Accessories and brewing equipment

Vietnamese coffee combines the ritual and pleasure of coffee with the street café, waiting for your phin to drip through and the world to pass you by. Introduced to Vietnam by the French and having its distinct style and when combined with Longevity milk it is a chocolaty, nutty caffeine hit.

Vietnam produces a wide range of coffee styles and qualities each with their own style and aficionados. From our bargain Saigon Phin Daklak to Trung Nguyen’s Legend all styles benefit from the right water.   

With coffee there is a growing trend now to replace a beer at the pub with a coffee at the café. We use it to carry us through the day as a heart starter in the morning, a commuter cup, the morning coffee break, a compliment to a great dinner  or a fix to keep us going for an all nighter.

Vietnamese coffee has been a great bridge builder between Vietnam and Australia with many Aussies having their first Vietnamese coffee whilst on holidays and then continuing their newly acquired delight on their return to Australia with the help of Viet-coffee

Great water makes great coffee

Water with very low chlorine and not excessive calcium allows allows coffee’s aroma to fully blossom.

Perfect coffee?

Espresso, americano, cappuccino, Cà phê nóng (hot black coffee) or with sua (milk) , or Cà phê sữa da (iced coffee with condensed milk), or  western style iced coffee  – sipped from a mug, French-style bowl or to-go cup. So many types of coffee and so many ways to drink it but all dependant on the beans and the water for our preferred taste.

Surprisingly a cup of coffee consists of approximately 98 per cent water. The high percentage of water is significant in waters ability to influence taste.. In addition to minerals, Australian water contains other elements, such as limescale or chlorine – in the wrong concentrations these are substances that impair your coffee’s taste.. Coffee pros know that using the right water is one of the secrets to a good cup.

And you may be lucky in that your tap water has the right balance of dissolved salts and chlorine.

Coffee consists of approximately 98 per cent water

Brita the water filter company say Filtered water boosts your coffee experience

If you are thinking distilled water will work better as all impurities are removed you are mistaken. There is a fine balance between having mineralised water and good coffee flavour . Depending on water softness Vs harness you get a different flavour profile

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