Popular drink shop in summer

These days, the weather in Ha Tinh is hot with outdoor temperatures sometimes reaching 37-38 degrees Celsius. According to records at some shops selling popular cooling drinks such as sugarcane juice, coconut juice... along many streets in Ha Tinh city such as: Phan Dinh Phung, Nguyen Bieu, Le Duan... the number of customers at this time has increased compared to normal days.

Mr. Vo Phi Dong - sugarcane juice shop on Phan Dinh Phung street said: "In the summer, the weather is hot so the number of customers at the shop is much higher, especially on hot days. The shop serves bottled drinks, but sugarcane juice and coconut water are the two best-selling drinks. The shop is open from early morning to evening, the busiest times are noon and evening."

Customers are mainly office workers who come to buy take-away or freelance workers who want to take a break after hard working hours. To serve the increasing demand, Mr. Dong has to continuously squeeze sugarcane, chop coconuts,

With just a small cart to sell goods, every day Ms. Nguyen Thi Binh (Nguyen Bieu Street, Ha Tinh City) sells more than 100 cups of drinks of all kinds such as: kumquat tea, lemon tea, passion fruit juice, Thai tea... Ms. Binh said: " *The number of customers changes according to the heat of the day, especially increasing sharply in the recent hot days. Customers are mainly young people".*

According to records at the shops, in addition to the number of customers drinking on the spot, there are also many customers ordering online and buying take-out. Therefore, shippers are also constantly present at the shops to receive and deliver to customers.

According to business owners, customers generally start to crowd in late April, when the weather turns hot. On hot days, the number of customers increases many times compared to normal days.

The common price for sugarcane juice and coconut water is 10,000 VND/cup; lemon tea and kumquat tea are 10-15,000 VND/cup; fruit teas, fruit juices and smoothies sold at small shops are 20-25,000 VND/cup. In addition to the low price, sidewalk shops are chosen by many people because of their convenience. Customers only need to pull over to the side of the road for a few minutes to have a cool glass of water.

According to business owners, nowadays, instead of using bottled soft drinks, people tend to look for natural drinks such as sugarcane juice, coconut water, lemon tea, smoothies, wormwood, iced tea, fruit juice... to quench their thirst.

“It’s quite tiring to walk outside in the hot weather, so I often stop by a roadside shop to buy a glass of water to wake myself up. I usually choose things like coconut water, sugarcane juice or fruit juice, and rarely use bottled water. In the evening, I often sit with friends and relatives at sidewalk shops to drink water,” said Hoang Nam (Ha Tinh City).

Mr. Doan Trong Khang - owner of a fruit juice shop on Le Duan Street (Ha Tinh City) said: "With a price of 15 - 20,000 VND/cup, juices from fresh fruits such as oranges, pineapples, watermelons... are popular with many people. Our shop mainly has online customers, on hot summer days, the number of customers ordering is quite large."

In the evening hours on hot days, many sidewalk cafes in the area of Xo Viet Nghe Tinh Street and Tran Phu Square are crowded with customers.

Due to high consumption demand, businesses trading in raw materials such as sugarcane, coconut, and fruit are also busier to supply goods.

Mr. Le Huu Dung - owner of a sugarcane and coconut business on 26/3 Street (Ha Tinh City) shared: " For more than a month now, the output of goods sold by the business has increased by more than 50% compared to before. Currently, on average, we import more than 1,000 coconuts and 2-3 tons of sugarcane per day for drink shops in Ha Tinh City and some neighboring districts."