In South Jeolla, a destination for tasting Korean-grown coffee beans

Ethiopia, Kenya, Peru and El Salvador all have one thing in common: They are coffee-growing regions. There is another place that belongs on that list as well — Goheung. One of only a handful of places in Korea where coffee beans are grown, Goheung County in South Jeolla Province is a rare domestic coffee-producing region. Koreans are known for their exceptional love of coffee, sometimes even surpassing people in countries famous for their coffee culture. Yet few Koreans have ever seen coffee cherries hanging from trees or coffee blossoms in bloom, largely because most coffee-growing regions are far from typical Korean travel destinations. But in Goheung, Koreans can experience all of this without boarding a flight. Visitors can hold fresh coffee cherries in their hands and take in the fragrance of coffee flowers simply by traveling there. Coffee farms in Goheung not only cultivate coffee trees, but also study different microbial strains and experiment with fermentation methods. That is why coffee is something no traveler to Goheung should miss. Among the many coffee farms in Goheung,

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