You can describe Vietnam as the gorgeous coffee paradise, where at almost anytime of the day you will catch people sitting at the cafe, perhaps to meet each other, have lunch, read books and take pictures. Or maybe just to simply find the best place to feel the deposition of space, observe the hustle and bustle of the city and deep in the classic flavor of Vietnamese coffee.
You cannot find any place in the world where the coffee production has strongly increased with explosive rates like in Vietnam. In 1990, this country just produced approximately 1% of the coffee production in the world. In 2014, this beautiful S-shaped nation overtook Brazil to become the largest coffee exporter in the whole world. Nowadays, Vietnamese coffee becomes the largest agricultural export of Vietnam just after rice. Vietnam is considered as the King of Robusta on the worldwide market as well.
Robusta coffee makes up for up to approximately 95% of the production of the country. Vietnam also grows Arabica, mainly in the Northern provinces. The most important areas to grow coffee are Dak Lak, Kon Tum and Lam Dong.
Coffee beans are an amazing gift from Mother Nature. The main type of Vietnam coffee is Robusta, which is mostly used for instant coffee or blends. Dong Nai province, located between Ho Chi Minh City and the highland areas, is famous for the main producer of Robusta coffee.
Different tastes of coffee make people immerse in from the first notes of sipping coffee to the end of the tongue. There is a multitude of emotions, from excitement to the heart, back to the excitement and even to sublimation when the substance permeates the time.
Coffee brewing is the particular messenger of the soul and the unique culture in Vietnam. You can make a cup of “ca phe phin” on your own, start with pouring a little boiling water into Vietnamese special coffee filter made of aluminum (not so much that the coffee drops can drip down), and for a while letting the coffee beans “bloom” out. The “phin” is the Vietnamese name for the decanter, a quirky and yet simple Vietnamese coffee filtering contraption, functioning as a single-serve filter, which instills a slow-drip process of on-the-spot, right-in-your-face coffee brewing. In that way, the delicious ingredients in it are also easy to dissolve in boiling water.
On your trip to Vietnam, do not miss your opportunity to explore this delicious drink. You should spend time watching every drop of coffee fall slowly, feeling the air, weather, sightseeing the scenery and rewinding your memories, etc…
Vietnamese iced milk coffee is rated 2nd on the list of the best coffee cups in the world by Cntraveler. This classic traditional Vietnamese coffee cup is popular all over the world but it tastes delicious especially when drinking in Vietnam. It comprises strong coffee, dripped from a small metal filter into a cup containing a quarter as much sweetened condensed milk, then stirred and poured over ice in a glass.
All of them create a strong, completely new flavor for the Vietnam coffee trademark that you must try during your trip to Vietnam.
This type of coffee belongs to the sidewalk shops, which is popular and completely “made in Saigon”. Until today, no one can equate that drink with latte coffee with fresh Italian formula milk, also recognized at the world level.
The initial “bac siu” is a drink from hot milk, adding some coffee. The old Saigon people often used this super pleasant sweet coffee with biscuits for breakfast.
This special mixture was first discovered in the 1950s in Hanoi. Stemming from the scarcity of fresh milk products at that time, people used chicken egg yolks as a fine replacement and egg coffee was born. It becomes one of the best drinking specialty of Hanoi and Vietnam.
Egg coffee is made from eggs that are whipped in a very clever way, then comes hot coffee poured into the beaten egg, will create a very nice and fragrant foam on top.
You should not miss the chance to enjoy an egg coffee cup floating in a fragrant brown color during your trip to Vietnam.
Similar to coffee, yogurt was initially brought to Vietnam by the French and has been adopted in Vietnamese culinary tradition. Therefore, creamy yogurt pairing well with bitter black coffee to become the best combination that awake people’s taste, including the most fastidious ones.
For a few recent years, Vietnamese coffee has been creatively blended into smoothies. This type of coffee is different in Hanoi and Saigon.
When you take a trip to Hanoi, you should try coffee blended with avocado and banana, also called in Vietnamese as “sinh to ca phe chuoi bo”. During your visiting Ho Chi Minh City, you can go for coffee blended with sapodilla, tropical fruit with a custard-like taste, also called in Vietnamese as “sinh to ca phe sapoche”.
They are both tasty and could give you a new fix for traditional Vietnamese coffee while still provide you with great vitamins at the same time.
Reng Reng Cafe is located at the end of a small alley in Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi. The shop is small and has only one small sign of the opening and closing time.
By not serving wifi, toilet, or filtered water, nor serving other drinks but coffee; Reng Reng Cafe in other words “temporarily puts aside” the higher needs of customers and “just basically serves the nature of the product: a coffee cup.”
Today, this becomes a familiar place for those who are passionate in the aromatic egg coffee. Giang Coffee also served about 3,000 egg coffee cups for the US and North Korea Summit in March 2019 in Hanoi. This drink is well-known and loved by a lot of international tourists. CNN has recently brought egg coffee into the list of must- try items during a trip to Hanoi.
People love Lam Cafe because of its charming taste that only this small shop has; it is a bold, “sharp” and “scent” but full of sweet and very drunk. Over the past 60 years, the 100% wood roaster recipe has been passed down for generations, making the taste of Lam non-old that will be hard to forget.
Besides, this coffee shop is also famous for its hanging paintings. There are lots of vivid pictures about Hanoi people and streets, self-portraits with autographs, handwritten literary manuscripts, etc … by a lot of excellent and talented authors.
This cafe belongs to the once famous “quartet” “Nhan- Nhi- Di- Quang”. Despite no signs, the shop is always full of guests. The coffee here is served in porcelain teapots, measuring with cups of baby jackfruit seeds, adding sugar or milk and whipping up the foam with a whisk before dropping the ice cubes. The way of roasting elaborately brings you a pleasant aroma and the feeling of passion when drinking.
This 50- year-old cafe reminds people of the so strong coffee that often makes drinkers feel stunned. However, thanks to that shock, people get addicted to coffee here without notice.
The specific point of this coffee shop is that fresh coffee beans are roasted day by day. The elegant and cozy atmosphere of this space inside will help enhance your creativity as well as tighten relationships with your friends.
This place scored thanks to its excellent quality of coffee, whereas the price is so suitable and the decoration is airy. It has a pretty decoration with low seating tables made from barrel, windy ceiling, and primitive gravel background.
Coffee beans here are roasted with a professional machine, giving off a perfect flavor that doesn’t lose to any “big man” in the coffee industry.
This coffee shop makes people admire by the design of Indochina style, in both nostalgic and modern way. The destination brings comfort and relaxation for anyone as soon as they enter the shop. The egg coffee at this cafe is so delicious in comparison to the famous egg coffee in Hanoi. Therefore, you will not want to miss the chance to try this delightful coffee on your trip to Ho Chi Minh City.
The attraction of Red Door is the professionalism in concoction performance. Visitors here are most knowledgeable about coffee, gourmet and have such a clear taste.
This coffee shop appeared in Saigon since the 70s, preserving the style of mixed coffee that is served in pottery pots. Cheo Leo is the destination for connoisseurs to drink coffee because of its so delicious and comfortable flavor. Even the cocoa beans here are from the well-loved Hershey.
Hopefully, our information will help not only provide you useful information about Vietnamese Coffee but also help create an unforgettable experience on your trip to the stunning S-shaped country. Customize your Vietnam tour to explore more about Vietnamese Coffee and places for the best coffee flavor!
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This post was last modified on April 13, 2020 6:51 am
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where is possible order this set for coffee like on foto Nang Cafe (No 45, Nguyen Huu Huan Street, Hoan Kiem Dist., Hanoi)*?
I miss it so much. I have made it here at home (California). Visited Vietnam a couple of times on business before it occurred to me that I really liked the place. This epiphany occurred about the same time I discovered cà phê sữa nóng. Baffles me that Starbucks is so popular there, when you can infinitely better coffee on the street.
Thank you for your comment.
Vietnamese coffee is a very famous art culture in the world with a lot of creative, tasty and flavorful types of beans along with drinks. Once you try Vietnamese coffee, you will fall in love right away and keep in mind a magical, unforgettable and unique impression. And yes, one of the best coffee cups in Vietnam is the "ca phe sua nong" (coffee with hot milk). Just like the famous British tea (tea with milk), Vietnamese coffee with hot milk promises to bring you into the sweetest mood.
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I had an amazing experience with the "Cu Na" at Reng Reng Cafe the last time I was in Hanoi. Don't forget to bring your own cup, they'll have a lovely discount for you!
Dear Ms. Barley,
Thank you for your comment. Reng Reng Cafe is one of the most special and lovely coffee shops in Hanoi with such unique names for their tasty coffee. And you are right, they will offer drinkers discounts if they bring their own cups, which is an ideal action to show their serious concern about our environment and raise awareness of this issue for people.
Regards,
Bich Ngoc