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Gia Lai Province in Vietnam's Central Highlands is rolling out coffee farm tourism in earnest to align with the 2026 National Tourism Year. It's a unique form of agritourism where you can enjoy everything from harvesting on coffee fields spanning over 100,000 hectares to roasting and tasting. Ethnic-minority culture such as gong music...

From April 16 to 18, 2026, “Cafe Show Vietnam 2026” will be held at the Saigon Exhibition & Convention Center in Ho Chi Minh City. On March 20, a kickoff workshop for the barista competition was held, and the World Coffee Events (WCE)-sanctioned national barista champion...

A Vietnamese coffee-brewing experience was selected for U.S. National Geographic's "12 of the World's Food Experiences." Its traditional extraction using a phin filter, along with unique twists like egg coffee and salt coffee, was highly praised as "a local tradition that produces unforgettable flavor"...

If you'd like to learn more about Vietnam's cafés, be sure to also check out Every Half Coffee Roasters' gallery page. A new challenge from the founder of The Coffee House: If you're familiar with Vietnam's coffee scene, you've probably heard the name The Coffee House...

If you'd like to see more photos of this café, please see the café directory page for La Viet Coffee. Da Lat, the mecca of specialty coffee. Da Lat, a highland city in south-central Vietnam, sits at about 1,500 meters elevation. Since the French colonial era, this city has served as a summer retreat...

Vietnam is the world’s second-largest coffee producer, yet most of it has been exported as commercial-grade Robusta. Bucking that current, the ones working to reconnect origin, roasting, and brewing with their own hands are Every Half Coffee Roasters. In Ho Chi Minh ...

Vietnam is the world’s second-largest coffee producer, but most of it is commercial-grade Robusta, and the “specialty” culture in which consumers engage with origin is still young. Là Việt Coffee, in the highland city of Da Lat, integrates everything from farm to roasting and brewing, becoming a pioneer of that ...

An explanation of what third-wave coffee is, from the basics. We cover light roasts, single origin, traceability, and producer support, presenting the shift in coffee culture and its appeal in plain terms.

An explanation of what single-origin coffee is. We cover how it differs from blends, the flavors of each origin, how to choose and enjoy it, and even the producers' stories, in plain terms.

Vietnam, the world's second-largest coffee producer. From its Robusta-centered traditional culture to the rise of the third wave, Arabica production, and trends in the international market, we explain the present and future of Vietnamese coffee.