Aside from Brazil, no nation produces extra espresso than Vietnam. Launched by French colonists within the nineteenth century, the nation’s espresso crop is now a US$3 billion (S$4 billion) enterprise and accounts for almost 15 per cent of the worldwide market, making Vietnam the java large of Southeast Asia.
High quality, nonetheless, has solely just lately begun to meet up with amount, primarily as a result of farmers have begun augmenting Vietnam’s longtime cultivation of cheaper, easy-to-grow robusta beans with a connoisseur’s favourite, arabica.
A significant beneficiary has been the cafe scene within the nation’s largest metropolis, Ho Chi Minh Metropolis.
Due to direct crop-to-shop provides, the retail enterprise of espresso is booming as rising numbers of indie roasteries and specialty coffeehouses sprout up across the metropolis’s French colonial opera home, amid the megamalls and boutiques of trendy Dong Khoi Boulevard, and within the shadows of the high-rise towers in District 2.
From semi-hidden bohemian hangouts similar to RedDoor to fashionable chains like Laviet – which has its personal espresso farm close to Dalat, within the nation’s central highlands – the town has a restaurant for almost each espresso acolyte.