Hi Hivers in Cinnamon Cup Coffee community, have you ever wondered where the coffee beans you use every day come from? Today I will reveal part of that story. This is the coffee harvest season at my place, and today I had the opportunity to visit a local people's coffee farm to see how they harvest their coffee.
I live in Mang Den, a mountain town in the highlands of Vietnam, where we grow most of our coffee in Vietnam. And as you know, Vietnam is the second largest coffee exporter in the world. Especially, Mang Den is located at an altitude of over 1200m above sea level, so this land is very suitable for Arabica coffee. Mang Den Arabica coffee has won the first prize for two consecutive years in the competition for specialty coffees in Vietnam thanks to the special weather and soil conditions of this land.
Talking about how to harvest coffee, currently, there are two main methods to harvest coffee in Vietnam. The first and more common way is mass picking. People spread a large sheet under the coffee tree and pick all the coffee berries from the tree regardless of whether they were ripe or not. In this way, people can save harvesting time because often they grow coffee on a large area. However, the quality of coffee beans from this method of harvesting is not high and leads to low purchase price of coffee.
The second way to harvest coffee is selective picking. People will use the baskets to pick only ripe coffee berries. This way, people will spend more time and effort, but the quality of the coffee beans will be higher and the price of coffee will also be higher. The people at the coffee farm where I visited today harvest coffee in a second way because their coffee farm is specialty arabica coffee, so they want to keep the best quality beans for the coffee lovers. I picked up some fresh coffee berries and tried them out, and they are really sweet and fragrant.
Only by visiting the coffee farm, I understand how hard the farmers work to produce the coffee beans we use everyday. Even though the weather in Mang Den is quite cold at present, the farmers get up so early to harvest coffee. When I arrived the coffee farm at about 7am, they were already there and doing their job. They also told me they work until dark because they worry that the coffee berries will get too ripe and fell on the ground. Normally, the coffee farm is far away from their home, so they carry clothes, food and drinks with them to be able to work on the farm one day. And they also use rustic motorbikes to carry the coffee back to their home after a hard working day. You see the farmers work very hard to produce the coffee beans. That's why I feel so grateful every time I have a good cup of coffee. I hope you do so.
Thank you very much for taking time to read my post. And I hope this post is suitable for this community and you like the post too. Have a nice day and have a good coffee!
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Hello brother @dodovietnam. There is one thing that is the focus of my attention here, but first I want to thank you for sharing a post about coffee at your place. As for the focus of my attention, I saw that the arabica coffee tree there was still too tall. Maybe you've heard of Gayo Coffee from the Central Aceh Highlands. This coffee is one of the raw materials for Starbucks coffee. In plucking, we use the second method. It's like you said a little longer, it takes time and effort, but the quality is well-maintained. The difference between coffee in my place is that it is only as high as the picker or slightly taller, but the technique of pruning twigs has become one of the mandatory things for farmers in my place. That way, the distribution of plant nutrients to fruit becomes more productive. Over all, I can see the same thing in my place, how the coffee farmers do by working team and still smile.
This post is very useful, besides introducing local coffee, here we can also share how coffee farmers process their best coffee. Blessing
Hi @elchaleefatoe15
I think the local people here plant a different type of coffee, they are quite tall for us and causes some difficulty in the process of harvesting. But it's quality is good and it's suitable for the land here so that's why we keep it. And thank you very much for your great idea I might share about how we processed coffee beans in the next post. Have a nice day.
Hello there!
Lovely photos are usual.
I've never been to a coffee farm but I hope someday I'll get the chance to. This gives us a glance of a huge part of your culture which is a big source of economy for Vietnam.
This is really great to see:)
Hi @millycf1976
You are always welcome here and if you have a chance to visit us, I am more than happy to become your guide.
That's interesting learning about the two processes for picking beans. It makes sense why the second method takes longer but also tastes better. It's the same with ripe vegetables - they taste way better than ones picked before they are ripe.
Yes that's true the reward is always bigger for the more effort. I'm lucky to live in this area and I always have good coffee. Have a nice day @leaky20
really awesome Coffee production has never been seen up close like this. Coffee is not produced in our country. felt good thank you
Thank you very much for your visit. I'm happy that you like the post. We plant a lot of coffee here.
It's a pleasure to see your photos. There is a lot of process in making coffee !
Thank you very much for your visit and I'm happy that you like the post.
I've seen the effort requires to have a good coffee from harvesting to your cup. 🙂
Hi @tzae
That's why I always feel grateful whenever I have a good coffee.
I forget coffee is red when it's still fresh! Or I didn't even know that! haha
The coffee berries are red when they get ripe @cryptoknight12
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Woah... I'm indeed privilege for reading this and seeing how it works in Vietnam...I see the mass picking and I know this is time consuming. It requires collective efforts and strength to do what it takes.
Nice post btw!
Hi @cescajove
Thank you very much for your visit and I'm very happy that you like the post. Yes collective picking requires a lot of efforts but the quality of the coffee is great.
Exactly. Harvester must double time to save the beans from falling. We have coffee farm too, and we are also lucky🤩🙂
Yes that's true, that's why I always feel grateful for the hard-working of the farmers whenever I have a good coffee. @franzpaulie
Woooo ... What beautiful photos of this wonderful harvest !!!! I love growing my own coffee , it's a really rewarding thing , like all the work on the land . Thank you for sharing this beauty 😍.
Hi @cvnuitter
I'd love to have my own trees too. Cultivating plants is so much fun.
What an incredible experience. I love watching the process. Although I've only done so via others experiences. One of my friends takes tours to India and I love hearing about her time in the tea plantations or harvesting coffee. Beautiful photos as always
Hi @buckaroobaby
Yes it's interesting to see the process of producing the coffee we drink every day. Even though I live in the area of coffee, I still learn a lot from the trip today.
It's a very unique plant. And process. And delicious drink!
your photos are really good as always !! i loved them.. i love the way you give more life to colors with the edition! keep it up!
Thank you very much for your visit and compliment @malos10
it is a pleasure, i really enjoy watching your photos! you are a good photographer and i learn from you
Thank you very much for the compliment @malos10
Wow... What beautiful coffee plants... For me coffee is a lovely thing, in my backyards I have some plants and I use to harvest them and make organic coffee.... These are lovely and eloquent photos.... Ah and again those nice motorbikes like my beloved "wild junkers" of my adolescence! :)) ... Thanks for sharing @dodovietnam friend!
Hi dear friend @jlinaresp
I love the term "wild junkers" which you made for the motorbikes. I tried them before and they are so cool. Have a nice day.
I love coffee. I cant live without coffee. I hope I can have at least one coffee plant at home.
Hi @dehai
Thank you very much for your visit and I hope you can make it soon to have a coffee plant in your home.
Hello, I'm happy to see lots of interesting photos when harvesting coffee's natural red fruit. It's been a long time since I've harvested the coffee that is in my garden because there are many things that make it difficult to happen.
The beautiful memory of when I harvested the red fruit made me want to go back to my hometown where my coffee garden is not wide, your post is very fun! Thank you :)