Many Hanoi coffee connoisseurs will be familiar with the brand "Thai Coffee", one of the few shops that still retains the wood-roasting recipe to produce batches of beans with a smoky scent.
Nguyen Duc Hieu (36 years old) is the fourth generation of his family to manage this nearly XNUMX-year-old cafe.
Mr. Hieu confided: "Until now, with modern machinery to support me a lot, I still roast coffee by hand using wood. Every step is 100% manual, from roasting on the roaster, pouring into bamboo baskets, then cooling by hand."
Coffee beans are selected from three regions: Dien Bien, Buon Ho, Phu Quy. That's why, drinking a cup of coffee in Thailand, you will feel the gentle aroma of the Northwest mountains and forests, a deep and salty taste like drops of sweat soaked in every inch of Nghe An's soil, and the strong intoxicating yeast. destruction of the great plateau.
Unlike gas stoves, induction stoves transfer heat immediately, roasting coffee with a wood stove while adjusting the heat in the stove requires many years of experience, looking at the flame to guess what state the flame is in.
“At the same time, observe the coffee beans, the smell of coffee, the color of coffee, smell the smell, look at the coffee, and hear the sound of coffee exploding in the oven to know when to increase or decrease the heat. Simply keep the fire steady, from start to finish," Mr. Hieu confided.
A particularly important point is regulating the fire. When dropping a stick of firewood, it will take a few seconds or minutes to reach the appropriate temperature during the desired roasting stage.
A batch of coffee that has just come out of the oven, with kitchen smoke lingering around, is a unique feature of Thai coffee.
Studied abroad in Germany for 6 years, working in banking, marketing, media, and learning how to be a "farmer" and "bartender". In the end, he decided to return to stick with the shop his father left behind. "I feel responsible for preserving the culture of the coffee street corner, responsible for the family's brand and for the customers. familiar customer. There are guests who have been coming here regularly for over 50 years to drink a cup of coffee, which is the motivation and pride of the family," Mr. Hieu confided.
The fragrant smell of coffee mixed with the smell of kitchen smoke is memorable.
Nearly a millennium has passed, the taste of a cup of coffee remains the same as in the beginning, rustic and elegant just like the Hanoi people, becoming a memorable attraction for tourists.
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