Please contact us if you have any questions about shipping or product.
All the rest of our Indochine, EMC, Metrang and Viet-Coffee range will be made available if your favourite not updated let us know
Sample our Highlands sourced (Buon Me Thout region) Vietnamese coffee packed with flavour from the second largest coffee producing country in the world - the more you buy the cheaper it gets - Ask for a quote on a bigger (eg 10 kg ) order
A 10 kg coffee shipping cost is about $70 including insurance compared to 5 kg's $50 and 2 kg $28
All local charges are the customers and we have no control over New Zealand Customs and Quarantine
A blend of the best Arabica, Robusta coffee beans, roasted to maintain the natural aroma.
This Viet-Coffee product is very good value, very good tasting Vietnamese ground coffee just right for Americano style.
Mr Coung specially selects all his coffee beans from the highland coffee region of Vietnam and we bring it to you in Australia - in foil packs - better pricing available for 5kg or 10 kg orders
Cinnamon Black Tea: (Trà Que) is produced by Cat Nghi Tea to the highest quality standards. The Cinnamon Black is a smooth black tea base with natural cinnamon to give a soothing black tea with delicate cinnamon fruity taste and flavour.
A fantastic pick me up with honey!
Free shipping to New Zealand - please contact us to get help with store settings
Trung Nguyen's rereleased Creative 8 the original Legendee. As before it is a coffee created with incredible natural sweetness. The sweetness is combined with the acidity and aroma more typical of fine Arabicas, this makes for an intensely flavoured coffee. A blend of Arabica, Robusta and Excelsa. Includes shipping to New Zealand.
Dark roast, blended with special moka and butter flavor to give a rich coffee taste with a french influence - great compliment to your croissant or if you can get it crispy banh mi or white roll
Better pricing available in 5 and 10 kg orders - Foil pack not box label changed
Trung Nguyen's famous House Blend of all four bean varieties. This is the traditional House Blend coffee served at over 1000 Trung Nguyen coffeehouses throughout Southeast Asia.
2 cartons of 20 - not availailalbe all locations in NZ contact us with your address to check if you are elligible - All local NZ charges and duties are the customers cost
Indochine Sun is made from Indochine Estates Dalat Bourbon Arabica. Excelsa and Buon Me Thout Robusta Peaberries. The butter roast gives a bright flavour with chocolate overtones.
A traditional Vietnamese blend with subtle bright Arabica tones.
This popular blend is found in many Vietnamese resorts
Medium Dark - Rich - full body - hint of chocolate - Arabica blend now in 5 pack with shipping
Combination of Arabica and Robusta Coffee with all the flavours that make for a fantastic cup of Vietnamese coffee. A hint of Moka nuts and caramel for that full coffee flavour.
Fantastic for your Cafe su da
Now in the 3 x 500g bulk pack including shipping to New Zealand
Combination of Arabica and Robusta Coffee with all the flavours that make for a fantastic cup of Vietnamese coffee. A hint of Moka nuts and caramel for that full coffee flavour.
Fantastic for your Cafe su da in the larger pack with shipping
A traditional Vietnamese style coffee, the most popular in the country, know in the local languages as "the pot sitting on the cup". The main bean blend is Robusta and Peaberry. This is our most popular coffee in the Viet-Coffee range and is very popular with our restaurant customers looking for that authentic Vietnamese coffee flavour.
They also love the cost with no sacrifice of flavour to give you an authentic bargain Vietnamese coffee and better value in the BX1 pack
Now available in foil pack to save you shipping
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Dear Hugh
Platypus
Celebration
We hope this edition of the Platypus
Newsletter finds you well.
This year, our annual fundraising
celebration will be held at the
magnificent riverside home of
our dear friends and committed
supporters, Jeff and Amy Burch.
With delicious offerings from Bunn Mee
in Leederville, superb wines from Howard Park Wines, and many exciting
auction items on offer, the 20th of April
is shaping up to be an unmissable
evening!
Due to overwhelming support, tickets
have sold out before we could send out
this newsletter. If you are unable to
attend this year’s celebration, we will
miss you, but you can still support
Vietnamese students by making a
donation on the Platypus website.
Please read below how the
challenging lives of some of the
children are positively impacted by
your generosity.
Special Guest -
Dr. CarinaHoang
Dr. Carina Hoang was 16 when she,
along with her two younger siblings,
fled Vietnam on a wooden boat that
was carrying 370 other people.
Against all odds, she survived
the harrowing journey and the
extreme challenges of living in a
primitive refugee camp, eventually
resettling in the United States. Since
her move to Australia in 2007,
Carina has worked hard to raise
awareness of refugee issues,
including by acting as the Special
Representative of Australia for
UNHCR and as a Refugee Week
Ambassador. A prolific author,
publisher, speaker and advocate,
she can now also add “actor” to her
resume, having taken a star turn as
“Iris” in ABC’s hit TV series The
Heights.
We are thrilled to have the brilliant
and warm Dr. Carina Hoang as our
special guest this year!
Platypus
Scholarship
Status
Reports
Despite the extraordinary and
challenging year that was 2020, we
were fortunate to be able to continue
financing our core activity of keeping
210 students at school. The reports
from our scholarship recipients in the
Quang Nam province paint a picture
of the extreme hardship faced by
many in Vietnam; hardship which has
only been intensified by the ongoing
COVID-19 pandemic. The reports also
clearly illustrate the huge impact that
Platypus (read: you!) has on the lives
of Vietnamese youth and their families.
Tran Thi Oanh
Oanh’s mother, her sole parent, was
born deaf and suffers from an intellectual
impairment. Oanh and her mother live
with Oanh’s 86-year-old grandmother
and her two uncles, both of whom also
suffer from intellectual disabilities. The
family relies on social welfare in the
amount of 1.7 million VND (less than
AU$100) per month. Their neighbours
do what they can to support the family,
providing them with rice, vegetables
and other help where possible.
Oanh has been a Platypus
scholarship recipient since 2019.
A year 11 student at Nong Son High
School, she dreams of becoming a
preschool teacher.
Phan Thi Thuong
Thuong has lived with her adoptive
parents, who are both over 60 years
old, since she was born. Her mother
works at a local noodle shop, while
her father is unable to work due to a
heart condition.
Thuong has been receiving
financial assistance from
Platypus scholarship since 2015.
She is currently a year 11 student
at Nong Son High School, where
she has been receiving excellent
grades.
Pham Thi Anh Thu
Thu's parents are divorced, and she
lives with her maternal grandparents.
Because Thu's grandfather is
disabled, her Grandma provides for
the family by raising chickens and
growing vegetables.
Thu is currently a year 9 student at
Huynh Thuc Khang Secondary
School and has been a Platypus
Scholarship recipient for the past 3
years. She is a good student and
hopes to become a preschool teacher.
Vo Van Thanh Tai
Tai’s lives with his parents, who sell soy
milk for a living, and an older brother.
Tai’s mother is undergoing treatment for breast and cervical cancer. Recently, his father was in an accident and broke his
leg.
Tai started receiving financial assistance from Platypus last year. He is a year 7 student at Nguyen Du Secondary School, where he has received excellent grades
for 6 consecutive years.
Tai dreams of becoming a doctor so that he can one day cure his parents.
Platypus' Poverty Alleviation
Programs
Due to the disruption caused by
COVID-19 and the limitations it has put on our fundraising, we have suspended our community activities such as vocational training, community gifting and additional micro-banking until we can once again stage our fundraising rides across Vietnam. We hope to resume these important programs soon and will keep you posted.
Thank yous to our departing volunteers
MARK McCARTHY - POWERHOUSE
Mark has been our engine room since Day 1 and was an integral part of every worthwhile thing we have done. He is semi-retired now and wants to devote himself to his ever-growing brood of grandchildren, so we have a giant pair of shoes in urgent need of an occupant. We desperately need a motivated, kind hearted soul with a good sense of humour (and some IT skills!) to run our website and generally help steer the ship.
It is a Committee position and has a commensurate salary package total of up to $0 including allowances and bonus. If you have any interest in this position, Bob would love to hear from you: rob.greer@bigpond.com.
Thanks for being part of our brickwork, Mark, and all the best to you and Julie.
GEOFF LUCK – AUDITOR EXTRAORDINAIRE
We have lost another stalwart in Geoff, our auditor since inception. He is retiring, so there is another large pair of shoes that desperately needs filling. Our audits are straightforward, but Geoff would probably
be happy to discuss that with prospective auditors. If you are interested or know someone who may be, Bob would be
happy to hear from you: 0421 633 145.
We are deeply appreciative of the
massive support we enjoyed from Geoff
and his most capable team at A&T Accountants (formerly Athans and
Taylor) of Joondalup.
DIANA TRAN - TOUCH OF CLASS
The Board of Platypus wishes to
express its sincere gratitude to Diana
Tran, who has devoted a huge amount
of time and energy to Platypus over
the past 4+ years. Diana, thank you
for your enthusiasm, superb
organisational skills, and for adding a
touch of glamour to our fundraising
events. Your willingness to spread the
good word about Platypus has resulted
in many fantastic individuals coming on board to support our mission, in both the Vietnamese-Australian community and
the broader Australian community.
Thank you, Diana!
Abseiling - Expressions of Interest
We are delighted to be collaborating with Urban Descent (part of the Adventure Out organisation) on an abseiling event in the centre of Perth. Urban Descent is run by Terry Hewett, an ex-SASR man, who has not only maintained a perfect safety record over the last 20 years, but has helped local charities raise a great deal of money.
We have 3 Platypus members signed up to abseil so far, although one is not yet confirmed. Bob Rees from Albany lost the use of his legs in a motorcycle tragedy in Malawi that left him a widower. He wants to abseil but is riding on his modified motorcycle to Philip Island to see the MotoGP in October, so he may have a date clash. We hope to hell this inspiring character can make it – he’s not pretty but he sure has megalitres of sheer guts. He’s working hard on those legs, so watch this space.
Abseiling is good, safe and clean fun. If you are at all interested, Bob Greer would love to hear from you at rob.greer@bigpond.com.
Thank you for your support and we look forward to seeing you on the 20th!
Yours sincerely,
Bob Greer
Chairman
…………………..
April 2021