Vietnamese Coffee
June 15th, 2009
Hanoi, Vietnam – Vietnamese coffee; the first time I had it, I didn’t know that the water still needed to drain through the metal filter into the glass. I removed it too soon and had coffee leakage all over my table, dripping by my leg onto the floor.
This particular coffee I got at Cafe Trung Nguyen on the corner of Hang Phen and Bat Su. When I first arrived, there were so many motorbikes surrounding the shop, that I couldn’t see the entrance. The menu reveals the level the Vietnamese coffee is on. There were bean varieties, there were different grades and different prices. I had to make my way through the matrix before making a selection. You really need to have a coffee before ordering a coffee here.
My coffee arrived and this time I was prepared. I let the coffee slowly (and I mean slowly) seep through the metal filter, checking carefully before I removed anything. The coffee was thick and pleasantly bitter with the sweetness of the condensed milk rounding it out. Success.
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