{
  "$schema": "https://schema.org/Dataset",
  "name": "Vietnamese Coffee Origin Atlas 2026",
  "description": "Independent, sourced atlas of Vietnamese coffee origin — five growing provinces, named cooperatives, harvest calendar, and 30+ third-wave cafe origin traces.",
  "publisher": "Day Trips Vietnam",
  "publisher_url": "https://daytripsvietnam.com",
  "source_url": "https://daytripsvietnam.com/guides/vietnam-coffee-origin-atlas-2026/",
  "methodology_url": "https://daytripsvietnam.com/guides/vietnam-coffee-origin-atlas-2026/#methodology",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "temporal_coverage": "2025/2026",
  "spatial_coverage": "Vietnam",
  "updated": "2026-06-15",
  "version": "2026.1",
  "suggested_citation": "Day Trips Vietnam, \"Vietnamese Coffee Origin Atlas 2026\" (June 2026), https://daytripsvietnam.com/guides/vietnam-coffee-origin-atlas-2026/",
  "national_production": {
    "marketing_year": "2025/26",
    "total_60kg_bags_millions": 31,
    "total_tonnes_millions": 1.86,
    "robusta_share_pct": 96,
    "arabica_share_pct": 4,
    "harvested_area_hectares": 730000,
    "world_rank": 2,
    "robusta_world_rank": 1,
    "source": "USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, Vietnam Coffee Annual (May 2025)"
  },
  "regions": [
    {
      "province": "Dak Lak",
      "label": "The coffee capital",
      "capital": "Buôn Ma Thuột",
      "elevation_m_min": 400,
      "elevation_m_max": 800,
      "varietal_mix": "robusta-dominant",
      "harvest_months": ["October", "November", "December", "January"],
      "harvest_peak": ["November", "December"],
      "national_share_pct": 30,
      "named_entities": ["Trung Nguyên Legend (HQ)", "Aeroco Coffee", "Vinacafe"],
      "festival": "Buôn Ma Thuột Coffee Festival (biennial, next March 2027)"
    },
    {
      "province": "Lam Dong",
      "label": "The arabica heartland",
      "capital": "Da Lat",
      "elevation_m_min": 1400,
      "elevation_m_max": 1600,
      "varietal_mix": "arabica-dominant",
      "harvest_months": ["November", "December", "January", "February"],
      "harvest_peak": ["December", "January"],
      "arabica_hectares": 23000,
      "named_entities": ["K'Ho Coffee", "La Viet Coffee", "The Married Beans", "Shin Coffee (farm)"]
    },
    {
      "province": "Gia Lai",
      "capital": "Pleiku",
      "varietal_mix": "robusta-dominant",
      "harvest_months": ["October", "November", "December", "January"],
      "harvest_peak": ["November", "December"],
      "note": "Second-largest robusta producer after Dak Lak; mostly commodity export."
    },
    {
      "province": "Dak Nong",
      "varietal_mix": "robusta-dominant",
      "harvest_months": ["October", "November", "December", "January"],
      "harvest_peak": ["November", "December"],
      "note": "Carved out of southern Dak Lak in 2004; predominantly commodity robusta."
    },
    {
      "province": "Kon Tum",
      "varietal_mix": "robusta-dominant",
      "harvest_months": ["October", "November", "December", "January"],
      "harvest_peak": ["November", "December"],
      "note": "Smallest of the five Central Highlands provinces."
    }
  ],
  "outlier_arabica_regions": [
    { "province": "Son La", "note": "Northern arabica outlier; small but cup-quality output appearing in third-wave menus." },
    { "province": "Quang Tri", "note": "Limited arabica pockets." }
  ],
  "central_highlands_share_pct": 90,
  "cooperatives": [
    {
      "name": "K'Ho Coffee",
      "type": "cooperative + roaster",
      "location": "Langbiang Mountain, Lac Duong (Da Lat)",
      "province": "Lam Dong",
      "varietal": "100% arabica",
      "url": "https://khocoffee.com",
      "verified": true,
      "note": "K'Ho minority families; founders Rolan Co Lieng (4th-generation grower) + Josh Guikema."
    },
    {
      "name": "La Viet Coffee",
      "type": "roaster + mill",
      "location": "Da Lat",
      "province": "Lam Dong",
      "url": "https://laviet.coffee",
      "verified": true,
      "note": "Bourbon, Catimor, Typica experimentation; specialty-coffee-press regular."
    },
    {
      "name": "The Married Beans",
      "type": "roaster",
      "location": "Da Lat",
      "province": "Lam Dong",
      "verified": true,
      "note": "Single-origin Lam Dong arabica; retail + cafe operations."
    },
    {
      "name": "Shin Coffee",
      "type": "roaster (HCMC) with farm in Lam Dong",
      "location": "HCMC retail; Lam Dong sourcing",
      "province": "Lam Dong",
      "verified": true,
      "note": "Nguyen Huu Long. Yellow Bourbon, Typica, TH1 trials."
    },
    {
      "name": "Aeroco Coffee",
      "type": "farm + roaster",
      "location": "Eakao Lake, ~12 km southeast of Buôn Ma Thuột",
      "province": "Dak Lak",
      "verified": true,
      "note": "Vietnam Amazing Cup Arabica Champion 2020 and 2022."
    },
    {
      "name": "Trung Nguyên Legend",
      "type": "national-scale company",
      "location": "HQ Buôn Ma Thuột",
      "province": "Dak Lak",
      "verified": true,
      "note": "Vietnam's largest coffee company; Coffee World Museum (Buôn Ma Thuột); commodity-tier."
    }
  ],
  "third_wave_cafes_sample": [
    { "cafe": "The Workshop Coffee", "city": "HCMC", "neighborhood": "District 1", "stated_origin": "Multi-origin Vietnamese (Lam Dong, Son La rotations)", "verified": true, "verification_source": "Published on menu" },
    { "cafe": "XLIII Specialty Coffee", "city": "HCMC", "verified": true },
    { "cafe": "Kafeville", "city": "Hanoi", "verified": true },
    { "cafe": "La Viet Coffee", "city": "Da Lat", "stated_origin": "Lam Dong arabica (own roastery)", "verified": true },
    { "cafe": "K'Ho Coffee", "city": "Da Lat", "stated_origin": "Langbiang Mountain arabica (own cooperative)", "verified": true },
    { "cafe": "The Married Beans", "city": "Da Lat", "verified": true },
    { "cafe": "Shin Coffee", "city": "HCMC", "stated_origin": "Lam Dong arabica (own farm)", "verified": true },
    { "cafe": "Aeroco", "city": "Buôn Ma Thuột", "stated_origin": "Eakao Lake (own farm)", "verified": true }
  ],
  "festivals": [
    {
      "name": "Buôn Ma Thuột Coffee Festival",
      "cycle": "biennial",
      "last_edition": "March 9–13, 2025",
      "next_edition_expected": "March 2027",
      "no_event_in": "2026",
      "location": "Dak Lak, Vietnam"
    }
  ],
  "policy_targets": {
    "specialty_coffee_certified_hectares_by_2030": 19000,
    "source": "Vietnamese government / VICOFA"
  }
}