Supplier Due Diligence Archives - Helena Coffee Vietnam

How to Read a Vietnamese Robusta Spec Sheet Before You Order

A robusta spec sheet is the one-page document that tells you what you are buying: origin, crop year, processing, grade, screen, moisture, black and broken beans, foreign matter, cup, packing and the commercial basis. Reading it well is a procedure, not a glance; ten minutes spent on it decide whether a quality problem becomes a quick allowance or a long argument.

October 16, 2026

Coffee Trade & Logistics

Lead Times and Sampling: How to Evaluate a Coffee Supplier in Vietnam

The fastest way to evaluate a coffee supplier in Vietnam is to measure what the supplier does, not what its website says. Five numbers tell you most of what you need: how long a complete quote takes, how long samples take, whether the pre-shipment sample matches what lands, whether the ship date matches the promise, and how many document errors reach your broker.

October 16, 2026

Instant Coffee & OEM

Building a Private Label Coffee Brand: A Sourcing Checklist

A private label coffee brand succeeds or fails on sourcing decisions made before the first container: positioning and target cost, product format, supplier due diligence, samples and specifications, label compliance, logistics and payment, and ownership of your trademark and artwork. Get those eight areas right and production is the easy part.

October 16, 2026

Instant Coffee & OEM

How to Order Wholesale Coffee Beans from Vietnam: MOQ, Terms and Lead Time

Ordering wholesale coffee beans from Vietnam follows nine steps: inquiry, quotation, samples, contract or proforma invoice (PI), payment, production and inspection, documents, shipping from Cat Lai port, and arrival. The minimum order is 1 MT, a standard shipment is one 20 ft container of 19.2 MT, and green coffee usually ships about 2–4 weeks after the PI is signed.

October 16, 2026

Vietnam Coffee Market

How to Choose a Reliable Vietnamese Coffee Exporter (Red-Flag Checklist)

A reliable Vietnamese coffee exporter is a registered company you can look up, with a facility you can see, certificates you can verify with the issuing body, and a bank account in its own legal name. Everything else, price included, comes after those four checks.

October 16, 2026

Coffee Trade & Logistics

How to Request and Assess a Free Coffee Sample Before Bulk Orders

A free coffee sample is the cheapest insurance you will buy before a container: a few hundred grams that show whether grade, moisture, screen and cup match the spec sheet, and later whether the shipment matches the sample. Most Vietnamese exporters, Helena included, send free cupping samples to qualified buyers, typically about 100 g per green coffee profile and 200–500 g per instant coffee SKU.

October 16, 2026

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