Seminar seeks to improve value of Vietnamese coffee
Dak Lak (VNA) – The Buon Ma Thuot Coffee
Association held a seminar on April 27 looking back on five editions of the
annual Vietnam Amazing Cup which aims to discover and honour specialty coffee manufacturers,
roasters and traders, contributing to improving the value of Vietnamese specialty
coffee.
The competition was
held for the first time at the seventh Buon Ma Thuot coffee festival in 2019.
Over the past five years, the competition has attracted 207
participating units, with 339 samples. As a result, 250 samples have met specialty
coffee standards according to the international rating scale.
Speaking at the
event, President of the association Trinh Duc Minh said through the competitions, all coffee-growing regions in Vietnam have
shown their potential to produce specialty coffee. Of them, the Central
Highlands province of Dak Lak has demonstrated its advantages in developing robusta
coffee both in terms of quantity and quality.
Participants at the
event discussed coffee varieties that have potential to produce specialty
coffee, as well as solutions to specialty coffee marketing and processing.
Le Trung Hung, chief
representative of InterKom S.p.A in Vietnam,
suggested the Vietnamese ministries, agencies and localities come up with
measures to train farmers in specialty coffee cultivation and processing, and
hold promotion activities.
He
advised them to trace the origin of coffee, climate and soil conditions, and
the varieties of award-winning coffee for replication; set up and operate
coffee training centres in both material zones and consumption areas at low
prices to encourage those involved in the coffee value chain to improve their
expertise./.