Brown café is
one of Cambodia’s most recognisable brands. The brains behind Brown are five
young Cambodian men, all under 30. Its co-founders are high school friends,
each of whom has spent time studying abroad, and each one of them bring a
different skill-set to the table.
Simple, pretty, and sweet yet could be strong, sophisticated, harsh, sharp, and bitter, creative fluid, describes coffee's unique characters.
With the popularity of
iced drinks to ease the tropical climate here - which Brown, with its offerings
of iced teas and coffees, frappes and smoothies, certainly recognizes - you
might wonder why the company bothers with hot drinks at all.
What of the name “Brown”?
It seems so… well, English. But translated into Khmer, it’s “t’not” - also the
name of Cambodia’s beloved national sugar palm tree. Rather like the coffee
shops themselves, it’s a catchy name for the expats to remember - all the while
remaining deceptively Cambodian.
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