LY Thirith learned from his father his coffee-roasting skills when aged just 18. Twenty years on, Ly Thirith is the general manager for the Angkor Coffee Processing and Packaging factory, a business he started three years ago with a capital investment of US$60,000.
He told the Post that he started his Phnom Penh-based processing factory after realising that coffee had excellent potential in the Cambodian market.
“I wanted a Khmer product operating in the Cambodian market,” he said. “So I decided to use everthing that I had learned about coffee from my father.”
ACPP can produce up to 2 tonnes of roasted coffee per month, and sells the finished product for $5 to $10 a kilogram. That means gross sales of up to $20,000 a month - provided the orders are there.
“We don’t make coffee and store it,” he explained. “We just roast it when our clients place an order.” Read the rest of this entry »
The dance performance “Agangamasor,” a new show by the Cambodian Buddhist Society, played in Washington last week, adding a new dimension to a classic story.
Many of Michael Jackson’s Cambodian fans, including pop stars, comedians, and Hip Hop singers, were shocked by the news of the rock icon’s death.
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White-skin and slim girl, who is the member of new band for Rock Production, is Sous Sreythol, aged 19. It is the first time that she has started recording CDs for Rock production. Even though, her album has not yet been sold in the market, and she still is not invited to sing with local television channels yet.