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How Much Caffeine Is in Vietnamese Coffee?
Robusta plus a high-ratio phin brew makes a strong drink, and the sweetness hides it. What we will and will not claim about our own bottles. Read more...
Robusta vs Arabica: In Defence of Robusta
Twice the caffeine, more body, more bitterness. The sweet-coffee traditions chose robusta on purpose, and they were right. Read more...
Why Vietnamese Coffee Uses Condensed Milk
A shipping constraint from the 1850s that became a flavour. Why condensed milk stayed even after fresh milk arrived, and why Western coffee went the other way. Read more...
Vietnamese Coffee vs Latte, Mocha and Flat White
The closest thing on a Western cafe menu is a mocha, minus the chocolate and less sweet. How Vietnamese milk coffee maps onto the drinks you already order. Read more...
How to make iced coffee: don’t.
A complete, working recipe for iced coffee at home, followed by the case for not bothering. We are honest about our motives. Read more...
The 3pm drink, a taxonomy
Bubble tea, kopi peng, canned coffee, or a bottle from the fridge. A field guide to the afternoon slump economy. Read more...
Ready-to-drink coffee in Singapore: what the category actually contains
RTD coffee spans supermarket cans, café bottles, and bulk fresh packs. A field guide, minus the marketing. Read more...
Iced coffee delivery in Singapore: the cup-now option and the fridge option
Grab gets you one cold cup in 30 minutes. A 10-pack gets you ten cold bottles for the week. Different problems, different tools. Read more...
Canned coffee vs fresh bottled coffee: the fridge is the difference
Canned coffee is built to sit on a shelf for a year. Ours is built to be drunk this week. That is the entire comparison. Read more...
Vietnamese iced coffee in Singapore: by the glass, or by the bottle
Cà phê sữa đá by the glass lives at banh mi shops. By the ten-bottle pack, it lives in your fridge. We are the second kind. Read more...
Coffee to-go boxes vs bottled coffee: which one does your event need?
Hot boxes cost $32–$38, serve 8–14 people, and give you about two hours. Bottles are cold, $3.90 each, and keep for days. Different tools. Read more...
Office coffee without a machine: how the 3pm slump actually gets fixed
No procurement, no vendor onboarding, no descaling. One of you orders, everyone pays you back, the fridge does the rest. Read more...
What bulk bottled coffee costs in Singapore
Ours costs $3.90 a bottle, ten at a time, $39 a pack. Most suppliers make you ask. We think that is silly. Read more...
How many bottles of coffee do you need for a party of 30 people?
One to one and a half bottles per guest. For 30 guests, that is 30 to 45 bottles — three or four 10-packs. Here is the maths. Read more...