Nestled in a small alley lined with green trees and colourful flowers, Àla coffee residing at K113/27 Nguyen Chi Thanh, Hai Chau District, Da Nang is a tranquil little corner for customers to sip a cup of coffee, listen to music, peruse a few pages of a book, or simply take a seat in the attic and feast eyes on the dusk.

A corner of Ala coffee. Photo: Nhat Le

Ala chooses white colour as its main tone, accented by rustic brown wooden materials to bring a modern, impressive and cosy space for visitors. In addition to taking advantage of natural light, Àla is also arranged with numerous green trees so that customers always be immersed in nature in the heart of Da Nang.

Besides, Àla attracts the attention of young adults thanks to its balcony attic which is arranged some small coffee tables beneath the roof of the coffee shop to create a unique space for eying down to deep alley lined with trees and flowers. Aside from the purpose of enjoying coffee, many young people also choose Àla since they want to "check-in" in this distinctive attic.

According to Mr Doan Anh Tuan the owner of Àla, he wanted to create the most minimalistic space possible for customers to enjoy delicious, clean, healthy Vietnamese coffee selected from local quality coffee farms all over the country. Therefore, Àla was designed to take advantage of the roof system of the old house, the wooden slats planed into tables and chairs with many different styles.

On top of that, Ala coffee focuses on the quality of coffee. Therefore, it also has a small coffee roaster supplying coffee beans to domestic and international customers. The owner of Ala is especially interested in music so light and cheerful songs are usually played in the morning while melodious songs are played in the afternoon and a bit of Rock, Jazz music will serve customers at night.

On rainy and cold days, people coming to Ala can choose coffee with a combination of milk, cream, passionate herbal wine or red wines brewed with grapes, oranges, apples, or hot chocolate mixed with milk cream wine, egg coffee.

Reporting by NHAT LE- Translating by T.VY