Enjoying coffee is one of the indispensable parts of Vietnamese culture. The strong coffee flavor always leaves a strong impression on tourists when coming to Vietnam. Let’s find some detailed knowledge of Vietnamese coffee with Handspan!

Through this article, you will understand more about coffee in Vietnam through these pieces of information below.

Popular types of Vietnamese coffee

Robusta coffee

Robusta coffee is one of the most famous Vietnamese coffee, grown in the Central Highland with 90 - 95 percent of total coffee production in Vietnam. This type of coffee has a strong aroma, high caffeine, and is not sour. 

This type of coffee is grown at a height under 600 meters, suitable with many types of terrain; therefore, it is widely planted. There are two kinds of Robusta coffee, which are pure Robusta and high-production Robusta.

Vietnamese Robusta Coffee

Arabica coffee

Arabica is also among the well-known Vietnamese coffee that many people choose. This type of coffee has a long bean, grown at the height of 600 meters in Lam Dong province. Arabica berries are harvested, fermented, washed, and dried. Therefore, it has a sour flavor, which is a different point of this coffee type. 

Moka coffee

Moka coffee is one of the Vietnamese coffee that is hard to plant. Because of the high pests and disease risks requiring meticulous care, Moka coffee is quite rare and has a higher price than other international and Vietnamese coffee types. 

Vietnamese coffee culture

Coffee is a popular drink, bringing energy to life. You can catch up with the image of a group of people gathering in a large and modern coffee shop, or a small sidewalk coffee stall, at any time of the day. A coffee shop is indeed an ideal place for chatting with friends, business cooperation, or staying alone to reflect on life and people. 

The way Vietnamese people roast, brew and enjoy coffee is entirely different from other parts of the world. Vietnamese people also have distinctive styles of enjoying coffee by sipping and contemplating. 

Vietnamese Street Café

Many Vietnamese people like to try filtered coffee, a popular way to enjoy Vietnamese coffee. It is extremely exciting to wait for each drop of coffee falling in the cup and fall into the coffee’s smell and flavor. Let’s learn about filter coffee preparation and prepare yourself a cup of filtered coffee.   

Filter coffee preparation

Until now, although Cappuccino, Latte, and some other types of coffee are becoming more popular in Vietnam, both Vietnamese people and tourists still choose traditional filtered coffee. 

The Vietnamese coffee drip filter includes a filter with tiny perforation, a brewing chamber, a perforated insert, and a cap. There are many types of filters made from different materials, such as ceramic, stainless steel, porcelain, aluminum, etc. Among them, the filter made from aluminum is extremely popular due to its ability to control the temperature. 

Vietnamese Coffee Filter

The filter has a simple way to use. Before using, you should rinse the filter through the boiling water to disinfect, clean the filter and retain the heat longer. After rinsing the filter, you will follow the steps below for a tasty cup of coffee.

• Putting the coffee powder in one-third of the cup filter
• Pouring boiling water onto the surface of the coffee
• Waiting 10 minutes for coffee to soak up
• Pressing the perforated insert downwards, filling the pot with boiling water

Let’s try to use the coffee filter and enjoy waiting for the coffee to drip into the cup!

Vietnamese egg coffee

Besides Vietnamese black coffee, Vietnamese iced coffee with sweetened condensed milk, egg coffee is also famous in Vietnam, especially in the North. Vietnamese egg coffee has a unique trait among many concoctions, from mixing to how to enjoy it. The black coffee harmonizes with the egg yolk to create an attractive golden brown coffee cup. 

The main ingredients for a cup of egg coffee are coffee, sugar, milk, and egg. The egg yolks are whipped with milk and sugar, creating a cream mixture. After that, heated coffee is poured into the mix, making the egg cream float on the cup’s mouth, which looks extremely attractive. You should slowly enjoy and sip the egg coffee so that you can feel the bitter flavor of coffee blended with the fat and sweet flavor of egg, sugar, and milk. The taste is unique, rustic, captivating the taste of any person drinking. To keep the egg coffee’s warmth, ensuring the best taste for customers, the barista puts the egg coffee ceramic cup in a small bowl or cup with hot water. 

Vietnamese egg coffee

Below are some best of the cafés to enjoy egg coffee in Hanoi.

Giang Coffee

• Address: 39 Nguyen Huu Huan, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi
• Phone number: 098 989 22 98 
• Opening hours: 7.00 a.m. - 10.00 p.m.
• Price: from VND 15,000

Giang Coffee is the first café serving egg coffee in Hanoi. Egg coffee here is well-prepared, served both hot and iced coffee with sweet and greasy flavor. The shiny golden egg layer blends with the black-brown coffee layer to create a beautiful cup of coffee.

Dinh Coffee

• Address: 2nd floor, 13 Dinh Tien Hoang, Hang Bac Ward, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi
• Phone number: 024 3824 2960
• Opening hours: 7.00 a.m. - 9.30 p.m.
• Price: from VND 20,000

Coming to Dinh Coffee, you can also try a standardized Vietnamese coffee with egg. The slightly bitter coffee taste combined with the egg’s greasy taste creates a strange flavor that you should try. 

Let’s come and enjoy the unique taste of egg coffee!