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The people behind Vietnamese coffee

Farmers, roasters, café owners and the history that put them there.

An aged photographic view of a colonial-era French shophouse café in Vietnam, with shuttered windows and small tables outside.

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The History of Coffee in Vietnam

From French missionaries in 1857 to the world's second-largest producer. How coffee reached Vietnam, why it took 130 years to matter, and what changed in 1986.