Da Lat · Cau Dat highlands

Royal style coffee.

Kingness revives the rare Arabica brought to Cau Dat by the French — cultivated above 1,500 metres, roasted by hands that have learned this land for a generation.

Catimor · Bourbon Honey-dried Slow drum roast
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Above the clouds

Above 1,500 metres, the soil holds memory.

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From the highland soil to your cup.

1,500mElevation
Since 1920French heritage
Hand-sortedEvery harvest
Our story

From the highland soil to your cup

Vietnam ranks first in the world for Robusta. For Arabica — the most refined coffee on earth — its name is barely whispered. Kingness exists to change that, beginning with the rare gene the French left in Cau Dat, and the families who have cared for it ever since.

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Roasting beans at Kingness Roasting · Da Lat, 2026
From cherry to cup

The bean's quiet journey

01 Origin

Cau Dat highlands

1,500m. Volcanic soil, cool nights, morning mist over the rows.

03 Process

Honey-dried

Mucilage left intact, slow sun-dried — sweetness, body, a clean finish.

Cau Dat highlands Hand-picking coffee cherries Honey-dried coffee beans Slow-roasted coffee
02 Harvest

Hand-picked

Only the ripest cherries leave the branch — every lot, by hand.

04 Roast

Small-batch roast

Slow drum roast in 8kg lots. Shipped warm, before the oils settle.

Sustainability

Returning value to the land that gave it

We turn spent coffee paste into the cups we serve from. We pay our growers above market rate. We reinvest in the schools and infrastructure of Cau Dat. The land gives generously — we owe it something back.

How we give back
Coffee cherries at Cau Dat Harvest · Cau Dat plot 14
Experience Kingness

Three ways to live the brand

Beyond the bag of beans — invitations into the roastery, the farm, and the slow art of tasting.

Coffee brewing workshop01Half-day
Workshop

Coffee brewing workshop

From grind to bloom — guided by our roastery in Da Lat.

Da Lat city
All levels welcome
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Cau Dat farmstay02Two days
Farmstay

Farmstay travel tours

Two days in Cau Dat. Harvest at sunrise, taste lots roasted that day.

Cau Dat highlands
Sunrise harvest
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Cupping workshop03Two hours
Cupping

Coffee enjoy workshop

A guided cupping with our head roaster. Palate, terroir, slowness.

Da Lat roastery
Six single-origin lots
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Visit the roastery

Cau Dat is closer than you think

Open Tuesday through Sunday in Da Lat. Or write to us — we ship internationally.

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