Our vision is to bring the world's coffee lovers the real authentic flavors of Vietnamese coffee.
Kay & Claudia – Founders
Our story
This is us
In 2012, we where contacted by a Dutch Investor to start up a new company in Vietnam in the poultry supply chain, with a strong focus on Food Safety Management and Quality Certification.
We planned a visit to Vietnam to familiarize ourselves with the country, culture, people, society and business opportunities. It was love at first sight and six months later, we moved permanently to Vietnam with our sons Victor and Remy, the eldest 2 years old and the youngest a baby of just 3 months old.
We decided to set up the company in the Central Highlands, more specifically in Bao Loc, Lam Dong, which offers a moderate climate, fresh environment and big potential for agricultural activities.
Our house was literally located in between the coffee plantations, and from our poultry business, we became a supplier of bio-fertilizer for the Vietnamese coffee farmers.
That's when the idea of starting up a coffee business came to life. The key to success for this, however, was a partnership with a local; passionate with strong knowledge about coffee who shared our long-term vision about authentic flavors, pure coffee and food safety.
Through our network, we got to know Linh, the son of a coffee farmer - young, educated and dynamic.
honest coffee
We are a small family business that has dedicated our cause to producing some of Vietnam's finest coffee - a coffee that is clean and full of flavor with a pleasant aroma - whilst giving back to our community and our lands. We do this by being able to manage every step of our production supply chain, from cultivation and harvesting through to the drying and roasting of our coffee. This means that - through our methods - we are able to produce top-quality, clean coffee with distinctive flavours, pay our people what they deserve, and share our knowledge - ultimately building a better future for our community.
My parents have been coffee farmers in Bao Loc their entire life and I spent almost my whole childhood there: planting trees, harvesting, drying, selecting, processing, it was a fantastic way to deeply experience the farming side of the coffee business in all its aspects. While my sisters started up their own coffee and tea farm, I left Bao Loc at the age of 18 years to study in HCMC. After finishing University, I returned to Bao Loc and worked in various industries, but never really felt passionate about what I was doing. A few years ago, I heard about Kay and his family through related coffee farmers and we immediately connected very well. We started Belvico together and I feel like we're the perfect combination: European vision about authentic flavors, pure coffee and food safety combined with Vietnamese knowledge about coffee farming, processing and roasting. Frankly speaking, I never imagined that I would sell coffee from the trees I planted together with my father when I was a child.
I never imagined that I would sell coffee from the trees I planted together with my father when I was a child.
Lihn – Co-owner
