COFFEE IN VIETNAM

By www.BuyOrganicCoffee.org

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Vietnam is the second greatest coffee

producer in the world. Only Brazil

grows more coffee.

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But Vietnam grows primarily Robusta

coffee as opposed to Arabica

coffee grown throughout the

Americas.

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Robusta coffee has more coffee per

bean and is a more bitter coffee than

Arabica.

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Thus when you ask for coffee in

Vietnam you always get it with a layer

of sweetened condensed milk layered

on top.

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The drink is very strong and very

sugary. Coffee in Vietnam is served

hot or cold.

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History of Coffee in Vietnam

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Coffee was introduced to Vietnam in

1857 when the French were the

colonial masters of French Indochina

(Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos).

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The costal highlands that run the

length of this 1000 mile long country

are ideal for coffee production.

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Vietnam was reunified in 1975 at the

end of the French colonial period and

then the Vietnam War.

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The government promoted coffee

production and exports.

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By the 21st century coffee was only

surpassed by rice as a Vietnamese

export.

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The World Bank was instrumental in

providing financing to coffee farmers

as well as other farmers in Vietnam.

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Growers in other coffee growing

nations blame the recurring excess of

coffee supplies on the World Bank

and its efforts.

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Nestle gets much of the caffeine for

its various drinks from Vietnamese

robusta coffee beans.

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Vietnam currently produces about 1.7

million tons of Robusta coffee a year.

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Drinking Coffee in Vietnam

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In Vietnam as in other nations of the

world coffee is a social drink.

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There are coffee shops and coffee is

served in restaurants.

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Coffee is made with a phin, a small

cup with a filter chamber to catch the

grounds.

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Grounds are added to the phin and

hot water is poured in. the coffee drips

into your cup.

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This is done at the table so you get to

wait and watch it happen.

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Add sweetened condensed milk and

you are ready to enjoy coffee in

Vietnam.

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Additional additives to coffee in

Vietnam beside condensed milk are

eggs, yogurt, butter and cheese.

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In the capital city of Hanoi a traditional

drink is egg coffee which is egg yolk,

coffee powder, sweetened condensed

milk, butter and cheese. The drink is

served hot.

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Here is a photo of a Vietnam coffee

maker, a phin. Click on the image for

more info.

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The Caffeine in Your Soda, etc.

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The majority of coffee in Vietnam is

used to provide caffeine for various

caffeinated beverages but not coffee.

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Nescafe instant coffee is made with

robusta coffee beans, primarily from

Vietnam.

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Nestle is a major buyer of Vietnamese

coffee but so are other makers of

caffeinated drinks.

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Other major growers of Robusta

coffee for this purpose are Indonesia

and Brazil.

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Drinking Your Coffee in Vietnam

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Vietnam is a beautiful country and as

time has passed since the Vietnam

War many Americans have come

back, peacefully, to visit.

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The cities are bustling and the

countryside is gorgeous.

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You can sit in a café and drink your

Robusta coffee with sweet and

condensed milk or with some of the

other more exotic ingredients.

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Getting around usually requires air

travel as there is no interstate system

connecting this thousand mile long

country from top to bottom.