Customer: Laura Anh Thu Dang
On behalf of SWR Kultur

Operation Coffee tells the story of an unusual chapter in GDR economic history: the attempt to solve the coffee shortage of the 1980s by retraining Vietnamese tea farmers to grow coffee.

The podcast follows Christian, who grew up in Halle in the shadow of a giant coffee silo, on his journey into the past. In Vietnam, he uncovers the roots of the East German coffee project and learns how the country today balances socialism and start-up culture—with the help of former GDR comrades.

We recorded the speakers for this documentary podcast in our studio.