COFFEE

Coffee, which can be found in local stalls and cafes, usually comes from Ratanakiri, or is imported from Vietnam, more rarely from Laos.

Cambodian coffee, due to its roasting, has a little chocolate taste, while Vietnamese coffee is generally stronger and bitter. Both usually make a fairly thick drink. No more electric coffee machines, here we practice the technique of sock coffee, the coffee being mixed with water and boiled, then passed through long fabric filters.

HOT COFFEE

The little black remains the prerogative of the "grandfathers". This is a fairly thick and tight coffee, usually served with a lot of sugar.
On request, it can be served with milk, which in most cases will be sweetened condensed milk. Some restaurants will ask you to give the choice between condensed milk or "fresh" milk.

Count between 1000 and 1500 riel per cup or small glass.

 
ICE COFFEE

While in some European countries, the consumption of iced coffee remains quite rare, even confined to a few Starbucks and co-type chains, here it is drunk daily, in the city as in the countryside.

Cambodian iced coffee, dark or sweetened condensed milk
With ice cubes, the tight side of local coffee will go much better. As always, ask for sugar to be added in moderate amounts, if you don't like coffee syrup, and beware of iced lattes, which are also usually served not only with condensed milk but also with it. a spoon of sugar. The result, however, is not unpleasant!

Depending on the location, black iced coffee will cost you between 1,000 and 1,500 riel, an iced latte between 1,500 and 2,000… In Phnom Penh, there are currently many tea / coffee shops open. The Park café and other T&C chains are geared towards a relatively wealthy, rather local clientele - the price of a glass is about twice what you will find in the street or in local stalls, while other establishments are settling in expatriate districts to offer a whole range of imported coffees that will delight wealthy coffee-chocolate detractors.

A sign of the growing interest in locally produced coffee, an Australian company has also set up in Cambodia and offers very good quality coffees from Laos, Cambodia or Vietnam assembled in different blends before being roasted and packed in Phnom Penh.