Stone Village

Stone Village

Vietnam

How long have you been a CQI In-Country Partner (ICP)?

Since 2021

What does it mean to your company/organization to be an ICP?

According to USDA, in 2019-2020, Vietnam’s coffee reserves are at a quite high level.According to the forecasts, the reserve will increase to 4.6 million bags in 2019-2020 and 5.5million bags in 2020-2021. The reason is that Vietnamese coffee is less competitive than that of Brazil and other countries, leading to lower exports, particularly in the period of 2019-2020. Thus, the reserve is higher. In addition, Vietnamese farmers do not have good commercial connection and there are not many units to guide and orient the production of high-quality coffee so that they may study or boldly invest in their coffee. Therefore, they have to sell with low price or they are unwilling to sell, leading to difficulty in buying coffee for export by traders and exporters. Vietnam is the second largest coffee producer in the world, but mostly raw materials are exported.

Currently, the demand for high-quality coffee in the world has increased sharply. In Vietnam, this demand is also being noticed and increased strongly in recent times. Many farmers and cooperatives in the Central Highlands provinces have started to invest and learn to keep pace with the demand for high-quality international coffee. For above reasons, Vietnamese coffee farmers need CQI inspection for their coffee in order to improve quality and sell with better prices, ensuring their lives, work and preservation of coffee 12 of 15 area. They shall not cut down the coffee area for other crops due to low prices. More ICPs are needed in Vietnam to support coffee farmers and trading partners.

With the study, in-depth research, the desire to improve the quality of Vietnamese coffee and support coffee farmers, step by step, we have built a laboratory satisfying ICP standards for equipment and tools. We also have learned full of knowledge and earned qualified certifications about coffee according to CQI standards. We have been building and developing for 6 years.

Provide a summary of what your company/organization accomplishes and include mission if applicable:

Delivery knowledge of specialty coffee to the farmer, roaster, barista, and owner's company. Inspiration coffee industry about fine robusta, specialty coffee from Vietnam.

What do you think are the opportunities of CQI's Q Coffees program?

Coffee lover interesting join Q course. some coffee lovers other countries join Q processing, Q course come to Vietnam and join, travel.
In Vietnamese coffee farmers need CQI inspection for their coffee in order to improve quality and sell with better prices, ensuring their lives, work and preservation of coffee area. They shall not cut down the coffee area for other crops due to low prices.

What do you think are the benefits of being a CQI ICP?

  • Income from testing, Q class.
  • Increase income for farmer sell coffee bean.
  • Increase Stone Village LAB brand.