Philadelphia roaster making Vietnamese coffee from robusta, based in Kensington.
Thu Pham and Raymond John met at the nonprofit 12PLUS, then started roasting in 2018 at MaKen Studios in Kensington, selling beans to cafes and online. Pham and her partners set out to show that robusta can make good Vietnamese coffee.
Beans come from farmers in Vietnam, elsewhere in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands. A cafe on Kensington Avenue opened in October 2021.
