At present, coffee production is running at over 20,000 tonnes per year, of which 80% is Robusta. Gradually, the tide is moving towards Arabica production as their yield gains a far higher price for farmers. The coffee-growing community is not small-scale despite the limited geographical space which the Bolaven Plateau and other nationwide high altitude areas afford. Over 20,000 farming families are spread throughout 250 villages of Champasak, Saravan and Attapeu provinces, and they draw not only financial security from coffee farming but also enormous pride from their work. The name Paksong – the remote area in which the Bolaven Plateau soars – is synonymous around Laos with quality coffee. It’s also a regional tourist magnet and local income is not just made directly from sales, but also tourism to the heart of production. At places such as the Sinouk Coffee Resort, Plantation and Lodge, and through Koffies Tour (www.paksong.info), it’s possible for visitors to witness the very birth of the future coffee they will drink. Although coffee is Laos’ fifth-largest export product and its biggest export crop, generating US$150 million per year, it’s difficult not to stumble across this home-grown creation on the shelves of even the smallest supermarket. Lao people love their coffee and take it very differently to the familiar western style, straining the grounds through a thin cloth, adding condensed milk to sweeten and ice to cool.
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ປະຈຸບັນ, ຜົນຜະລິດກາເຟ ແມ່ນຫຼາຍກ່ວາ 20,000 ໂຕນ ຕໍ່ປ,ີ ເຊິ່ງ 80% ແມ່ນ ກາເຟໂຣບັສຕາ Robusta, ເຊິ່ງປະຊາຊົນທ້ອງຖິ່ນ ຫຼາຍກ່ວາ 20,000 ຄອບຄົວ ໄດ້ເຮັດສວນກາເຟ ໃນ 250 ໝູ່ບ້ານຂອງ ແຂວງ ຈຳ�ປາສັກ, ສາລະວັນ ແລະ ອັດຕາປື. ເມືອງ ປາກຊ່ອງ, ເຊິ່ງເປັນເຂດຫ່າງ ໄກຊອກຫຼີກໃນເຂດພູພຽງບໍລເິ ວນ, ແມ່ນມີຊື່ສຽງ ໃນການຜະລິດກາເຟທີ່ມຄ ີ ນ ຸ ນະພາບ. ເຂດດັ່ງກ່າວ ຍັງເປັນສະຖານ ທີ່ທີ່ດງຶ ດູດນັກທ່ອງທ່ຽວໃນພາກພື້ນແລະລາຍໄດ້ຂອງທ້ອງຖິ່ນບໍ່ແມ່ນໄດ້ ມາຈາກ ການຂາຍກາເຟຢ່າງດຽວ, ແຕ່ໄດ້ມາຈາກການໃຫ້ບລ ໍ ກ ິ ານ ການທ່ອງທ່ຽວເຊິ່ງເປັນຫົວໃຈຂອງ ການຜະລິດ. ກາເຟກາຍເປັນສິນ ຄ້າສົ່ງອອກອັນດັບທີ່ 5 ຂອງ ລາວ ແລະ ເປັນການສົ່ງອອກພືດອັນ ດັບໜຶ່ງ, ເຊິ່ງໄດ້ສ້າງລາຍຮັບເຖິງ US$150 ລ້ານ ຕໍ່ປ.ີ
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