Vietnamese Coffee Gifts NZ: What to Get a Coffee Lover

If the person you're buying for already has a good grinder and knows their single origins, a generic supermarket coffee gift set isn't going to cut it. They need something they haven't tried before.

Vietnamese coffee is that thing.

Most coffee drinkers in NZ haven't experienced specialty Vietnamese Robusta or tried brewing with a phin filter. It's different enough to be genuinely interesting, familiar enough that it doesn't feel weird. And it comes with a story: direct trade, Vietnamese farming families, a brewing tradition that goes back over a century.

Here's what we'd recommend depending on who you're buying for.

For the coffee explorer: The Heritage Gift Box

Our Heritage Gift Box is the full Vietnamese coffee experience in one package. Inside you get a bag of Buffalo Robusta ground for phin brewing, a stainless steel Vietnamese phin filter, and six cans of our award-winning Condensed Milk Iced Coffee. Everything comes packed in a ready-to-gift box, no wrapping needed.

It's for someone who likes trying new things, appreciates quality, and would enjoy learning a new brewing method. The phin filter is the kind of thing people use once and then keep using every morning.

For the undecided: The Triplet Sampler

If you're not sure which coffee they'd prefer, The Triplet Sampler takes the guesswork out. They get one bag each of Buffalo (100% Robusta), Honeymoon (our Robusta and Arabica blend), and Sunshine (100% Arabica from an IWCA women's cooperative in Son La, Vietnam). Three completely different flavour profiles to work through at their own pace.

It's a good gift for someone who's curious about coffee but doesn't have a strong preference yet, or for someone who already knows what they like and wants to explore outside it.

For the iced coffee person: The Condensed Milk Iced Coffee six-pack

Not everyone wants to brew from scratch. Our Condensed Milk Iced Coffee is the NZ Artisan Awards-winning ready-to-drink version of ca phe sua da. Six cans, 220mg of caffeine each, smooth Robusta with condensed milk. If they're the kind of person who grabs a can from the fridge on the way out the door, this is the gift.

A note on delivery

Everything ships nationwide across New Zealand. Order by the end of the week for delivery before the weekend. We ship from Auckland so North Island orders typically arrive in two to three days, South Island three to four.

Browse the full gift range at maycoffeecrew.co.nz or find our iced coffee in store at Farro Fresh, New World and PAK'nSAVE locations across Auckland and Wellington. Full stockist list here.