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Traditional café · Đà Nẵng

Cà Phê Long

Four decades of phin coffee on a Hải Châu street corner, roasted on the premises.

Why it matters

Tuổi Trẻ reported in July 2026 that Cà Phê Long began in the early 1980s as a quán cóc, a pavement stall, at this corner, started by Đỗ Long, a former teacher. He roasted the coffee on the premises to his own blend of arabica and robusta. He died that month, aged 70; the paper described the café the next day as a morning meeting place for regulars, with low stools inside and on the pavement.

Finding it

123 Lê Lợi, on the corner with Quang Trung, in Hải Châu. We have not been. The founder died in July 2026 and we have no later report, so check that it is trading as before.

What to order

Phin coffee, from the café’s own roast. The reports do not name a house drink beyond that.

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The phin takes four to six minutes and cannot be hurried. The stool, the free tea and the hour spent over one glass all follow from that one mechanical fact.

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  1. Ông chủ thương hiệu cà phê Long nổi tiếng ở Đà Nẵng qua đời ở tuổi 70Tuổi Trẻ (Trường Trung) · 2026-07-28 · accessed 2026-11-04Founder Đỗ Long, who died in July 2026 aged 70; the start as a pavement stall in the early 1980s; roasting on site to his own arabica and robusta blend; the café still a regular morning meeting place.
  2. Cà phê Long, ghế đẩu và hương cà phê thơm một góc phố Đà NẵngTuổi Trẻ (Trường Trung) · 2026-07-29 · accessed 2026-11-04The address at 123 Lê Lợi; more than 40 years; low stools and customers on the pavement; coffee roasted at the café; phin coffee.
  3. Quán cà phê không bao giờ vắng khách ở Đà NẵngNgôi Sao (VnExpress) · 2014-11-05 · accessed 2026-11-04The corner of Lê Lợi and Quang Trung; the café producing its own coffee.