Tea & Coffee 06/03 - Vietnamese Coffee and the Plight of the Montagnards (#)

„In 1992 the “Regreening of the Barren Hills Program” commenced, to reforest denuded areas (blamed on Montagnard rotational farming), followed by a 1998 “Five Million Hectare Reforestation Program.” Much of this “reforestation” involved planting coffee trees, almost all of them Robusta. It is unclear exactly how the phenomenal growth in Vietnamese coffee cultivation was funded, since no one now wishes to take responsibility for it. It appears to have been a combination of money from the Vietnamese agricultural bank, the World Bank, French, German, and Swiss governmental agencies, and programs sponsored by Nestle, Kraft, Sara Lee, and several coffee trading firms. At any rate, the Vietnamese government encouraged coffee cultivation in the Central Highlands, where Vietnamese farmers planted more than a million acres of Robusta coffee trees during the last decade of the 20th century.“

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Tips on Coffee - Vietnamese Iced Coffee (#)

„Preparation2 to 4 tablespoons finely ground dark roast coffee (preferably with chicory) 2 to 4 tablespoons sweetened condensed milk (e.g., Borden Eagle Brand, not evaporated milk!) Boiling water Vietnamese coffee press Ice cubes Place ground coffee in Vietnamese coffee press and screw lid down on the grounds. Put the sweetened condensed milk in the bottom of a coffee cup and set the coffee maker on the rim. Pour boiling water over the screw lid of the press; adjust the tension on the screw lid just till bubbles appear through the water, and the coffee drips slowly out the bottom of the press.“

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Fresh Cup Magazine (#)

„Although many countries carry on a tradition of iced coffee beverages—there's Italy's caffe freddo, Malaysia's kopi-o, and the Thai and Vietnamese interpretations—the first iced coffees may have been drunk on a battlefield. As William Ukers mentions in his book, All About Coffee, "...the French colonial troops were first served with a drink made from coffee syrup and cold water on marches near Mazagran... Upon their return from the French capital, they introduced the idea, with the added fillip of service in tall glasses, in their favorite cafés, where it became known as café mazagran."“

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Indiacoffee - Indian Coffee, Monthly magazine - Cover Story - Coffee Futures - The Brazilian Juggernaut (#)

„In the recent past Vietnam has officially declared its policy decision to roll its production capacity to a level of 10 million bags with a slightly more increased share of Arabicas. In our preoccupation with the Vietnamese miracle these last 2-3 years, we failed to observe the long-term implications of the changes that were sweeping the Brazilian coffee sector. During the decade of the 1990's, the Brazilian coffee production structure has been altered radically and new trends in production have emerged which have very important implications for the future of coffee worldwide. To appreciate this we need to consider the following:“

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The Coffee Review - the world's leading coffee buying guide (#)

„These coffees sell for considerably less than all other coffees, including better quality robustas. I am told that production costs for Vietnamese robustas are about 20 cents per pound or less, compared to, for example, production costs of 80 to 90 cents per pound for the excellent "100% Colombia" coffees competing in the supermarket. And now the current episode: Commercial dealers and roasters have learned to steam the often foul-tasting Vietnamese robustas, removing the waxy covering of the bean and muting (but not entirely eliminating) the offensive flavor notes.“

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View topic - Vietnam Coffee Industry - Coffee Forum (#)

„I am Vietnamese and growing up my dad always drank his coffee with a french press and condensed milk at the bottom and I ended up doing the same as I grew up and started drinking coffee. I never realized that there was an actual name for it and people called it "Vietnamese Coffee" Condensed milk makes the coffee taste so much better than regular sugar and milk, try it out with your dark roast coffee, it can't be beaten. Anyways, that's my story and now I sell coffee for a living.“

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Tips on Coffee - Coffee Producing Countries (#)

„Notable Beans: Java, Sumatra, Sulawesi (Celebes) Vietnam (5.8 million bags) French missionaries first brought coffee to Vietnam in the mid-1860s, but production remained negligible as late as 1980. In the 1990s, however, Vietnamese coffee production has been ratcheted up at a furious pace. At least one trader worries that the industry is growing too quickly for its own good. “The crop’s growing so fast that there’s not an equivalent growth in processing, so you’re looking at quality problems,” he said from Daklak, Vietnam’s main coffee-growing region.“

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Coffee @ nationalgeographic.com (#)

„French missionaries first brought coffee to Vietnam in the mid-1860s, but production remained negligible as late as 1980. In the 1990s, however, Vietnamese coffee production has been ratcheted up at a furious pace. At least one trader worries that the industry is growing too quickly for its own good. “The crop’s growing so fast that there’s not an equivalent growth in processing, so you’re looking at quality problems,” he said from Daklak, Vietnam’s main coffee-growing region.“

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BBC NEWS | Business | Vietnam reaps diaspora windfall (#)

„"I saw some business opportunities for example in coffee. "Coffee was something that I wanted to improve in Vietnam and so I came back to start a coffee business." Changing attitudes After initial suspicions returning Vietnamese - or Viet Kieu - are now being accepted by many in the country. They bring money, outside ideas and an understanding of the Vietnamese way of doing things. Factors increasingly recognised by the Vietnamese government.“

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Global Exchange : 445.html (#)

„"The Oxfam scheme is positive, as it truly reflects the current coffee-market situation, taking into account the livelihoods of farmers and producers," he said, adding that Vietnamese coffee growers have heartily welcomed the scheme. For farmers who have made the switch from farming low-grade robusta beans to high-grade, high-yield arabica, the investment is now beginning to pay off. But for many others who still farm low-grade beans, the pickup in prices has some distance to go before they see their fortunes turn around.“

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My cup runneth Down Under - coffeecrew.com - victoria, b.c. canada (#)

„That all said... wow.  I'm not sure I've ever seen a town where the entire economy seems to be based so totally around good food, good books, good coffee, and occasional fits of modern dance.  I didn't expect a river town to be so lovely, but then I grew up in 1970s Cleveland, where the polluted river itself once actually caught fire.  But I haven't had a bad meal or a bad cup since I got here, whether it was in a Thai place in Fitzroy, the Italian joint in Carlton, or the family-run Vietnamese/Chinese fusion restaurant in Richmond.“

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It's All About Coffee (#)

„The world coffee market stinks. Prices paid to coffee farmers are based on a host of irrelevant factors, from predictions of frost on large Brazilian, to NY commodity speculators who’ve never been to a coffee village, to a market glutting flood of cheap Vietnamese coffee promoted by the World Bank. It’s a nightmare. As a result, coffee prices are the lowest in recorded history, and growers are receiving far less than it costs to produce their crop.“

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Indiacoffee - Indian Coffee, Monthly magazine - Cover Story - Coffee Futures - The Brazilian Juggernaut (#)

„Major soluble coffee manufacturers in Brazil have been investing in new technology to set up ultra modern factories. The low cost of production of the Brazilian Robusta, the main ingredient for soluble coffee and its superior quality has made the Brazilian Robusta a very competitive alternative to the Vietnamese robusta especially in the American market. The devaluation has also helped here in that it made Brazilian soluble coffee much more competitive.“

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International Coffee Organization (#)

„Dubois addressed a clients’ conference of the Vietnamese Quality Control Agency, Cafécontrol on 9 December to explain the rationale behind ICO Resolution number 407. Subsequently the mission visited coffee areas in Daklak province and held meetings with the Vice-Ministers of Commerce and Agriculture, and the Chairman of the Vietnamese Coffee and Cocoa Association in Hanoi.“

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Coffee From Around The World - National Coffee Association (#)

„More recently, coffee has been re-introduced and the coffee industry is growing so rapidly that Vietnam is rapidly becoming one of the world's largest producers. Today, small plantations, located in the southern half of the country, produce mostly robusta coffee.  In the cup, Vietnamese coffee has a light acidity and mild body with a good balance. It is frequently used for blending.“

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Cheap Commercial Grade Coffees, and Educational Experience for Home Coffee Roasters (#)

„The costs of production are fantastically low in Asia, compared to Central America. And you can bet you booty that any type of highly processed coffee beverage made from a powder at your local coffee boutique, such as Mochachino and Caramel Iced Frappelatte are made with Vietnamese Robusta. And all those bizarre "cappuccino machines" and truck stops... you guessed it.“

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Tea & Coffee 05/04 - Vietnam’s Special-Teas (#)

„“Many Vietnamese may drink coffee sometimes, they may drink a black tea, now and again, but they drink green tea every day, usually several times,” says Tuan of Future Generation, an independent tea exporter. “You don’t have to go far to get a cup of tea in Vietnam, you can get a cup of good, hot tea on any street corner. And in the coffee shops too,” he adds.“

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Tiny Joy, a home coffee roasting newsletter from Sweet Maria's Coffee (#)

„I thought it would be interesting to offer single Lbs. of the coffee that is taking over the universe: Vietnamese Robusta. It seems it would be fun to give home roasters the chance to try out some of the lowliest coffee on the market, the stuff that ends up in the cheapest pre-ground coffee blends in your supermarket.“

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It's All About Coffee (#)

„Underlying everything is the effect of the huge increase in production of Vietnamese coffee at a time when the ICO, which would once have been able to withdraw millions of bags of coffee from the global market at the stroke of a pen, has been rendered largely toothless by the withdrawal of the United States in 1995.“

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CoffeeGeek - Members: Coffee Recipes, Vietnamese Coffee (Hardware) (#)

„I have been yearning for a vietnamese coffee press (aka coffee fin) so that I can make my own vietnamese iced coffees rather than rely on local restaurants. Does anybody know of a distributor/restaurant supply store/internet site where I can purchase these?“

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Global Exchange : Planting trouble (#)

„Vietnamese coffee-growers have also suffered because of the glut in the market. But not the farmers in Khe Sanh, who have prospered and in the process prompted a nationwide recovery scheme. The key to Khe Sanh's survival is arabica, a pricier bean than the robusta variety most Vietnamese farmers grow.“

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That Strange and Wonderful Chud We Find in Our Coffee (#)

„And the only finger I found in the coffee was my own, and they DID reattach it (just kidding). If you want to scare yourself, you would have access to the stuff a low-grade commercial roaster finds in their coffee Vietnamese Robusta or Chinese Yunnan Arabica. THAT might be really horrifying...“

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Tea & Coffee 05/00 - World News (#)

„The trader noted that Vietnam had already experienced tremendous growth in coffee output. Vietnamese coffee production grew from some 1.4 million bags in 1991/92 to about 8.0 million bags - 98% of which is Robusta - in the current 1999/2000 season, he said.“

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It's All About Coffee (#)

„HO CHI MINH CITY - The improvement in the prices of coffee beans is giving hope to Vietnamese farmers who have suffered steady losses over the last five years. Coffee growers faced lean times last year as oversupply on world markets saw prices plunge.“

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View topic - Origin of the word "Espresso" - Coffee Forum (#)

„I am not really expert in espresso. But when i find out that vietnamese coffee is so unbelieable suitable when it is usded to made espresso I start to study about this to get adapt to the market which i want to aim my product.“

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Global Exchange : News Updates (#)

„Planting trouble -- Vietnamese coffee-growers have suffered because of the glut in the market. But not the farmers in Khe Sanh, who have prospered and in the process prompted a nationwide recovery scheme.“

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Vietnamese Coffee (INeedCoffee.com) (#)

„This does not fall through the holes in the filter and tastes great. If you are new to Vietnamese coffee, use a French grind since it is easier to get it right with a coarser grind.“

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View topic - How do you take your coffee? - Coffee Forum (#)

„I do experiment though, and have found fondness for Vietnamese coffee. I did a realy werid thing and added bacchus to my coffee at work .boy howdy .“

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It's All About Coffee (#)

„There aren't any Starbucks outlets here, and that's just fine. Vietnamese coffee is way better than the stuff served up by those Seattle-based outfits.“

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INeedCoffee - Non-Commercial Caffeination Information (#)

„Vietnamese Coffee  by Craig A Haller“

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Coffee Table - Coffee Forum (#)

„Vietnamese Coffee - Recipe“

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