Lam Dong Robusta Coffee Continues to Affirm Its Outstanding Quality

Mr. Trinh Duc Minh - Chairman of Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Association said that this year, over 93% of the samples participating in the contest met the specialty score standards.

On the afternoon of April 27, the Organizing Committee of the Vietnam Specialty Coffee Competition 2025 - Vietnam Amazing Cup 2025 announced and awarded prizes to units with products that meet international specialty coffee quality standards.

According to the Organizing Committee , this year's competition received 149 coffee samples registered for the competition from 70 units in 9 provinces and cities including: Dak Lak, Lam Dong, Dak Nong, Gia Lai, Kon Tum, Quang Tri, Son La, Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi . The total output of the samples participating in the competition was 245 tons (including 173 tons of Robusta, 72 tons of Arabica) . Notably , 139/149 samples participating in the competition met the specialty score standards. With a rate of 93.3%, this is the highest level in the history of Vietnamese specialty coffee competitions that have been held.

An Coffee Farm has the winning Robusta sample with a score of 86.46 points

The Organizing Committee has selected 43 coffee samples with the highest scores (including 24 Robusta coffee samples and 19 Arabica coffee samples) to continue to the final round of the Top 10 Robusta and Arabica competition on April 25 and 26.

After the final round of evaluation, the Organizing Committee selected the Top 3 Robusta specialty coffee samples and the Top 4 for the highest scoring Arabian coffee samples to award prizes. Regarding Robusta coffee, the First prize was awarded to the representative from Lam Dong , An Coffee Farm, with 86.46 points; the Second prize was awarded to Tinh Farm with 86.33 points ( Dak Lak province); the Third prize was awarded to Sucafina Vietnam Co., Ltd. with 85.49 points (Lam Dong province).

Top 4 for the highest scoring Arabic coffee

For Arabica coffee, the First Prize was awarded to two units with the same score of 84.79 points, including: Pun Coffee Company Limited (with the fermentation method in the fruit) and 8Ro Production and Trade Service Company; the Third Prize was awarded to two units: Quoc Loc - Da Lat Natural Company Limited (Lam Dong province) with 84.67 points and Le Duc Binh Farm (Quang Tri province) with 84.67 points .

In addition, the Organizing Committee also awarded the most favorite prize to the Robusta coffee sample of Bui Coffee Supply (Lam Dong province) and the Arabica sample to the BANA'A Coffee Production Facility (Kon Tum province) .

The Organizing Committee awarded the most favorite prize to the Robusta coffee sample of Bui Coffee Supply (Lam Dong province)

The Vietnam Amazing Cup has been held for 7 consecutive years with the aim of finding, evaluating and promoting coffee samples of outstanding quality, meeting international standards for specialty coffee. The competition has become the focus of a series of activities to promote the domestic specialty coffee industry from research - training - promotion to domestic and international trade promotion.

Honoring Top 10 Arabica Coffees

The results of the final round of the Vietnam Specialty Coffee Competition 2025 show that Vietnamese farmers and specialty coffee producers have been and are not only diligent but also very creative, sensitive, constantly updating trends and meeting the most demanding requirements of domestic and foreign markets. The production and consumption chains of specialty coffee are increasingly clearly formed, the scale is expanded and step by step ensuring stability in both quality and quantity.

Honoring units with specialty products

At the same time, it is expected to contribute significantly to positioning and enhancing the value of Vietnamese specialty coffee, encouraging producers to continue investing in quality for sustainable development.

Source: https://baolamdong.vn/kinh-te/202504/ca-phe-robusta-lam-dong-tiep-tuc-khang-dinh-chat-luong-vuot-troi-d8a462a/