Morning Notes

Glass vs. Steel: What Actually Changes When You Can See Your Coffee Brew

An honest comparison of glass and stainless steel phin filters: what's different, what isn't, and what actually matters for how your coffee turns out. Read more...

Slow Living Doesn't Need an Aesthetic. It Needs Something to Watch.

Slow living is everywhere online, but most of it is styling, not practice. Here's the case for watching a cup of coffee drip through glass instead. Read more...

Why We Made the Vietnamese Phin in Glass

Most phin filters are stainless steel. Bonsbons makes the original glass phin instead. Here's why that choice matters more than it seems. Read more...

A Short History of Phin

How the Vietnamese phin came to exist, and how a piece of colonial-era improvisation became one of Vietnam's most enduring rituals. Read more...

An Ode to Home

Xin chào! We’re Vi and Việt—two friends who share a passion for art, music, and design. What started as long conversations about creativity and slowing down has become our little... Read more...