Top 12 Coffee Experiences in Vietnam

1.Vietnamese Coffee Culture and Coffee Making Class

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 4,006 reviews · 2 hours · from $14Our pick

In Hoi An, Tan, Le, and their family team guide you through Vietnam’s coffee story, from crop to cup. You prepare black, iced, salt, coconut, and Hanoi egg coffee with a Phin filter, then taste each with tea and a cookie. The lantern-filled workshop welcomes up to 10 people and includes recipes and a small take-home gift.

“Had a great time making 5 different Vietnamese coffee. It was my first coffee as I arrive Hoi An, and I was mind blown. Tan and Le make the workshop very enjoyable, and we definitely had a great time with great coffee. Recommended if you have a few hours to spare when in Hoi An.”

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2.Hanoi Coffee Experience: 6 Brews, 9 Recipes & 3 Liquor Tastings

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2,945 reviews · from $17Top rated

Spend about three hours in an Indochine-style villa with guides such as Pa, Piey, Maxie, or Trung. Learn how Vietnamese coffee is grown and roasted, then make phin, egg, coconut, condensed milk, pour-over, and cocktail-style coffee. Pickup from Hanoi’s Old Quarter is available.

“Great experience. We recimmend it to everyone. Everything about viatnamese coffee. I also recommend having food after the coffee experience”

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3.Hanoi Coffee Workshop: Taste Salt, Coconut and Egg Coffee

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,286 reviews · from $16

At Local Beans Roastery, baristas such as Val, Lin, Luka, and Giang guide you through Vietnam’s coffee culture and six local drinks: Phin, brown, salt, egg, coconut, and coffee cocktail. You taste each cup, learn the brewing method, sample rice wine, and take home recipes. Old Quarter pickup is available.

“The class was fantastic. As a solo traveler, the class was very open, inclusive and easy to feel comfortable within the group. Lin was engaging as the host and instructor, involving each class attendee in the processes and encouraging questions. Would recommend to anyone visiting Hanoi and interested in learning more about the local customs and life.”

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4.Salt Coffee Workshop Awake Your Senses With 6 Brews

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 792 reviews · 3 hours · from $23

Spend three hours at a Hanoi café learning how Vietnamese coffee is grown, roasted, brewed, and served. Guides such as Lin, Val, Phil, and Giang lead you through six drinks, including salt coffee, egg coffee, coconut coffee, pour-over, brown coffee, and a coffee cocktail with local wine. You make the drinks yourself and receive recipes to take home.

“What an experience! Pil and Lin were incredible hosts and we learnt so much about coffee. We learnt how to make 6 different types of coffee and loved all of them. The hosts educated us about coffee and the origins of the coffee from Vietnam. Highly recommend this experience! So glad we booked it.”

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5.Early Morning My Son Sanctuary Trip w. Champa Food & Coffee

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 629 reviews · from $21

Leave Hoi An at 5:30 am for My Son Sanctuary, where an English-speaking guide such as Linh, Van, or Han explains the Champa temples before the heat and crowds arrive. Walk the ruins, use the temple buggies, then enjoy Quang noodles, local mochi, fruit, coffee, or tea. Pickup and drop-off are included, but the 150,000 VND entry fee is extra.

“It's a well thought out activity and Lin was a great guide . Just make sure not to do it when it's raining non stop. Sigh. It was low-key miserable out there for me. For sporadic rainy season make sure to wear waterproof everything esp shoes because ponchos don't help.”

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6.Vietnamese Culture and Coffee Making Class

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 497 reviews · from $15

At a small family-run class in Hoi An, an English-speaking instructor such as Linh guides you through five coffees: phin-brewed black coffee, white coffee, Hue salt coffee, coconut coffee, and Hanoi egg coffee. You learn the story behind each drink, make them yourself, and leave with a Vietnamese phin filter.

“Really great class that taught me a lot about vietnamese coffee that I can recreate at home, such a fun time and good experience would thoroughly recommend”

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7.Vietnamese Street Food Tour with Egg Coffee

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 315 reviews · 3 hours · from $24

Walk Hanoi’s Old Quarter with an English-speaking guide such as Phoenix, Jelly, Alex, or Lisa, stopping for 4 to 6 local dishes, including banh mi, beef noodle salad, sticky rice ice cream, and egg coffee. Small groups and private tours are available, with plenty of local food advice along the way.

“Ceri was an amazing tour guide! We booked a private tour and it was everything and more. She asked us about the food we had already tried in Vietnam and then tailored our tour to let us try foods we hadn’t before. We enjoyed 6 different foods that were amazing! An egg coffee in one of the oldest egg coffee shops in Hanoi followed by a post office ice cream. We loved all the food and sharing great conversation with Ceri. We talked about her life in Vietnam, our travels and we’re able to learn a lot from her. What a valuable experience and wonderful to meet a new friend…”

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8.Da Nang Cooking Class with Coffee Tasting and Market Visit

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 310 reviews · from $45

Meet Jolie or another English-speaking host at 10 Trần Quốc Toản for Vietnamese coffee tasting, a local market visit, and hands-on cooking at a family home. You’ll prepare at least four traditional dishes, eat what you make, and learn practical techniques. Groups are capped at 10, with vegetarian options available by request.

“This was such a fun way to connect to the Vietnamese culture, language, learn about their food and how to cook it! We had so much fun with Hanna and Lucy and can’t wait to come back. The market was a fun experience to learn about new foods. If you are in Da Nang, do this cooking class! Come hungry.”

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9.Fun & Easy Vietnamese Coffee Workshop in Hồ Chí Minh City

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 293 reviews · from $23

At Lacàph Coffee Experiences Space in District 1, you’ll learn to brew three Vietnamese coffees in about 90 minutes. Guides such as Quan, Noah, Julie, and Kieu explain coffee culture, demonstrate the phin filter, and let you make each drink yourself. Morning and afternoon sessions are available, with tea, snacks, recipes, and coffee equipment for sale.

“Very fun and memorable experience! The workshop carefully brought us through the coffee culture of Vietnam and other stories that enabled us to understand the origins and how it works! This activity is also a great one to do in rainy weather!”

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10.Ha Noi Egg Coffee Class

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 227 reviews · from $12Best value

At Cafe Minh near Ta Hien Beer Street, an English-speaking instructor guides you through egg coffee, Hanoi-style espresso-strength milk coffee, and Saigon-style milk coffee. The 50-minute to one-hour class is hands-on, limited to eight people, and includes all ingredients, equipment, and a small gift. Some sessions also feature salt or coconut coffee.

“We had a great coffee class with Iris! She showed us how to make salt coffee, egg coffee, and coconut coffee. She also showed us how to make coffee art on the foam with chocolate syrup! We had a great time and tasty coffee!”

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11.Decadent Vietnamese “Egg Coffee” Workshop in Hồ Chí Minh City

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 150 reviews · from $20

At Lacàph Coffee Experiences Space in central Hồ Chí Minh City, you’ll make phin coffee with Lacàph’s blend, whip an egg cream sweetened with coffee blossom honey, and learn why egg coffee matters in Vietnam. Guides such as Ngoc, Quan, Joey, An, Noah, and Vi lead a 60 to 90-minute class with tasting included.

“Vi was a great instructor. Made the experience enjoyable learning about the history as well the art to making this coffee. Recommended worth the price!”

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12.MOTORBIKE TOUR TO PONGOUR FALLS- SILK- COFFEE FARM

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 52 reviews · from $43

Ride or drive from Dalat with an English-speaking guide such as Alex, Hung, An, or Leo. Visit Pongour and Elephant waterfalls, Linh An Pagoda, K’ho village, coffee and silk workshops, rice wine makers, and Paradise Lake. The 8-hour route packs in rural scenery, local food-making, and flexible stop times.

“Excellent, fantastic service. They took us to many places even not listed and gave very helpful advice for sights and historical facts and stories. Very strongly recommended if you want to come see the country side.”

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