Indonesia craves Vietnamese coffeeIn a bid to sate Indonesia’s growing thirst for coffee, the nation’s coffee firms are rushing to Vietnam to seek partners in order to secure a stable input of raw materials. Asia Mina Sejahtera is one of 16 Indonesian coffee firms that came to Vietnam for the first time in early February to look for Vietnamese partners to import Vietnamese coffee and forge partnerships. They include big names, such as Harro Coffee Group, PT Sabani Internasional, Gabungan Perusahaan Petani Indonesia, and PT Pamora Coffee Indonesia. They directly met with many Vietnamese firms such as Me Trang Coffee, Minh Tien Coffee, Thai Hoa Coffee, IDD Vietnam, Cuong Anh Import-Export, and Hapro Distribution. Indonesian coffee consumption is forecast to grow from 3.32 million bags of coffee last year to 3.4 million bags in 2018.