River Phin Coffee Roasters
VerifiedProFoster City, California
Light Roast
About
River Phin Coffee Roasters is a small-batch specialty roaster in Foster City and Oakland, California, founded by Certified Q Grader Vy Nguyễn. It hand-sources from small farmers in Asia and beyond, with coffees from Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand and Colombia, and sells online and at the Foster City Farmers Market.
Our Story
River Phin Coffee Roasters was founded by Vy Nguyễn, a Certified Coffee Q Grader, U.S. Roasters Championship judge and trained R-Robusta grader. Her focus on clean coffee comes from personal experience: growing up, she got sick from unclean coffee, and her mission since has been beans free of mold, fungus and chemical residue. Her roots are in Hanoi, Vietnam, where her grandfather was a tea producer who handcrafted his own tea. Vy trained under Willem Boot and has worked with roast masters in Vietnam on roasting Robusta and on slow brewing with a phin filter. She visits the small farmers she buys from, hand grades the beans, and roasts in small batches in Foster City and Oakland. Every bean goes through at least three rounds of defect sorting before it is packaged, and the coffee bags are 100% compostable. Q Graders Sharon Fung and Harold work with her as consultants.
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Coffees
Vietnam
Countryside Fine Robusta
Bao Loc
Special Natural process
Dry apricot & cherrySweet riceDark chocolateSmoothCreamy
Species: Fine Robusta. Elevation: 800 MASL.
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Colombia
Diego Bermudez Pistachio Cake
Cauca
Thermal Shock Washed process
PistachioCinnamonCardamomVanilla
Producer: Diego Bermudez. Variety: Castillo. Elevation: 1,730 MASL.
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LightThailand
Follow Your Heart
Chiang Rai
Whole Fruit/Natural process
BlueberryStrawberry JamSweetPink Grapefruit
Farm: Follow Your Heart. Farmer: Chaloemwong Yapangkoo. Variety: Bourbon, Catimor. Elevation: 1300 MASL.
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Vietnam
Lang Biang Mountain
Lang Biang Mountain Plateau
Natural process
Peach juiceDried pineappleYellow flowerPurple grapeMangoCacao nibs
K'ho Cooperative ethnic families. Variety: Catimor. Elevation: 500 - 1650 MASL.
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EspressoIndonesia
Lychee Bloom Espresso
Sumatra
Anaerobically Co-Fermented Lychee process
LycheeRoseDark ChocolateHoney Dew
Producer: Bener Meriah. Variety: Typica / Catimor. Elevation: 1442 MASL.
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LightColombia
Magnum Sidra
Tolima
Natural Mosto Anaerobic process
WatermelonSweet strawberryRoseTamarind
Producer: Elias & Shady Bayter. Variety: Borbon Sidra. 1450 MASL. Golden Beans 2024: silver medal (filter), bronze (espresso).
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Colombia
Mai Guava Banana Decaf
Tolima
Swiss Water process
GuavaBananaDark Chocolate
Decaf. Producer: Elias & Shady Bayter. Variety: Red & Yellow Caturra. Elevation: 1350 MASL.
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Colombia
Pink Borbon Banana Milk Cake
Huila
Honey Co-Fermented Banana process
Banana BlossomOrange MandarinDark ChocolateCreamy/SweetBanana Aftertaste
Variety: Pink Borbon. Producer: San Agustín smallholder collective. About 1,750 MASL. Filter and espresso roast options. Flavor comes from green-coffee processing only.
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Vietnam
Radar Farmhouse
Cầu Đất
Anaerobic Wash process
JasmineApricotHoneyChocolateGreen Apple AcidityVanilla Aftertaste
Producer: Anh Dũng. Variety: THA1 (F5 hybrid: Catimor x KH3-01 Ethiopia). Elevation: 1500 MASL. Filter roast profile.
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DarkVietnam
Saigon Dark Whiskey
Lam Dong
Winey Natural process
Maple SyrupDried CherryBlack CurrantWiney Aftertaste
Species: Fine Robusta. Elevation: 800 - 1000 MASL.
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Colombia
Sebastián Ramírez – Pink Bourbon
Huila
Yeast-washed process
Coffee BlossomsWhite FlowersMandarinHoneyLime
Producer: Sebastián Ramírez, a fourth-generation producer. Variety: Pink Bourbon. 1,800 meters above sea level.
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LightVietnam
Son Pacamara
Lâm Đồng
Anaerobic Wash process
BergamotRed Tea - RooibosSilky Body
Variety: Pacamara. Farm: Son Pacamara. Elevation: 1500 MASL.
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Location
1010 Metro Center Blvd, Foster City, CA 94404, USA
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