Category Archives: with thought

Although it is the world’s second-largest coffee producer, Vietnam has never had a reputation for producing high-quality Arabica. Robusta accounts for the majority of beans grown in the country, meaning that the likeliest place you’ve experienced Vietnamese coffee is in espresso blends—where it’s added for crema-improving qualities—or as instant, freeze-dried powder. This year, three domestic…

-Cafe culture: the Western-style brews at La Viet Coffee in Dalat are something of a novelty in the town. During a meal on a farm outside Dalat, Cil Ha Sen recalls how government officials dropped off arabica coffee seedlings to his community in 2001. Before that, they had mostly survived on tubers and by trapping…

I’ve been researching and working in the growing specialty coffee industry in Vietnam since 2012. My mission is to change the way the world sees Vietnamese coffee. I work with growers, green coffee processors, roasters, cafe owners, and baristas in Dalat and Saigon as a teacher, consultant, and enthusiast. I always want to talk about…

Tran Nhat Quang drives his black 4×4 slowly past small farms and derelict French villas on the outskirts of Da Lat — Vietnam’s “Petit Paris.” He breaks, suddenly, and points out a rangy Bourbon-Arabica shrub in someone’s front yard. “The best coffee in Vietnam is here,” he cries with a wag of his long index…

Mùa hái cà phê trong chuỗi sản xuất cà phê Là Việt. TTTG-VN – Theo đuổi giấc mơ làm ra hạt cà phê ngon và sạch “Là Việt”, nhưng rang xay và pha chế đúng tiêu chuẩn Mỹ, bằng máy móc hiện đại, Trần Nhật Quang đã tìm lên Đà Lạt. Nơi hội đủ điều…

Hẻm ở Sài Gòn là một phần quan trọng của “cơ thể” thành phố sống động, cả về không gian địa lý và không gian văn hóa.

Một chút cải tiến làm cho PHIN pha cà phê thêm thú vị.