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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.