Highland Plantations
"Travel to the source. Taste a cup that traveled less than a kilometer."
A two- or three-day journey into Vietnam's northern coffee highlands. You stay on a working plantation in a restored farmhouse, walk the rows with the farmer at first light, learn each step from cherry to cup, and end with a quiet cupping session of your own beans.
Sunrise on an arabica plantation in the Northern highlands, the farmer pouring you the first cup made from beans you watched him pick the day before.
How it
unfolds.
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Arrival & The Land
Drive up from Hanoi into the Northern highlands. Settle into the farmhouse. Late-afternoon walk through the plantation as harvest workers finish the day. Dinner with the farming family.
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Harvest
Sunrise pick with the team. Learn cherry selection, ripeness, and what separates a great bean from a good one.
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Processing
Pulping, washing, fermenting. Hands-on at the wet mill. Late-day roasting demonstration.
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The Cup
Cupping session led by the farm's head roaster. Take home 500g of beans you helped process. Slow drive back with stops at two mountain viewpoints.
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Everything,
arranged.
- ·Private guide and 4x4 transport
- ·Farmhouse stay (private rooms, en-suite)
- ·All meals with the farming family
- ·Hands-on harvest, processing, and roasting sessions
- ·500g of your own beans to take home
- ·Cupping notebook
Not included
Personal purchases and any item not listed as included are confirmed with your itinerary before booking.
Meeting, availability & cancellation
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