Vietnam's coffee regions

Coffee reached Vietnam with French missionaries in the 1850s. Today Vietnam is the world's second-largest coffee producer, and almost all of it grows in a few regions.

The Central Highlands

The Tây Nguyên plateau is Vietnam's coffee heartland. Đắk Lắk, with Buôn Ma Thuột at its centre, grows robusta on deep red basalt soil at roughly 400–800 m, as do Gia Lai, Đắk Nông and Kon Tum. A long dry season makes sun-drying easy.

Lâm Đồng: robusta and arabica

Further south and higher, Lâm Đồng grows robusta around Bảo Lộc and Di Linh, and arabica in the cool hills around Đà Lạt and Cầu Đất, from about 1,500 m.

The north-west: Sơn La and Điện Biên

On the mountain slopes of the north-west, farmers grow arabica, mostly the hardy Catimor variety.

Quảng Trị

Around Khe Sanh in central Vietnam there is a smaller arabica region with a long history.

Where our coffees come from

• Đắk Lắk: Buôn Ma Thuột Robusta
• Đắk Lắk and Lâm Đồng: Sài Gòn Morning, which blends robusta from the plateau with arabica from the hills

More on how we work with the farms: Our Approach.