Coffee with milk (ca phe nau or ca phe sua) In the north of Vietnam, the mixture of black coffee and sweetened condensed milk is referred to as ca phe nau (brown coffee), while in the south it's called ca phe sua (milk coffee). While it is mostly served cold with ice, you can also order it hot.

Vietnamese Coffee Beans Vietnam primarily grows robusta coffee, famous for its high caffeine content and bitter profile. Arabica coffee, most popular in the US specialty coffee market, continues to grow rapidly in production and export in Vietnam.

The Vietnamese dripper is similar to the pour over technique in that the apparatus sits on top of your mug and has a filter. In this case, it is a reusable stainless steel filter. But the Phin takes it one step further by weighing down the coffee grounds with another thin screen.

Vietnam is known for its production of Robusta beans, which have a more robust and intense flavor compared to Arabica beans. Robusta beans also have a higher caffeine content, which adds to the overall strength of the coffee.