- What beans are you using? - Decaff beans from a local roaster. - Sadly the only information about them is that they are processed with the sugar cane process. The name given by the roaster is “igarapé”. - I am pretty much beginning the speciality journey right now. I am still learning what I like 😜 
 
- I think the bottom layer is condensed milk? What’s that top layer you got there? Some kinda whipped cream? I love Vietnamese coffee by the way! - Well I just filled the vessel with ice cream . It is pretty hot right now so the ice melted before the phin ran its course . There is no condensed sweetened milk . 
 
- What makes it a Vietnamese iced coffee? - Usually, it’s a robusta from Vietnam that’s been brewed using a phin, the dripper featured in the original picture. It’s often sweetened with a healthy dose of condensed milk to take some of the edge off of mass-produced and heavily roasted robusta. 
- Usually the Vietnamese lady in the bikini that serves it :> - I wouldn’t have known it was Vietnamese coffee otherwise tbh. - Never seen a Vietnamese lady in bikini serving ca phe sua da here in Hanoi. - And to think I was the only viet person on Lemmy - sorry to deceive. I am just living living, I’m not from here. That said, I support the home team and buy pretty much only Vietnamese grown and roasted specialty coffee. Typica and bourbon beans are what I usually buy. If you are in Saigon, do you know Every Half coffee roaster, those guys are good. Since I live in Hanoi I frequent a couple of Hanoi roasters. - Nah I’m a viet guy not living in vietnam. I’m sure you’ll have solid coffee around there though. - Right on. I’ve been living here for 10 years but been coming here since 2007. Been a fan of the coffee from day 1. The domestic coffee culture for specialty coffee has really grown a lot in the last decade. 
 
 
 
- It’s more of an American phenomenon. Sex sells baby! - https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/skin-served-with-coffee-flavors-vietnamese-cafes/ - That is not unique to Vietnamese coffee in the States. Bikini coffee places have been a thing in the States for 20 years or more. 
 
 
 
 


