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Vietnam Café Directory
Highlands Coffee
Highland Coffee
Highlands Coffee is a Vietnamese coffee chain founded in 1999. Using Vietnamese-grown beans, it serves everything from traditional phin-brewed coffee to sweet iced coffee with condensed milk.
Katinat Coffee
Katina Coffee
A fast-growing café chain founded in Ho Chi Minh City in 2016. Named after the historic Catinat Street in Ho Chi Minh City, its concept brings a modern touch to Vietnam’s traditional coffee culture.
Passio Coffee
Passio Coffee
A takeaway-style café chain founded in Ho Chi Minh City around 2005. With the motto “great coffee at an easy price,” its biggest draw is unbeatable value, starting from 19,000 VND (about 115 yen).
Trung Nguyen Legend
Trung Nguyên Legend
Founded in 1996 in Buon Ma Thuot, Dak Lak Province, this is a brand synonymous with Vietnamese coffee. The real deal: beans grown on its own farms in Vietnam’s Central Highlands, served by traditional phin brewing.
Trung Nguyen Legend
Trung Nguyên Legend
A bean-to-bar chocolate brand founded in Vietnam in 2011 by two French entrepreneurs. It makes single-origin bars for each of Vietnam’s cacao-growing regions and runs more than 20 cafés nationwide.
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Columns about Vietnam
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[2025 Update] A Complete Guide to Vietnamese Coffee Trends
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