BBC News | ASIA-PACIFIC | Laos' fresh coffee hopes

BBC News | ASIA-PACIFIC | Laos' fresh coffee hopes ()

  „The dusty town of Paksong remains Laos' "coffee capital". During the harvest season it is usual to see coffee beans laid out in the road to dry while carts laden with sacks of freshly-picked coffee trundle by. For generations, Nomala Thepboualy's family have kept several acres of coffee beans near the small village of Phou Ouy. On the roads, coffee has right of way "When the French were here our coffee was very popular," says Mr Nomala.“

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