Basalt — 500g kraft bag of Phin Cafe Vietnamese robusta coffee with a dark brown label, on a stone plinth

Basalt

Phin Cafe

$24.00 500 g (17.6 oz)
Lâm Đồng · Vietnam
Robusta G1 · Washed
Tasting notes
Dark chocolateRoasted nut
Bag size
500 g (17.6 oz)47% more than a standard 12 oz bag
Ships as
Whole bean
Brews well as
PhinEspressoMoka

Grown in the volcanic soil of Vietnam's Central Highlands.

500g · Roasted in Campbell, CA

How often
Every
Best for
Cà Phê Sữa ĐáIced Coffee with Condensed Milk 6 min · iced

The house pour, exactly as we serve it. Iced, sweet, unmistakably Vietnamese.

  • Phin coffee21 g
  • Hot water100 ml
  • Condensed milk30 g
  • Ice1 tall glass
  1. 0:00 Spoon condensed milk into the glass.
  2. 0:00 Set the phin on top, add coffee, press gently — do not screw it down.
  3. 0:00 Bloom with 40 ml water. 1 min 30 sec
  4. 1:30 Top up with 60 ml and let it drip. 4 min 30 sec
  5. 6:00 Stir hard, then pour over ice.
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Cà Phê MuốiSalted Coffee 6 min · iced

Salted coffee — the cream turns savoury against the sugar. A Huế invention we could not leave alone.

  • Phin coffee21 g
  • Condensed milk35 g
  • Heavy cream50 ml
  • Fine sea salt1 pinch
  • Ice1 glass
  1. 0:00 Whip the cream with the salt until it just holds. Set aside.
  2. 0:00 Spoon condensed milk into the glass and brew the phin over it. 6 min
  3. 6:00 Stir, then pour over ice.
  4. 6:00 Spoon the salted cream on top and swirl it around the rim.
  5. 6:00 Drink without stirring — the salt should arrive last.
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