Mekelong is a manufacturing and trading company which is located in Ho Chi Minh city of Viet Nam.
Vietnamese-style Coffee
In Vietnam, coffee culture is as deep and rich as just about anything else. On old brick sidewalks and in old colonial shops adorned with art deco tiles, old men sit on small stools in the morning and afternoon. They sip little cups of iced-coffee rocket fuel, or as they would say, cafe sua da (or ca phe sua da), while playing checkers and cards.
Along with French baguettes, cheese and imperialism, coffee sailed to the shores of Vietnam in the mid-19th century. The mountain range that runs down the country's spine provided the French with a highlands climate perfect for coffee growing. Despite the country's long history of foreign rule and exploitation, Vietnam's resilient people have eloquently taken the little pieces of culture brought from their conquerors and molded them into something entirely their own. Vietnamese coffee was created in this way. In the last 30 years Vietnam has become the second largest producer of coffee in the world.
Around the world everyone enjoys coffee in their own special way with their own unique orders and rituals but Vietnamese is on a whole new level "Vietnamese drip filter". From Ho Chi Minh to Hanoi the lives of the Vietnamese surrounds coffee. Coffee shops, Street stalls, restaurants and cafes all serve coffee from morning through night but Vietnam's coffee culture really alive at night.