Akhanay Coffee Roasters

Akhanay is a coffee truck in the Armadillo Climbing Gym lot. Jerry, the owner, sourced beans in Southeast Asia before parking on Camden Street, which is why the menu reads more like a Hanoi or Bangkok counter than a Texas drive-up. He roasts the beans himself. Hanoi egg coffee runs on weekends only. The matcha comes three ways: pandan, coconut water, mango. Es yen and Thai iced coffee anchor the regular menu, the oat chai cold brew gets ordered by people who do not know what else to try, and the Nitro Shandy is the order to make when it is hot. Bao buns handle the food side, steamed fresh, and they are the second reason regulars come back. The setup is a walk-up window with a covered picnic table for hanging out. Climbers come down from Armadillo and order before or after a session. San Antonio drinkers who want Southeast Asian coffee styles drive in for it. The energy at the truck is half the reason people stay, and Jerry behind the counter is the energy. He will talk through the menu if you have not ordered an egg coffee before. He will tell you what es yen is. He will recommend the pandan matcha over the mango if it is your first visit, and the regulars second the move. Hole-in-the-wall is the word customers reach for, and the friendly stop description is the one that stays. The trade-offs are honest. There is no wifi. There is limited shade. There is no indoor seating because there is no indoor, and on a hot Texas afternoon the covered picnic table will only carry you so far. If you wanted a cafe to sit and work in, this is not the address. If you wanted Hanoi egg coffee in San Antonio on a Saturday morning, served from a truck by a person who sourced and roasted the bean himself, this is the address. Climb first. Eat after. The bao bun and the egg coffee is the lineup, and the Nitro Shandy is the variation on a hot day.