Our story
Portland Cà Phê Roasters was founded the summer of 2020 as a way to bring Vietnamese grown coffee beans into a market that lacks representation from Southeast Asia. A team of two that is spearheaded by Kim Dam and supported by Alex Tang, we specialize in coffee beans that are grown in the Central Highlands of Vietnam that we roast in Portland, Oregon.
During the spring of 2021, Kim opened our first quán café in SE Portland and became Portland’s first Vietnamese speciality coffee house.
Learn more about our journey.
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Our Coffee
Vietnam is the second largest coffee producer and the largest robusta bean producer in the world however the origin itself is not as represented as other countries when it comes to specialty coffee.
We seek to destigmatize and challenge the narrative that Vietnamese coffee beans is of lower-grade by crafting specialty roasts that showcase the full-bodied and distinctive flavors of our beans. At Portland Cà Phê we specialize in both robusta and arabica beans from Vietnam.
It is important to us to understand where our beans are coming from and who the folks are that are growing the beans, therefore we strive to work with Vietnamese farmers directly and with importers that provide valuable tools, training and services to the coffee farmers and coffee communities.
We currently work with Future Coffee Farm and Mercon Specialty Coffee.
Fun fact: Robusta beans have 2x more caffeine content, 60% less sugar and 60% less fats than arabica beans.