When I went to Vietnam two weeks ago, I was really delighted to find they had a flourishing coffee culture. Vietnam is now one of the major growers of coffee in the world, and their highland Rubusta is excellent. Everyone drinks coffee, and there's a coffe shop around every corner.

They grind the coffee quite coarse, not like espresso coffee, and often spice it a bit with vanilla or cocoa or something similar. Combined with the unique method for brewing, it gives you a very tasty cup of heavenly coffee.

Coffee School


This is a typical coffee brewing
filter. From left you see a filter/
water container, an additional
filter/base, a lid and a pressure
device.


Take your highland coffee and put
it into the filter.


Add hot water, and press it with
the appropriate device.


Put the lid on and wait. This takes
a while, since there's two filters
and the coffee is coarse.


When the lid is removed, it doubles
as a coaster. Enjoy!

You can also put condensed milk into the cup first, for a sweet coffe drink. Since it's rarely below 30° in Vietnam they mostly drink iced coffe, which simply involves pouring your finished coffee into a tall glass filled with crushed ice.



I was so excited about their coffee, that I'm actually thinking about opening a coffe shop with Vietnamese coffee in Stockholm. Viet Cong Café sounds catchy, doesn't it?

More about Vietnam here