Nguyen Coffee Supply - Original Phin Filter: Stainless Steel 12oz Chamber 4.375 inch plate Diameter, Perfect Cup of Phin Drip Coffee in 7 minutes [12 oz]

After traveling to Vietnam and trying the coffee, I was obsessed! There had to be something I could find to satisfy my Vietnamese coffee craving and this is what I discovered! After a quick google search I this company. They’re extremely knowledgeable and have great tools and tips on YouTube for using their product. They make it easy to duplicate the taste and flavors of Vietnam in your own home. Works great and easy to clean and use! It is just the right size for fitting on a regular coffee mug but not for some of the other small ones. Overall a good purchase!

Pros: Makes decent coffee. All metal, no plastic, and dishwasher safe. Cons: Metal gets hot. Hand washing is messy. Slow. Brew: Coffee produced, admittedly will vary a lot with measurements and roasts, but compared to a cone+filter drip seems to be darker, with more sediments. It also is quite slow (I didn't adjust grind or 15g:1g ratio), but flavor-wise this is not comparable. That is, though it may take 3x longer, it only tastes perhaps 1.5x stronger. The coffee is filtered by two layers of perforated metal (one on the saucer, one on the cup), vs a mesh or screen or paper filter. This allows an amount of grounds or particles to fall through to the cup. Materials: While the metal construction is nice for avoiding plastic, it is however not particularly finely crafted. The handle is attached by a spot weld which feels like it could detach with enough time and wear. The edges of the metal lid, which aren't turned over like the rest are rough. The metal is thin, but sturdy enough (other than the handle attachment). The metal understandably heats up from the hot water. The handle helps with the cup, but the lid and saucer are very hot to the touch if you don't allow extra time for them to cool. Cleanup: As mentioned the entire set becomes hot to the touch when brewing. Since the coffee flows slowly between the cup and the saucer perforations, if you lift the cup there is sometimes leftover coffee which can cause suction or dripping. The lid can be used to catch leftover drips, but again the saucer piece and lid both get very hot, and the while the indent of the saucer helps keep it over the mug, it must be lifted off by the rim. While you can knock out the grounds, without a filter acting as release, the coffee sticks to all surfaces of the cup. The weight you add to keep the grounds at the bottom does not prevent grounds from flowing above in the water, so is also covered in grounds. It is also very hot after brewing and must be removed before trying to knock out the grounds. So typically I will try to quickly transfer everything to a separate saucer, let it cool on it's own completely (assuming I'm only making one cup), and later come back to remove the tamp, knock out extra grounds, but then still need to rinse out remaining grounds and wash everything. It is easy to wash, just messy with all the coffee going everywhere. Ultimately, makes decent coffee, albeit rather slowly. Hard to handle while hot. Build quality is... fine. Easy to clean if you don't mind wet coffee grounds getting everywhere. While all the pictures promote this as fancy cafe barista coffee, this is more like a "works well enough" device fit for camping and calloused fingers.

Makes excellent coffee

I love this phin, I’ve used it about 5-6 times since purchasing. It’s a little messy to clean out the grinds for every brew, so if that doesn’t appeal to you I would skip this. I however don’t mind and think it’s worth the extra effort. I got so tired of instant coffee, and this has made my mornings much better!

Best purchase ever i love it 😀