However, when the fighting broke out, prices dropped and coffee became a popular everyday beverage for Vietnamese people. The French had planted the roots of café culture in Vietnam, but the locals took it and made it their own, preferring simple, laid-back cafés to the more ornate French variety.
With growing main stream media coverage including Cafe Lu on the news, Vietnamese coffee shops have grown in popularity and you will find many social media influencers working at these locations. It’s just coffee so don’t expect anything seedy going on.
These cafes are more than just a place to score a quick energy burst. “We don’t drink coffee on the go,” says Minh, who lives in Saigon. “We like to sit and enjoy for a while.” The older generation tend to favour more simplistic spots, while younger people choose the trendy, Instagram-friendly cafés.
Popular coffee chain Trung Nguyen opened its doors in Saigon in 1998 and Starbucks-inspired Highlands Coffee followed suit in 2002. As time went on, an increasing number of independent, stylised cafés appeared, thanks in part to the cultural clout of South Korea, where themed coffee shops are all the rage.
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