Vietnam Dalat Dark Roast

Tasting Notes

Dark Chocolate and lime in the aroma. A weighty mouthfeel and mellow acidity make for a great coffee to drink with cream and sugar, or better yet Vietnamese Iced coffee style with Sweetened condensed milk 

Background Info

Vietnam is the second largest producer of coffee in the world after Brazil, though the quality of the beans (generally strip-picked robustas) has limited their marketability.

Although arabica coffee trees (bourbon) were introduced near Hanoi in 1887, production in Vietnam has dwindled until recently, though the volume is still substantial: 1,000,000 bags/ year, more than countries like Kenya, El Salvador, Rwanda, Panama, and Papua New Guinea. These coffees are mostly blended with robusta coffee and destined to local cafes and neighboring China.

In recent years producers have started to focus more on quality production for the specialty market and we are starting to see some very impressive coffees coming out of this country

Our Dalat Dark Roast is a roast of washed Catimor variety from from Vuong farm

About Vuong Farm

A 12 hectare farm at 1360-1520 masl in Lam Dong province not far from the town of Dalat. Operated by two brothers: Trung and Hieu. They are second generation coffee growers continuing the farm their parents started. Both in their 30's, they are some of the youngest growers in their area.  they grow a few specialty heirloom varieties beyond the common catimor strain planted in the region such as Java 'Longberry', Yellow Bourbon, and Orange bourbon. They started getting involved in the family farm a few years ago just as the specialty coffee cafe scene was getting started in Vietnam. They are one of the few producers in Vietnam offering arabica varieties other than Catimor and have been doing anaerobic fermentations for several years now.

Our preferred way to enjoy this coffee? As Vietnamese style iced coffee. To prepare brew coffee hot by your preferred brewing method and then add sweetened condensed milk and ice to taste.