A new Vietnamese-inspired coffee roaster experience is preparing to open in Austin’s Mueller neighborhood, bringing an authentic phin-brewing tradition to one of the city’s most community-driven developments. C.mores Coffee Roasters plans to open at 1414 E. 51st St. within the Solomon development, a mixed-use project at the gateway to Mueller that places the café steps from hundreds of residential units. With an opening expected around October 2026, pending permits.
What Now Austin reached out to founder Tram Vo and co-founder Bao Phan, who said the location was a deliberate choice. “We weren’t just looking for foot traffic; we were thinking in community. Mueller is a neighborhood where people actually live, walk, and know each other. That matters to us, because Vietnamese coffee culture is really about connection: sitting down, slowing down, sharing a slow drip with someone.”
At the heart of C.mores is the phin filter, a traditional Vietnamese brewing method that produces a slow, concentrated drip. The café works with both Robusta and Arabica beans, pairing the bold, full-bodied profile of Robusta, central to Vietnamese coffee tradition, with the Arabica-based espresso drinks familiar to most American coffee drinkers.
The team also roasts its own beans in-house. “Every cup has a story behind it,” Phan told What Now Austin.
The founder and co-founder described their vision as something more than a café concept. “C.mores started with a simple mission: to share real Vietnamese coffee culture, not a trend, but a tradition,” they said to What Now Austin. “Our goal is for C.mores to be the place where this community discovers Vietnamese coffee and, honestly, where they feel at home.”
The Solomon location places C.mores in a rapidly growing corridor that has become one of Austin’s most walkable and resident-oriented neighborhoods, offering the kind of built-in community the founders said they were looking for from the start.
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