HO CHI MINH CITY – Coffee is stored in an antique ceramic bowl of Lai Thieu, at first glance like a Chinese medicine cup, above is the fragrant herbal foam.
As the name suggests, this coffee consists of 2 main ingredients: coffee and Chinese medicine. Mr. Dong Lam Thanh Tung (32 years old), owner of Cam Cam Kafe, chooses herbs such as cinnamon, cloves, and anise and cooks, then mixes the herbal juice with mint, coffee and sugar, and mixes them. until the mixture is foamed. Then he poured the coffee into an antique fake bowl, put ice in and enjoyed it.
“When I was a kid watching movies, I saw that Chinese people used to take medicine and drink water in a bowl so I wanted to follow along,” he said of the idea of storing coffee in a bowl, not a cup as usual.Video Player is loading.StopPresent 0:18/Time 0:37Loaded : 0%Progress : 0%UnmuteFull screen
The owner shared that traditional herbal coffee is better when it is cold. “I also tried hot mixing and mixing with milk but found it not suitable because the smell and taste of Chinese medicine will be gone,” he said.
Coffee has a distinctly cool taste of mint, accompanied by a mild bitter taste of the coffee. Guests can remind staff to give less sugar when preparing if not sweetened. The price of traditional herbal coffee in the shop is 35,000 VND / piece.
Nhan Tran (District 2) was impressed with the taste of Chinese herbal coffee at the shop: “The first time I heard the name of this coffee and also enjoyed it for the first time, it has a delicious, delicious and delicious taste than I thought”
Mr. Tung shared that during a coffee trip with his friends in an old apartment, he accidentally smelled the aroma of ginseng water from the nearby Chinese houses. According to him, the Chinese live in apartments dating back to the French era, the space has a sky well connecting from floor to floor. As a habit, they often cook various kinds of ginseng water, cool water to drink every day.
“That time I was drinking coffee with my friends, from the well, the sweet scent of the ginseng water made me very impressed. That feeling was very familiar as if I were the people living there,” he said. expressed. From the aroma of herbs, the bitter taste of coffee, the old atmosphere of the Chinese apartment and the feeling that he had, he thought of a drink that could combine these elements, which is a dish. Chinese herbal coffee.
The restaurant also serves nearly 30 other drinks such as juice, soda, yogurt with prices from 20,000 to 75,000 VND. The shop is open from 9am to 10pm every day, on weekends it is possible to run out early.
The coffee shop is located on the second floor of apartment 806, in the Chinese area, so it is not easy to find. In addition, the disadvantage of the shop is that the space is small and the way to find lots of trash. Below the apartment is a motorbike parking area priced at 10,000 VND. When visiting the restaurant, visitors can combine visiting Ha Chuong Assembly Hall, enjoying many delicious Chinese dishes right next to Phung Hung market.
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