Dream a coffee tour

Not that embarrassed to say that Vietnam is the coffee power. Over a century and a half since 1857 when introduced into our country, coffee trees are now spreading from the North to the South.

People in the coffee industry often make their products are the best in the world, but when invited to drink coffee, still feel ... embarrassed.

There are a number of travel businesses doing coffee tours, however, only exploited by travelers and very general, because of tourism income rather than promoting the coffee industry. Tourists often do not know the coffee, especially not enjoy the coffee guests should suffer disadvantage, not experience the things that are worth the coffee in Vietnam. Also so that guests only go tell once and not come back.

Variety of coffee growing regions

Vietnam coffee trees are scattered in many provinces, from the North border with China to the Southeast provinces. Coffee plants often choose fertile red ba-zan in areas with mountain hills. Later on, due to the attractive coffee market, it was brought to cultivation in some hilly areas of the coastal provinces.

Generally speaking, in Vietnam there are three types of coffee: Robusta or 90% coffee, 9% Arabica coffee and 1% Liberica coffee. Particularly for arabica, in addition to the catimor - a breed of tea between the tea with the lotus is being massaged, there are some special. As Cau Dat coffee Da Lat is a specialty of this region. There are many controversies about the origin of this coffee, as it is Moka, Typica, Bourbon ..., the coffee is delicious coffee many people in the world prefer.

Head office of Phuoc An coffee limited company

Experienced coffee that coffee in the uplands is usually better than the lowland. Coffee now accounts for 55-60% of the world coffee consumption. Because consumers are used to coffee with aroma and flavor "rich", the price of this type is usually higher than the coffee about $ 1,000 per ton, peaks at up to $ 4,100.

Talking about the potential of tourism, the provinces are producing coffee are attractive destinations, both in the forest and the sea. The North is mainly producing tea in Ha Giang, Lai Chau, Son La, Tuyen Quang, Yen Bai provinces; Near the capital of Hanoi with Phu Tho ... On the land strip of Central, except Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan, almost every province also grow coffee. This is also a favorable factor for the combined exploitation of sea and forest tours.

The most concentrated coffee regions are Daklak, Lam Dong, Gia Lai, Kon Tum and Dak Nong, with coffee villages of both Kinh and ethnic minorities. and rich in cuisine. These are also majestic mountains with many attractive rapids. It is a waste of capital to exploit coffee tourism and not show off its specialty coffee.

I want to know…

No one in the world knows whether or not coffee is a coffee, but in markets where Vietnam is exploiting tourists like Europe, North America, Japan, South Korea, China ... most of the visitors are the coffee drinkers. With the sweet aroma of flowers, leaves, coffee trees, silent scene naturally to the top of the "meditation" of the coffee garden in the high mountains - where the land is harmonious with the sky, if visitors hear the owner garden coffee Explaining how to take care of coffee trees, how to produce and how to process, it is a life experience.

In many countries producing and exporting traditional coffee such as Brazil, for nearly ten years, people have prepared quite thoughtfully for coffee tours. From the opening of the hotel in the vicinity of the garden or organization of the house in the production garden, to the test tasting room, enjoy coffee, learn the roasting technology ... All to prove to visitors. The production of coffee beans is not only meticulous, hard but also artistic.

Enjoying coffee requires two sides. The producers and processors of coffee must be artists. If the artist takes the palm to create unique and harmonious lines and colors, the "artist" of the coffee must make sure that the coffee bean is fragrant and "intrinsic" flavor of each region. , each garden, even one batch. For those who enjoy, through what they see and try to taste the "level" feel the smell, flavor, taste to find out each "brush stroke" is the aroma, smell, sour, sweet, salty, bitter ... in the coffee beans.

The tour company not only needs to know people who know the coffee to avoid damaging the knowledge, but also to know when to irrigate the coffee, When plants flowering, fruit, processing process, how to make strict coffee specialty clean, delicious, attractive.

Coffee quality has no common denominator

Currently, when taking visitors to the coffee area, the service is not paid attention. When visiting the garden, the shops or the resort, sometimes guests are served poor quality coffee, even the smell of mixed chemicals, they do not sympathize with Vietnamese coffee.

Guests often hear that Vietnamese coffee is fragrant, juicy but it is not proven. On the other hand, it is possible that coffee from the beginning is not pure but mixed, plus the collection and processing of sloppy ... makes coffee easy from the "gold" turned into "mud".

For successful coffee tours, it is necessary to create each processing cluster and enjoy coffee for comparison, helping tour buyers discover what is common coffee, which is sold commercially (at 99.9 % of coffee shops in the country are using), where coffee is clean, specialty, true coffee beans. In addition, it is recommended to place good coffee centers, specialties in large cities or tourist centers with the participation of experts to taste coffee ...

One kilogram of roasted coffee in Da Lat on supermarket shelves in France costs 450 euros, while a kilogram of arabica beans weighs less than 3 dollars and robusta is only about 1.8 dollars. . Compare that, but understand that through a series of moves, from carefully selected fruit to harvest carefully processed and careful detail (such as how many minutes, excess or missing seconds ...) create different flavors for coffee beans, said Le Trung Hung, a world-class taste tester.

Traveling to promote coffee through quality coffee tours is not only a specialty for the tourism industry, but Vietnamese coffee beans also have the opportunity to regain their reputation and reputation. coffee and coffee "market" lost.

While coffee prices in the world are in a downward trend, coffee growers have to dabble, this is a useful way to help growers increase income and peace of mind with sustainable coffee garden. mine.