{"id":26500,"date":"2025-06-05T07:00:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T12:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/?p=26500"},"modified":"2025-10-08T09:12:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T14:12:34","slug":"chicago-mai-coffee-fundador-historia-vietnamita-alan-phung","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2025\/06\/05\/chicago-mai-coffee-founder-story-vietnamese-alan-phung\/","title":{"rendered":"De una taza de caf\u00e9 con mi padre a la creaci\u00f3n de un negocio: La historia de Mai Coffee"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fws_69ed9fc13b168\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p>Mai Coffee no empez\u00f3 en una sala de juntas ni en una cafeter\u00eda. Empez\u00f3 en una fr\u00eda ma\u00f1ana de Chicago, con una lata naranja de caf\u00e9 vietnamita y un momento de tranquilidad entre un padre y su hijo.<\/p>\n<p>A\u00f1os despu\u00e9s, Alan Phung forma parte de un peque\u00f1o y decidido equipo que intenta dar un nuevo giro al caf\u00e9 vietnamita.<\/p>\n<p>\"Lo hemos hecho todo: probando infusiones en dormitorios, empaquetando pedidos en garajes, creando comunidad en los mercados agr\u00edcolas,\" dijo Phung.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Phung y su equipo, Thomas Nguyen, Zekang Chen y Hong-Anh Nguyen lanzaron una <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/1574677012\/mai-coffee-introducing-the-vietnamese-coffee-pouch\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Campa\u00f1a Kickstarter esta semana<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> para expandir una peque\u00f1a idea empresarial arraigada en la cultura.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"templatera_shortcode\">\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69ed9fc13c6ce\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle small\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; 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\" class=\"vc_col-sm-5 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column neg-marg no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_raw_html wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"_form_1\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.bluelena.io\/f\/embed.php?id=1\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p>\"Esto no es s\u00f3lo un negocio,\" dijo Phung. \"Es una historia de familia, resiliencia, y redescubrimiento.\"<\/p>\n<p>Borderless habl\u00f3 con Phung sobre preservar la memoria de su padre y la b\u00fasqueda de sus ra\u00edces a trav\u00e9s del caf\u00e9.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-border-radius=\"3px\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"none\" >\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy\" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"1920\" width=\"1440\" data-animation=\"none\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025_06_05_MaiCoffee_AlanFamily_01-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025_06_05_MaiCoffee_AlanFamily_01-scaled.jpeg 1440w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025_06_05_MaiCoffee_AlanFamily_01-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025_06_05_MaiCoffee_AlanFamily_01-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025_06_05_MaiCoffee_AlanFamily_01-9x12.jpeg 9w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025_06_05_MaiCoffee_AlanFamily_01-450x600.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025_06_05_MaiCoffee_AlanFamily_01-623x830.jpeg 623w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025_06_05_MaiCoffee_AlanFamily_01-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025_06_05_MaiCoffee_AlanFamily_01-960x1280.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1450px) 75vw, (min-width: 1000px) 85vw, 100vw\" \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">Alan Phung de beb\u00e9 con su madre, Lisa, y su padre, James, en 1999 en su antigua casa en el sur de Chicago.<\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Cortes\u00eda de Alan Phung<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69ed9fc13f9a2\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p>Cuando pienso en los or\u00edgenes del <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/1574677012\/mai-coffee-introducing-the-vietnamese-coffee-pouch\">Caf\u00e9 Mai<\/a>, pienso en una escalera fr\u00eda en Chicago y en una lata naranja de caf\u00e9 vietnamita.<\/p>\n<p>Una ma\u00f1ana temprano, cuando estaba en tercero o cuarto grado, mi padre, James, me pregunt\u00f3: \"Alan, \u00bfhas probado alguna vez el caf\u00e9 vietnamita?\" Sac\u00f3 esa lata naranja, prepar\u00f3 un poco, y me dio una cucharada. Nunca olvidar\u00e9 mi primer encuentro con el caf\u00e9 vietnamita.<\/p>\n<p>Mi padre lleg\u00f3 a Estados Unidos en un barco como refugiado adolescente tras la guerra de Vietnam. Lleg\u00f3 solo a los 14 a\u00f1os e intentaba terminar la secundaria. Trabajaba de noche en una pizzer\u00eda y no ten\u00eda d\u00f3nde dormir, as\u00ed que se meti\u00f3 debajo de una escalera en el fr\u00edo glacial cerca de Argyle. Esa era su vida. Estudiar de d\u00eda, trabajar de noche, y sobrevivir entre medias. Finalmente, encontr\u00f3 un camino a seguir en la escuela de oficios. All\u00ed aprendi\u00f3 a soldar y a pintar carros, habilidades que m\u00e1s tarde utilizar\u00eda en sus trabajos.<\/p>\n<p>Despu\u00e9s de que mi padre falleciera de c\u00e1ncer en diciembre de 2017, redescubr\u00ed esa lata de caf\u00e9 naranja. Se convirti\u00f3 en algo m\u00e1s que una bebida: un recuerdo, un v\u00ednculo con mis ra\u00edces, y una idea de negocio.<\/p>\n<p>En mi \u00faltimo a\u00f1o de secundaria, prob\u00e9 por primera vez una infusi\u00f3n 100% robusta, el caf\u00e9 vietnamita que sol\u00eda preparar mi padre. Su sabor intenso, oscuro, y achocolatado mezclado con leche condensada dulce como el caramelo era inolvidable. Ese sabor se convirti\u00f3 en el latido de Mai Coffee.<\/p>\n<p>Ya me interesaban las nuevas compa\u00f1\u00edas y el emprendimiento en la secundaria, pero esa peque\u00f1a cucharada de caf\u00e9 se convirti\u00f3 en un proyecto apasionante en la universidad. Empec\u00e9 a investigar qu\u00e9 hace que el caf\u00e9 vietnamita sea tan especial, sobre todo el uso de granos de robusta. El robusta es m\u00e1s achocolatado, amaderado, y terroso.<\/p>\n<p>En los \u00faltimos a\u00f1os, he hablado con propietarios de cafeter\u00edas en Vietnam y he investigado c\u00f3mo tuestan sus granos, qu\u00e9 variedades utilizan, y c\u00f3mo los preparan. Tard\u00e9 dos a\u00f1os en investigar la cata de caf\u00e9, experimentar con los tuestes, y comparar los m\u00e9todos de abastecimiento.<\/p>\n<p>Recuerdo tener una peque\u00f1a bandeja de muestras de caf\u00e9 todos los s\u00e1bados por la ma\u00f1ana durante la universidad. Sol\u00eda recorrer todos los dormitorios, presentarme, y preguntar a los estudiantes si quer\u00edan probar algunas muestras. Llegu\u00e9 a ser conocido como el \"chico del caf\u00e9\" en la Universidad de Denison. En el pen\u00faltimo a\u00f1o, empezamos a vender peque\u00f1os paquetes de caf\u00e9 en universidades y mercados de agricultores.<\/p>\n<p>Tras graduarme en 2022, regres\u00e9 a Vietnam durante tres meses. Visit\u00e9 granjas, conoc\u00ed a los agricultores, y vi de primera mano a las personas cuyo duro trabajo impulsa a la comunidad cafetera vietnamita. 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ccfic-text media-caption\">Las cerezas de caf\u00e9 se lavan en la granja de Bu\u00f4n Ma Thu\u1ed9t, Vietnam, donde Phung y Mai Coffee abastecen su producto en enero de 2025. <\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Cortes\u00eda de Alan Phung<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69ed9fc141963\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" 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Es ese lado humano que hay detr\u00e1s. Puede que hables un idioma diferente, pero tus papilas gustativas ser\u00e1n las mismas. Cuando esto trasciende la barrera del idioma  \u2014 este sabor del caf\u00e9 vietnamita \u2014  lo convierte en una bebida incre\u00edble, precisamente lo que intentamos transmitir a la gente.<\/p>\n<p>Un estudiante internacional vietnamita dio un sorbo y dijo, \"Esto sabe a casa.\"<\/p>\n<p>El futuro del caf\u00e9 est\u00e1 cambiando. El cambio clim\u00e1tico est\u00e1 dificultando el cultivo del ar\u00e1bica, y el mundo est\u00e1 empezando a mirar al robusta con nuevos ojos, ya que el robusta es un grano muy resistente \u2014 no muere f\u00e1cilmente. Pero nosotros hemos estado aqu\u00ed, haciendo el trabajo, probando los granos, contando la historia.<\/p>\n<p>Nuestra misi\u00f3n es sencilla: presentarle al mundo el alma del caf\u00e9 vietnamita y asegurarnos de que las personas que est\u00e1n detr\u00e1s de \u00e9l sean vistas, apoyadas, y celebradas.<\/p>\n<p><i>Este historia se ha realizado siguiendo el m\u00e9todo colaborativo de Borderless Magazine. Para saber c\u00f3mo creamos historias como \u00e9sta, consulta nuestra\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/segun-el-metodo\/\"><i>explicaci\u00f3n visual<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Fatema Hosseini es becaria del Roy W. Howard Investigative Reporting que cubre las comunidades inmigrantes para Borderless Magazine. 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