# Where to get good roasted coffee beans in Ho Chi Minh City?

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**Created:** [June 3, 2006, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-get-good-roasted-coffee-beans-in-ho-chi-minh-city/359284 "2006-06-03T13:37:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2006, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-get-good-roasted-coffee-beans-in-ho-chi-minh-city/359284/1 "2006-06-03T13:37:54Z")

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I’m going to HCM city next week for a work off site and just so happen that I’m about out of fresh roasted coffee. Viet Nam grows a lot of coffee, so I’m thinking I should be able to pick up some nice stuff there, no?

Not into trying the civet coffee thing either.

Is it worth visiting a coffee plantation - I’ve never been to one.

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**Post date:** [June 3, 2006, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-get-good-roasted-coffee-beans-in-ho-chi-minh-city/359284/2 "2006-06-03T13:41:52Z")

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> [@China Guy](#):
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> I’m going to HCM city next week for a work off site and just so happen that I’m about out of fresh roasted coffee. Viet Nam grows a lot of coffee, so I’m thinking I should be able to pick up some nice stuff there, no?
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> Not into trying the civet coffee thing either.
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> Is it worth visiting a coffee plantation - I’ve never been to one.

Just go to the Central Market. There are vendors there with all kinds of beans. If you have a roaster you can get the green beans also.

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**Post date:** [June 3, 2006, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-get-good-roasted-coffee-beans-in-ho-chi-minh-city/359284/3 "2006-06-03T13:45:12Z")

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Pretty sure you can buy the stuff anywhere. Bear in mind though, that it’s likely to be the local style, which I find a bit too mild and chocolatey for my taste. For some reason, drinking coffee in Vietnam is heavenly, but trying to use the beans yourself at home never works quite right.

I have no idea how easy it is to buy any of the common international blends. The Vietnamese drink a lot of coffee, but it always seems to be that same local style (or at least it was when I was last there in 2000).