Brew guide How to Brew with a Phin Gear, grind size, water temperature, bloom, and drip time — the traditional single-cup brew, step by step. Learn
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Everything we wish someone had told us about Vietnamese coffee — how to brew it with a phin, how to make cà phê sữa đá, and why robusta and arabica each earn their place. Written by a family that grows the beans, not a content farm.
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Brew guide How to Brew with a Phin Gear, grind size, water temperature, bloom, and drip time — the traditional single-cup brew, step by step. 
Recipe Cà Phê Sữa Đá Vietnamese iced coffee in four steps: strong phin-brewed robusta over sweetened condensed milk and ice. 
Explainer Robusta vs Arabica Caffeine, flavor, growing altitude, and price — an honest comparison from a family that farms both. Go deeper
Where our coffee comes from
Two longer reads on the family, the farms, and the beans behind every bag.
Our story Our Coffee, Farm to Cup How our family grows Typica arabica and Dak Lak robusta, and what 40 years of farming taught us about specialty coffee. 
Point of pride Why Robusta Roughly twice the caffeine, bold and low-acid, and grown best in Vietnam — the case for the bean we refuse to apologize for. Taste The Truth
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