Quick Vietnamese Iced Coffee

If you are thinking that this is an authentic recipe for Vietnamese Iced Coffee, then let me tell you that it is not. It is Quick Vietnamese Iced Coffee, a quicker version to the original. Honestly, I have been meaning to try Vietnamese Iced Coffee for a while. I finally tried it at a local Viet Pho Place and I loved it.

If you ask me about the authentic recipe, then go check out White on Rice Couple ‘s Easy Vietnamese Iced Coffee. I love this blog for their easy take on authentic Asian recipes.

While they posted “Easy” version, I am bringing the “Quick” version. You will love it for the fact that it is just a 2 INGREDIENTS RECIPE. Just a warning in advance – It is rich, decadent and so addictive. 😉

Vietnamese Iced Coffee is known as ca phe da or café da in Vietnamese, which literally means Iced Coffee. Vietnamese Iced Coffee is made with using medium to coarse ground DARK ROAST Veitnam grown Coffee and a metal DRIP FILTER, known as phin ca phe. After the hot water is added, the drip filter releases drops of hot coffee slowly into a cup. This finished cup of hot coffee is then quickly poured into a glass full of ice making the finished Vietnamese iced coffee.

A popular way to drink Vietnamese coffee is cà phê sữa đá, which is Vietnamese iced coffee with sweetened condensed milk. This is done by filling up the coffee cup with about 2-3 tablespoons (more if you like your coffee on the sweeter side) of sweetened condensed milk prior to the drip filter process. [This above information is extracted from Wikipedia]

As you see that neither I was born in Vietnam nor do I have authentic metal coffee drip filter, I did what I do the best. I made the Quick and easy version with whatever I had in hand. I used Brewed Iced Coffee, which I had picked from local coffee brewers from the Farmers’ Market and canned condensed milk. Voila, you can’t beat that, can you? The result was this amazing Iced Coffee, Viet Style made with American Ingredients. The only drawback was – lot of stirring. Well, be smart and use blender instead of stirring separately.

Here is what you might need to order via amazon to make this recipe. Ordering as suggested will help me earn a meagre commission to keep the blog running.

Vietnamese Coffee Filter (if you plan to make the coffee original way)

Vietnamese coffee

Instant Coffee powder

Cold Brew Coffee

Check out my Quick Iced Coffee before you indulge in Quick Vietnamese Iced Coffee. I am going to post 2 ways to make this coffee, so you may pick and choose whichever suits you the most.

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Quick Vietnamese Iced Coffee

A quicker version of very popular Iced Coffee from Vietnam, made with only 2 ingredients.

Course Drinks

Cuisine Vietnamese

Prep Time 10

Total Time 10

Servings

Author Sonal Gupta @ simplyvegetarian777

Ingredients

Method 1 Ingredients

Cold Brew Coffee - 1/2 cup
Condensed Milk - 1/4 cup or more to taste
Ice cubes to fill 3/4th of the 2 of the glasses 8 ounces each

Method 2 Ingredients

Ground coffee - 1 tbsp or more to taste if you like it strong
Condensed Milk - 4 tbsp or more to taste
Ice cubes to fill 3/4th of the 2 of the glasses 8 ounces each

Method 3 Ingredients

Instant Coffee powder - 1&1/2 tbsp dissolved in 1 cup of hot water
Condensed Milk - 4 tbsp or more to taste
Ice cubes to fill 3/4th of the 2 of the glasses 8 ounces each

Instructions

Method 1 ( I used this method)

Fill up your 2 glasses with ice cubes, till they are 3/4th filled.
Now pour 1/4th cup of Cold Brew Coffee in 2 glasses.
Add the condensed milk to the sweetness as desired.
Stir, Stir and Stir till dissolved. On the other note, add cold brew coffee, condensed milk and 1/2 the ice in blender and blitz till all is dissolved.
Pour in iced glasses and enjoy.

Method 2

Make 1 cup hot coffee in your coffee maker. Use medium to ground good quality coffee.
Cool it and then mix it with condensed milk and stir. Alternatively, use the blender to make the Iced Vietnamese Coffee.
Pour on iced glasses and enjoy.

Method 3

Make1 cup hot coffee with instant coffee powder. When it is cooled down, mix with condensed milk and pour on iced glasses. Alternatively, use the blender to make a smooth coffee. Pour on iced glasses and enjoy.

NOTE

You can make it ahead of time and refrigerate. Whenever you crave for some, just take it out and pour in an iced glass and enjoy Quick Iced Vietnamese Coffee.

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