Guest Post - D at World Coffee Museum, Buon Ma Thuot
This guest post comes from D, who sent me a couple photos from his vacation in Vietnam. I asked him to share more, as we in the west don’t know many coffee landmarks in the 2nd largest coffee producing country.
The World Coffee Museum has a genuinely impressive collection. Coffee equipment and artifacts from different countries and time periods, some of it really old.
Hand grinders, early roasting drums, various brewing devices. Some pieces are clearly functional, others more ceremonial or decorative. The range is what really stands out.
The range is what really stands out. They’ve got representation from every major coffee producing country and pretty much anywhere with a significant coffee culture. It shows you how global this whole thing is.
What’s interesting is seeing how long this technology has actually been around. A lot of the fundamental methods for roasting, grinding, and brewing coffee go way back.
Different regions developed their own approaches, but the core ideas are ancient. For anyone using modern equipment, it’s cool to see where it all came from. The museum shows you how people have been working with coffee across different parts of the world for centuries.
We mostly photographed individual objects rather than the space itself. The building is actually pretty interesting architecturally, but we were focused on the artifacts. Worth the visit if you’re in the area and care about coffee.
Thanks for the report D.