Farm. Photo: Dong Tam Coffee Farm.
Staffs of the Vietnam Coffee Association (VCA) have travelled to Dong Tam Coffee Farm to inspect their farm's conditions and collect their green coffee beans samples:
The green coffee beans samples of Dong Tam Coffee Farm being weighted. Photo: VCA.
The green coffee beans samples of Dong Tam Coffee Farm with a VCA's tag. Photo: VCA.
