France, Dec. 7 -- Nam, owner of Hanoi Cornerin the bustling Marais neighbourhood, remembers the puzzled looks of his French customers as they discovered not just Vietnamese coffee, but the art of drinking it.
"It's truly Vietnamese-style coffee, where we take our time," he tells RFI. "And not everyone has 20 minutes to spare. The Vietnamese filter is the opposite of espresso."
In Vietnam, coffee is traditionally made using aphin filter - a small metal device that slow-brews coffee drop by drop.
At Hoa Ca Phe coffee shop in eastern Paris, Diane explains: "What we always tell customers who don't know Vietnamese coffee at all is that they should try it in its most classic form: phin coffee, black or with condensed milk, hot or cold."
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