Vietnam Started To Expand Arabica Coffee Area In 1989
By 1989 Vietnam decided to start expanding the Arabica coffee growing area as well. When coffee was first introduced to Vietnam over 150 years ago by French colonialists it was…
Monthly Archives: July 2013
Vietnam Arabica Coffee Mostly Grown By Ethnic Minorities
The core-root of Vietnam’s coffee policies was never about market dominance, but rather always about “social development” and when the government launched the expansion plan for Arabica it was all…
Vietnam Picks Up New Coffee Growth In Recent Years
Vietnam has today by far consolidated its position as the world’s second largest coffee grower and it’s one of only a handful of producing countries that in recent years has…
Vietnam Coffee Quality And Sustainability All Growing
Since the 2000-2004 coffee crisis when prices crashed to historic lows and caused social disaster in producing countries, Vietnam’s government has embarked on ambitious policies to promote sustainable practices and…
Vietnam Coffee Production Today Between 23M-25M Bags
There is no denying Vietnam’s fast growth in the last 30 years of coffee statistics, but one of the most mis-reported myths about the Vietnamese coffee boom is that it…
Uganda 2012-13 Coffee Crop On Track To Rise 6.5% To 3.4M Bags
JULY 20 (SpillingTheBeans)–Coffee production in Uganda in the current 2012-13 crop cycle is on track to reach between 3.3 million and 3.4 million 60-kilogram bags, up at least 6.5 percent…
More on Vietnam’s Coffee History – Coming Up!
For more on the fascinating details of Vietnam’s coffee history, please stay tuned for my special 5-part article series written for the Tea & Coffee Trade Journal on Vietnam, coming…
MARKET INSIGHT: Sep Arabica Coffee Prices Down 4.85c On July 19 But Up 3.40c On Week
JULY 19–September Arabica coffee closed down 4.85 cent per pound on Friday after predictable profit taking plunged into profits from the strong gains seen earlier in the week. Prices settled…
Vietnam Coffee Exports in June Plummets 37% on Lower Supply
JULY 18 (SpillingTheBeans)–Coffee exports from Vietnam in the month of June plummeted 37 percent to 1.472 million 60-kilogram bags compared to the same month last year, Vietnam’s General Statistics…
Peru Coffee Rust Outbreak Rises to 25%, 2013-14 Crop Down to 4.1M Bags
JULY 16 (SpillingTheBeans)–The outbreak of coffee rust in Latin America continues to worsen and up to 25 percent of the entire coffee area in South American producer Peru is now…