Vietnam and Korea both have a history of importing coffee during the process of becoming colonial countries. During this period, due to the influence of social and historical background, there were similarities and differences in the coffee consumption culture of the people of both countries, which influenced the coffee consumption habits and tastes of coffee in both countries nowadays. So far, many existing studies on coffee consumption culture in Korea and Vietnam have been conducted from the perspective of examining the history or space of modern coffee, but the comparative studies on coffee consumption culture between the two countries based on the coffee consumption culture from the late modern period have not been discussed much. This study approaches the characteristics of the coffee consumption cultures of Korea and Vietnam during the late modern period (from the late 19th century to the mid-20th century), which was the early stage of the formation of coffee culture in Korea and Vietnam, then analyzes the similarities and differences between two countries. In both countries' coffee consumption culture during this period, coffee was applied as a symbolic ‘distinguishing’ substance that implied the upper class, intellectuals, and colonizers at that time and differentiated them from the common class and colonized people. On the other hand, the influx of coffee into Korea and Vietnam began with the colonial experience but recorded different characteristics in the two countries. As Korea- Vietnam diplomatic relations celebrate the 31st anniversary and various cultural exchanges and acculturation phenomena between the two countries are being recorded, this study hopes to contribute more mutual perspectives and perceptions in related future cultural exchange activities between the two countries.