Vietnamese Robusta Coffee - Central Highlands

Vietnamese Robusta Coffee - Central Highlands

Intangible Heritage

Source of information: https://perfectdailygrind.com/2021/12/a-breakdown-of-vietnamese-coffee-producing-regions/ SVG Photo of Central Highlands: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Central_Highlands_in_Vietnam.svg More information of the Central Highlands: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Highlands_%28Vietnam%29

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https://perfectdailygrind.com/2021/12/a-breakdown-of-vietnamese-coffee-producing-regions/

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Central_Highlands_in_Vietnam.svg

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Vietnamese coffee exemplifies how a culture’s cuisine, language and economy can be affected by colonization and immigration. Beyond the intangible effects, coffee plantations (tangible, immovable) and their harvests (tangible, movable) have altered the country’s natural heritage. The risk of unexploded ordnance from the Vietnam War (armed conflict heritage) further affects farmer’s search for more land to grow coffee. After the Vietnam War, the new Vietnamese Communist Party’s failed agriculture collectivization efforts prompted them to turn towards coffee production to improve the economy. This specific location is the Central Highlands, where Vietnamese coffee plantations grow most of their Robusta coffee beans. Vietnam is known as “one of the world’s most vulnerable countries to climate change” because of its low altitude, proximity to the Mekong Delta, and South China Sea coastline. Unpredictable precipitation patterns and rising sea levels and temperatures greatly affects the production of Vietnamese coffee beans. Digitally, Vietnamese coffee culture has been preserved primarily through social media platforms, Vietnamese immigrants, and coffee entrepreneurs who have made the iced Vietnamese coffee drink an international phenomenon.