If the striking accent lights throughout Phinesso Coffee House don’t wake you up as soon as you walk in, the aroma from their imported Robusta coffee beans will certainly do the trick. The
beans are sourced from farms in Dak Lak, Vietnam, known as the “coffee capital” of the country. You can watch firsthand as baristas at Phinesso prepare the brew using the traditional Vietnamese phin filter, a method with French roots that has been employed since the late 19th century.
Co-owners and longtime friends Vy Nguyen and Allie Ngo launched the business to address the lack of readily available Vietnamese coffee in town. “We love a good coffee,” Vy explains. “There are a lot of places in Tulsa that are great, but I just felt like there’s this lack of strong coffee.”…