Strong, dark-roast coffee dripped through a small metal phin filter over sweetened condensed milk, then poured over ice.
Sipped slowly at a sidewalk café, often for far longer than it takes to drink. Coffee shops function as living rooms in Vietnamese cities.
Nationwide
Hanoi is known for cà phê trứng (egg coffee); the Central Highlands city of Buôn Ma Thuột is Vietnam's coffee capital; salt coffee is associated with Huế.
Vietnamese coffee culture is about sitting, not caffeinating efficiently — and it is one of the country's most successful cultural exports.