Founder and CEO Sahra Nguyen said, “In a category often called “crowded,” we’re thrilled to be recognised for our product innovations offering more flavour and function to consumers through our focus on robusta coffee as a core ingredient and differentiator.”

In 2023, Nguyen Coffee Supply became the first Vietnamese coffee ready-to-drink brand to receive national distribution from Whole Foods Market. Nguyen Coffee Supply also ships direct-to-customers in all 50 states and internationally to Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Singapore, and the UK and is available online on Amazon. Products are also available in restaurants and cafés in New York City, Washington D.C., Seattle, Kansas City and sold in FreshDirect, Gorillas, and Weee!

Nguyen Coffee Supply is leading the way and ushering in the next wave of coffee culture rooted in uplifting the robusta coffee species and historically marginalised coffee communities around the world. Importing directly from the source and roasting in Brooklyn, New York, Nguyen Coffee Supply’s mission is to transform the coffee industry through diversity, sustainability and cultural integrity. Founded in 2018 by 1st generation entrepreneur-activist Sahra Nguyen, the company’s mission is to elevate robusta coffee (the dominant coffee bean grown in Vietnam), while building a diverse and inclusive coffee culture for all.

Nguyen Coffee Supply’s latest product innovation, the Vietnamese coffee Ready to Drink (RTD), is now available in over 1,000 retail doors nationally.

Nguyen Coffee Supply can be enjoyed in a wide array of styles including the traditional cà phê sữa đá (Vietnamese coffee with sweetened condensed milk and ice) as well as the pour over, Chemex, French press, drip, and espresso.

Learn more at Nguyen Coffee Supply.

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The founders cross all industries with their own individual success stories. They are reinventing everything from shoes to food and are challenging issues like financial literacy and reproductive health.

Sahra Nguyen, founder & CEO of Nguyen Coffee Supply, shares the cover of Inc. Magazine with Eva Longoria, Lena Waithe, Kim Abrams, and Jaymee Messler as one of the magazine’s featured Female Founders 200. This recognition comes after several wins for Sahra’s specialty coffee brand this year, as she continues to change the narrative around robusta coffee throughout the US and lead the next wave of coffee to uplift the most marginalised coffee communities around the world.

“Through this incredible honour and recognition, I’m thrilled to amplify our mission to build a more equitable coffee industry and invest in the most disenfranchised coffee community: robusta farmers worldwide,” says Sahra Nguyen.

Nguyen Coffee Supply is America’s first specialty Vietnamese coffee company and proud champion of the resilient robusta bean. Importing directly from the source and roasting in Brooklyn, New York, its mission is to transform the coffee industry through diversity, sustainability and cultural integrity. In addition to being a relatively unknown but delicious brew, robusta’s farming practices are more sustainable and utilise fewer pesticides. Its beans, higher in caffeine content, are lower in fats and sugars. Despite the coffee industry’s stigma against the robusta species which excluded robusta farming communities from entering specialty coffee markets, Nguyen Coffee Supply set out to change the narrative, educate consumers and expand the coffee conversation to be inclusive of robusta. Vietnam is the second largest producer of coffee in the world (and the leading producer of robusta beans) and yet the nation has not played a significant role in specialty coffee culture — a sector estimated at $25 billion in the US.

In 2021, Nguyen graced the cover of Food & Wine magazine as one of their “25 Game Changers,” and has been featured in the The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Forbes, VICE, Fortune, CBS Saturday Morning, and recently the front page of Wall Street Journal. In 2020, Imbibe Magazine featured Sahra Nguyen as one of the #Imbibe75 — people, places, and directions that will shape the way you drink in 2020.

Nguyen Coffee Supply ships to customers in all 50 states and internationally to Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Singapore, UK and is available in restaurants and cafés in New York City, Washington DC, Seattle, Kansas City, as well as at all Neighbourhood Goods locations nationally. It is also sold in Whole Foods, FreshDirect, Gorillas, Weee! and more. Nguyen Coffee Supply can be enjoyed in a wide array of styles including the traditional cà phê sữa đá (Vietnamese coffee with sweetened condensed milk and ice) as well as the pour over, Chemex, French press, drip, espresso and as a canned ready to drink cold brew. Learn more at Nguyen Coffee Supply.

Each year, Inc. editors review thousands of applications highlighting female founders who are challenging the status quo and tackling some of the world’s biggest problems. The list features women who have overcome challenges and lifted those around them, while leading impactful organisations across the country. Sahra Nguyen joins the ranks of previous honourees including Jessica Alba, Tracee Ellis Ross, Rihanna, and Shonda Rhimes.

“These 200 female founders have identified solutions to difficult problems and created valuable, industry-changing companies out of them. We congratulate this year’s list on their achievements and look forward to their continued success,” says Inc. editor-in-chief Scott Omelianuk.

To see the complete list, go to: inc.com/female-founders.

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Farmed in the Central Highlands of Vietnam, this new 100% anaerobic robusta coffee is processed carefully with the anaerobic method: handpicked from trees grown in basaltic soil, fermented for eight days, and sun dried for an additional 25 days prior to roasting.  As a result, the coffee develops unique levels of sweetness and fruitiness, causing this blend to have tasting notes of candied orange peel, passion fruit, and clove. This anaerobic robusta coffee is Q certified robusta with a score of 85.25, indicating that it is a fine robusta coffee, as Nguyen Coffee Supply reimagines the robusta experience.

While there have been plenty of anaerobic arabica coffees in the premium coffee world, robusta has historically not received the same attention and care in the American market. Nguyen Coffee Supply, aims to flip the narrative, making this an exciting premium release for the coffee connoisseurs. After debuting this roast at the Barista Championship (category of the U.S. Coffee Championships), Nguyen Coffee Supply is advancing to the finals in Portland at the Specialty Coffee Expo with this rare coffee, surpassing their arabica counterparts and bringing Vietnamese coffee in the spotlight.

Since 2018, Nguyen Coffee Supply has been a fierce advocate and champion of the resilient robusta bean with the Los Angeles Times hailing “Nguyen has emerged as the leading voice for Vietnamese craft coffee in the U.S.” In addition to being a relatively unknown but delicious brew, robusta’s farming practices are more sustainable and utilize fewer pesticides. Its beans, higher in caffeine content, are lower in fats and sugars. Despite the coffee industry’s stigma against the robusta variety which excluded robusta farming communities from entering specialty coffee markets, Nguyen Coffee Supply set out to change the narrative, educate consumers and expand the coffee conversation to be inclusive of robusta. Vietnam is the second largest producer of coffee in the world (and the leading producer of robusta beans) and yet the nation has not played a significant role in specialty coffee culture — a sector estimated at $25 billion in the U.S.

Nguyen Coffee Supply ships to customers in all 50 states and internationally to Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Singapore, U.K. and is available in restaurants and cafés in New York City, Washington D.C., Seattle, Kansas City, as well as at all Neighborhood Goods locations nationally. It is also sold in Whole Foods, FreshDirect, Gorillas, Weee! and more. Nguyen Coffee Supply can be enjoyed in a wide array of styles including the traditional cà phê sữa đá (Vietnamese coffee with sweetened condensed milk and ice) as well as the pour over, Chemex, French press, drip, espresso and cold brew. Learn more at Nguyen Coffee Supply.

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Nguyen Coffee Supply will launch several RTD coffee products this year, with the first one being a Classic Black Cold Brew. Nguyen Coffee Supply’s first Ready-To-Drink is made with 100% natural ingredients, with no sugar added and is dairy-free/vegan, gluten-free and shelf stable.

Nguyen Coffee Supply founder, Sahra Nguyen said, “After studying the RTD coffee market in the U.S. for years, I could only find “100% arabica” or nondescript blends. We’re excited to show the world the potential of Vietnam’s beloved robusta.”

On a mission to uplift the resilient robusta bean and bring Vietnamese coffee to the masses, Nguyen Coffee Supply is proud to disrupt the RTD coffee category with this bold & delicious new product innovation.  Nguyen Coffee Supply continues to transform the coffee industry through diversity, sustainability, and cultural integrity.

Since 2018, Nguyen Coffee Supply has been an advocate of the resilient robusta bean. In addition to being a relatively unknown but delicious brew, robusta’s farming practices are more sustainable and utilize fewer pesticides. Its beans, higher in caffeine content, are lower in fats and sugars. Despite the coffee industry’s stigma against the robusta variety which excluded robusta farming communities from entering specialty coffee markets, Nguyen Coffee Supply set out to change the narrative, educate consumers and expand the coffee conversation to be inclusive of robusta. Vietnam is the second largest producer of coffee in the world (and the leading producer of robusta beans) and yet the nation has not played a significant role in specialty coffee culture–a sector estimated at $25 billion in the U.S.

Nguyen Coffee Supply’s mission to build a more diverse, inclusive and equitable coffee trade has taken the industry by storm–leading to several monumental wins. In July 2021, Food & Wine featured founder, Sahra Nguyen, on the cover of their magazine as a “Game Changer” changing the industry. In June 2022, Nguyen Coffee Supply effectively changed Whole Foods’ policy on robusta coffee beans and became the first coffee company to proudly & transparently sell 100% robusta coffee beans in Whole Foods. This systemic change will unlock a pathway for robusta farming communities around the world to also enter the specialty coffee market and elevate their livelihoods.  Nguyen Coffee Supply also recently published their first Sustainability Report and launched The Robusta Pledge, a global initiative to re-evaluate the inequities and biases within the coffee community and work towards building a more inclusive, equitable and sustainable coffee future. The Robusta Pledge has already received hundreds of signatures from people all across the coffee industry.

Nguyen Coffee Supply ships to customers in all 50 states and internationally to Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Singapore, UK  and is available in restaurants and cafés in New York City, Washington D.C., Seattle, Kansas City, as well as at all The Wing locations nationally. It is also sold in Whole Food, Fresh Direct, Gorillas, Say Wee and more.  Nguyen Coffee Supply can be enjoyed in a wide array of styles including the traditional  cà phê sữa đá (Vietnamese coffee with sweetened condensed milk & ice)  as well as the pour over, chemex, french press, drip, espresso and cold brew. Learn more at Nguyen Coffee Supply.

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Sahra will share her unconventional journey from documentary filmmaker to Vietnamese coffee importer and roaster, and more so, a champion of the robusta bean and less recognized coffee growing regions, such as Southeast Asia. When she noticed that the Vietnamese coffee industry, and more specifically, the robusta bean were excluded from the global coffee conversation she set out to change the narrative. Breakfast attendees will hear about the challenges and deep rooted industry preconceptions Nguyen faced on her path to bring Vietnamese coffee and robusta beans to mainstream coffee consumers.

“Working with IWCA, specifically IWCA Vietnam Chapter, has allowed me to deepen my work in the coffee industry through creating a pipeline for shared knowledge,” said Nguyen. “For us, as a direct-trade importer and roaster, we need to understand the needs and challenges of farming communities and how we can help fill the gaps. For the producers, it’s understanding the standards of global markets and how they can evolve their growing practice to increase opportunities. With a direct relationship we’re able to work closely together to achieve our goals; and through a global network like IWCA, we’re able to ensure that women producers all around the world receive the attention and support they deserve.”

IWCA executive director, Dr Sarada Krishnan, says she is looking forward to connecting with industry supporters and partners at the breakfast and listen to Sahra Nguyen share how she is empowering producers through direct partnerships. “The annual breakfast at SCA offers us an opportunity to showcase some of the amazing work by women in coffee,” said Dr Krishnan. “At this year’s breakfast, we are thrilled to have Sahra Nguyen as our keynote speaker. Her story from filmmaker to coffee entrepreneur promoting her cultural heritage will leave all of us inspired and provoke conversation on how we define specialty coffee.”

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