The discarded part of coffee beans costs 1 million VND/kg, farmers suddenly have money

(Dan Tri) - Before the news that Dak Lak Robusta coffee husks were exported at a price of nearly 1 million VND/kg to make high-class tea, many farmers were very excited because up to now, coffee husks were either thrown away or only used as fertilizer.

2-9 Import Export Company Limited, under the Dak Lak Provincial Party Committee, recently exported the first batch of coffee husks with a total weight of 500kg to South Korea at a price of nearly 1 million VND/kg.

Selected and deeply processed coffee husks are used to produce Cascara tea. This is considered a high-class beverage with a unique flavor and high nutritional value.

Robusta coffee husks in Dak Lak were exported for the first time at a price of nearly 1 million VND/kg (Photo: Hao Nguyen).

According to information from the shipment owner, the export of Dak Lak coffee husks opens up many opportunities for long-term cooperation and development, contributing to increasing the value of Vietnamese coffee in the international market.

Raw material purchasing businesses support farmers to maximize the value of each part of the coffee fruit, increase income and promote environmentally friendly agricultural models.

Mr. Nguyen Xuan Tan (55 years old), a coffee farmer in Buon Ma Thuot city, was surprised that coffee husks could be exported and sold at high prices.

According to Mr. Tan, in the past, when it came to coffee husks, hard-working people only knew how to use them as fertilizer to make the soil loose, no one thought that coffee husks could be used to create high-class tea.

"We farmers are very excited to hear this news and hope that processing enterprises and cooperatives will guide us in taking care of the plants so that we can exploit and sell the coffee husks, contributing to increasing income for growers," said Mr. Tan.

Farmers are excited about the news that coffee husks are being sold at a price four times higher than raw coffee beans (Photo: Uy Nguyen).

Not only Mr. Tan, many farmers in Dak Lak were also surprised that coffee husks were purchased at a price 4 times higher than the current price of raw coffee beans (120,000-135,000 VND/kg).

Mr. Le Duc Huy, Chairman of the Board of Directors of 2-9 Import-Export Company Limited, said that exporting Robusta coffee husks at a price of nearly 1 million VND/kg to the Korean market has turned the long-unthinkable into reality.

"The initial results show that coffee growers need to change their farming methods towards sustainability, not using chemicals in the coffee care process to produce coffee beans with sweet skin, qualified to be fermented to make specialty tea.

In fact, what we know about coffee products is still limited and the potential of the industry is still huge," Mr. Huy commented.

Coffee husk products have strict food safety standards (Photo: Hao Nguyen).

According to Mr. Trinh Duc Minh, Chairman of Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Association, Cascara tea made from coffee husks appeared about 5 years ago, the consumption market is small and strict.

According to Mr. Minh, Son La province used to export Arabica coffee husks. Now, for the first time, Dak Lak has received an order to export Robusta coffee husks.

"This product has strict hygiene requirements, is an ingredient used to make tea, and is drunk directly, so food safety is very important. Therefore, to sell coffee husks, farmers must master and understand the requirements of the product, not rush to make this item but need to link up with cooperatives and reputable companies with output to get specific guidance and cooperation", the Chairman of Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Association recommended.

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