Because the world’s second-largest espresso producer, Vietnam has cultivated deep cultural traditions round its most well-known export. However past robusta blends, immediate espresso and Cà phê sữa đá, there’s a universe of high quality that Each Half desires the world to discover. Michael Lyons caught up with the specialty espresso roaster and café group’s CEO and co-founder, Vo Duy Phu, to search out out extra about Vietnam’s new period of espresso excellence
Based by Tran Le Minh Truc and Vo Duy Phu in 2021, Each Half operates 29 retailers in Ho Chi Minh Metropolis. With a mission to champion Vietnamese specialty espresso at residence and on the world stage, sustainability-focused Each Half is concerned in seed choice, post-harvest processing and fermentation.
It roasts all espresso for its retailers and direct-to-consumer enterprise at two roasteries within the Vo Thi Sau and Thao Dien districts of Ho Chi Minh Metropolis. The group additionally companions with Vietnamese espresso cooperatives to ascertain nurseries for brand spanking new climate-adaptive espresso varieties, together with Liberica, Starmaya, and Marsellesa.
