Download - Coffee in Vietnam
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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.
