Coffee Accessories Shop
Welcome to the Accessories Shop! We have collected some of the most useful coffee-related accessories we could find, including those necessary to extract the optimum flavor and to authentically recreate the Vietnamese café experience.
Although we have a separate Tea Accessories Shop, you will find many of these items listed in both shops. This is because they can be used equally well for both Coffee and Tea. If you enjoy both beverages, you will find these solutions to be extremely convenient and cost-effective.
Quick page navigation:
- Coffee brewing
- Coffee grinder
- Espresso pod brewers
- Cups and mugs
- Sweetened condensed milk
- Keurig-compatible
Single-Cup Coffee Brewer
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Authentic Vietnamese café style
Stainless steel Vietnamese single-cup brewer (called a Phin), 4 piece kit with instructions. This little filter is perfect for brewing a single cup of intense, delicious coffee in the traditional way (6-7 ounces, typically). When guests visit, give them the authentic coffeehouse experience by using a separate filter and cup for each person and addding sweetened condensed milk. We now offer larger capacity Phins as well.
Watch Our Own Video Instructions
Single-Use Filterbags
- also useful for tea
These convenient little filterbags are, essentially, do-it-yourself teabags. Intriguingly, these little bags can also be used to brew coffee. Just put in a rounded tablespoonful of ground coffee for a cup (or more for a large mug) and brew in a cup of hot water for four-five minutes. No mess, no cleanup, no machine. You can even fill teabags with your favorite coffee in the morning and then take them to work with you for your morning coffee break!
Multipurpose Wire Mesh Strainer
- also useful for tea
These wire mesh strainers are useful for a variety of purposes. We find this to be an indispensable tool for people who like to fiddle with their own brewing experiments, like cold-brewing in bottles, pot brewing, sun tea, etc. These fine strainers are designed to place across the opening of a mug, teacup, or teapot, and hold the tea leaves or coffee grounds while brewing. Also, they can be used to strain coffee grounds out of cold-brewed coffee. The strainer is also reuseable, unlike cloth or paper filters.
Handle or no handle? We offer both because the bamboo handle makes it easier to hold the filter without getting too close to the hot water, but if you want to use the strainer inside a teapot, there may not be room for the handle. Thus, the choice depends mostly on how you plan to use your strainer.
New Plastic Handle: We procured the new strainer with the plastic handle at a special price, making it even more affordable than the handle-less strainers. The handle is a white plastic tab attached to a metal shank (the same general construction as the bamboo handles), with a small hole for hanging the strainer on a hook.
French Coffee Press
- also useful for tea
The French-style Coffee Press is a method of brewing coffee that allows maximum circulation for maximum flavor. We like this particular model because it can be completely disassembled for ease of cleaning, and the plunger is well-designed for a long life. French Press brewing produces results as flavorful as the little single-cup filter, but in larger quantity for when one cup just won't do. It can also be used to brew tea via the exact same method. Exceptional flavor, easy brewing, easy clean-up, and no paper filters.
For easy-to-follow video instructions, click here.
New! 6-Cup Red Press
Macina Coffee Grinder
Want to try whole bean coffee but don't have a grinder? Want to buy whole bean coffee as a gift but not sure if your friend has a grinder? This is a perfect grinder that is ideal for small volume grinding, such as for homes and small offices. We have tried burr grinders, and find that they tend to clog when grinding Vietnamese beans; this is a steel blade grinder that is easy to clean and works fine with the special roast of Vietnamese coffee. The white exterior of the grinder works with any decor.
Pod Brewer
Buy a convenient pod brewer that also brews hundreds of specialty coffees with its three versatile screens. With milk frother, turbo heat feature.
This pod brewer opens up a world of ESE-standard pod brewing, an open standard that enables you to buy the world's best coffees, not just what a proprietary vendor like Green Mountain or Flavia offers to you.
Super-convenient introductory model ESE Pod Brewer comes with 150 free pods! A selection of our own Indochine Espresso custom-formulated pods (100), Nacha espresso pods (30), Highlands Full City Roast (20) and Highlands water-process Decaf (10). These pods add up to over $50 retail value, yours FREE to help get your pod experience off to a delicious start!
Note: Ships via UPS Ground.
IKEA 6oz Cup and Saucer Set
- also useful for tea
These are the best cups we've found for Vietnamese style coffee, and the ones we put into our G7 Fun Packs. The ideal size and shape for both G7 Instant coffee and for use with a Vietnamese Phin coffee filter, these cups help you portion your drink correctly for maximum flavor and combat the "portion distortion" that can make it difficult to enjoy your intense Vietnamese coffee in oversized American mugs. They are also very cute.
Sweetened Condensed Milk
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Authentic Vietnamese café style coffee
Sweetened Condensed Milk is evaporated milk with sugar added, resulting in a thick, sweet syrup. Anyone looking to try authentic Ca Phe Sua Da - Vietnamese-style iced coffee - will need sweetened condensed milk to complete the experience. However, most brands in the USA are too sweet and not creamy enough to give you a really "true" café experience.
Condensed Milks that we have tested and found perfect for coffee:
Longevity brand is a more traditional Vietnamese condensed milk with a stronger flavor.
Longevity Gold is a creamier, more buttery version of Longevity condensed milk.
Baker's Choice is milder in flavor and more affordable.
If you aren't sure which to buy, click here for more information.
EZ-Cup for Keurig
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by Perfect Pod
Our favorite all-around Keurig-compatible device for brewing Vietnamese coffee. Combines the ease-of-use of the My K-Cup with the quality brew of the My-Kap because the paper filter slows down the brewing process to the proper speed. Save 50 cents or more per cup and brew the coffee you want, not the coffee Green Mountain wants you to buy! See our instructional video on the detail page.
My-Kap for Keurig K-Cup Machines
The new My-Kap is an innovative little device that fits over the top of
an existing K-Cup, enabling you to re-use the Cup several times. Each time, you can fill it with
your choice of coffees, including our delicious Vietnamese coffees.
Each My-Kap comes with detailed, illustrated instructions on using, storing and cleaning it,
but after using it once, you will find it delightfully intuitive and simple to use. Also
included is a little tool that helps get the My-Kap back off of the K-Cup after using it.
While Keurig's own My K-Cup does not require the used
K-Cup and many customers like it, we have found the My-Kap easier to use, store, and clean,
and we prefer the flavor of the coffee brewed with the My-Kap.
Interested in reusable coffee filters?
You might want to explore
Dreep Coffee Filters for a broad
selection
of reusable filters for all kinds of drip coffee brewers.
