Phuoc Dat Coffee Farm

Coffee variety: Catimor

Company: -

Farm: Phuoc Dat Coffee Farm

Origin: Huong Phung Commune, Huong Hoa District, Quang Tri Province, Vietnam

Crop year: 2023

Processing method: Honey

Soil condition: -

Plantation scale: 10,000m²

Elevation: 700 MASL

Available lot: 1,000kg

Cupping notes: Herbal, sugar cane, coffee pulp, green mango, green tea and herbal bitterness aftertaste, high and bright acidity, dry astringent body

Prices: 190,000 VND/ kg (Around 8.07 USD/ kg)

About Phuoc Dat Coffee Farm

Quang Tri Province is one of the key regions for cultivating Vietnam Arabica coffee, with a huge area of almost 5,000ha and a variety of favorable natural qualities (red basaltic soil, median coffee-growing altitude from sea level to 500m and above, and so on).

Phuoc Dat Coffee Farm, located in Quang Tri Province. Photo: VCA.

If you're a lover of Vietnam specialty coffee, you've probably heard about Khe Sanh Arabica Catimor Single Origin coffee, which is largely grown in Quang Tri Province on Vietnam's north-central coast.

Phuoc Dat Coffee Farm is a family-run coffee plantation in Huong Hoa District, Quang Tri Province, with around 25 years of coffee-cultivating expertise.

A warm day at Phuoc Dat Coffee Farm, which is ideal for the development of the organic coffee trees. Photo: VCA.

Mr. Ho Van Cuong, the farm owner, and his family began cultivating coffee in 1998 utilizing the traditional cultivation method. However, after realizing the economic, social, and environmental benefits of organic coffee, they chose to transition to a natural and sustainable agricultural style in 2013.

Hand-picked, high-quality coffee cherries at Phuoc Dat Coffee Farm. Photo: Phuoc Dat Coffee Farm.

Mr. Van Cuong told VCA that organic products would provide farmers with a more steady income, a better environment for local individuals and animals, and higher quality green coffee beans.

Nonetheless, nothing is simple at first.

Mr. Van Cuong and his team had to study organic coffee farming on their own. Mr. Cuong even traveled to Tay Nguyen City by himself to see skilled coffee farms, study their processes, and purchase high-quality coffee seedlings.

Mr. Ho Van Cuong, owner of Phuoc Dat Coffee Farm. Photo: Phuoc Dat Coffee Farm.

Furthermore, when specialty coffee was first becoming popular, Cuong Dat Coffee Farm suffered greatly to find a stable market for its high-quality products.

A photo of the coffee tree flowers taken by Mr. Ho Van Cuong. Photo: Phuoc Dat Coffee Farm.

Finally, their efforts have paid off.

The farm is able to produce coffee beans with outstanding taste and a distinct aroma by not using synthetic chemicals (pesticides and herbicides) and just fertilizing the coffee plants with manure.

Organic and sustainable green coffee beans. Photo: Phuoc Dat Coffee Farm.

The Cuong Dat Coffee Farm team has invested in innovative planting, harvesting, and processing procedures for future growth (raising coffee trees in nurseries, hand-picking ripe coffee cherries with no defects, and drying them under direct sunlight). Furthermore, they have purchased their own coffee roaster machines in order to expand their business.

Phuoc Dat Coffee Farm's warehouse. Photo: VCA.

Roasted coffee beans. Photo: Phuoc Dat Coffee Farm.

Staffs of the Vietnam Coffee Association have traveled to Phuoc Dat Coffee Farm to inspect their farm's conditions and collect the green coffee beans samples:

The green coffee beans samples being weighted. Photo: VCA.

Green coffee beans samples of Phuoc Dat Coffee Farm with a VCA's tag. Photo: VCA.

VCA has sent Phuoc Dat Coffee Farm's green beans samples to D'codeS Coffee Lab Hanoi and here are the results:

Photo: VCA, D'codeS Coffee Lab Hanoi.

Photo: VCA, D'codeS Coffee Lab Hannoi.