Something to Try - Vietnamese Iced Coffee

[micioarch]

I love vientamese coffe and I tried all the different Trung Nguyen coffe (for some time I lived in Prague and there is a big vietnamese comunity and a vietnamese market , if you need I'll give you the adress, it's far from the city center).
My favourite one is the number 3, it have a nice parfum and strong taste and the only one I really don't like is the blended one, you (I) can't recognise any taste, you (I) don't enjoy something in specific.

If anyone want to suggest different brand, I'll be happy to try it.

You need a stainless steel coffeemaker which can be found at many Asian food stores or in internet, also amazon. You’ll need one for each person because it takes between 5-15 minutes to brew a cup, depends how strong do you want it. (The time you need to wait is something I really love, for me is a ritual instead of my usal Italian Espresso)

Vietnamese coffee can be found in some asian market but also in internet for example from the site of Trung Nguyen.

You need:

- a filter, you can find two different kind with a simple press and with a screw, which I prefer, you can make the coffe stroger or lighter depending of how much you screw it on and when you find your favourite taste is easyer to reproduce.

- some vietnamese coffe

- condensed milk

- boiling water

of coures a glass and a spoon, at your choise some ice or not.

The first time I suggest you to try in some vietnamese restaruant, maybe you don't like it.

I forgot to make the picture of all the process...so for the full preparation with all the step by step images
http://blog.joshnotes.com/how-to-make-vietnamese-coffee/, you can find easily tons of different blog or forum.

Here is mine almost ready...

 

[takeshi]

I love vientamese coffe and I tried all the different Trung Nguyen coffe (for some time I lived in Prague and there is a big vietnamese comunity and a vietnamese market , if you need I'll give you the adress, it's far from the city center).
My favourite one is the number 3, it have a nice parfum and strong taste and the only one I really don't like is the blended one, you (I) can't recognise any taste, you (I) don't enjoy something in specific.

If anyone want to suggest different brand, I'll be happy to try it.

Cafe du Monde seems to be popular around here but you might have trouble finding it in Paris.

The time you need to wait is something I really love, for me is a ritual instead of my usal Italian Espresso

I've always considered espresso making to be a ritual. I've never considered wait time by itself to delineate what is or isn't a ritual.

 

[micioarch]

The espresso is also a ritual, my everyday one, and as you say it's not just the waiting time which make something a ritual, or maybe sometime yes dipends from you.

I'll try to search the Cafe du monde, I'm curious.

If any one want to share other picture of iced coffe it will be nice

 

[craig87c]

I bought Cafe du Monde coffee jus for Vietnamese iced coffe, it's about time I pick another filter up.

 

[StillShaving]

The espresso is also a ritual, my everyday one, and as you say it's not just the waiting time which make something a ritual, or maybe sometime yes dipends from you.

I'll try to search the Cafe du monde, I'm curious.

If any one want to share other picture of iced coffe it will be nice

Savoring the experience is easier when it is not routine, it is good to mix it up.
That is a nice glass and a nice cat.

 

[rxonmymind]

Nice shot! No pun intended.
I really like that coffee and drink it whenever I get a chance to be in a Vietnamese restaurant.

 

[gearchow]

I do love the occasional cafe sua da. I prefer the first way I experienced it: the ice filled glass and the glass with the condensed milk and coffee dripper. mix it yourself. These days, it usually comes pre-mixed. The result is the same, but the experience isn't.

-jim

 

[professorchaos]

Oh yes, Vietnamese iced coffee is a real treat.

 

[mikeal]

Delicious! I love this type of coffee. Wish I had some to take a picture with.

 

[Freebirth]

Just bought one of those stainless presses and a can of Cafe Du Monde the other day. This is some tasty stuff!

 

[BC1]

A double shot of espresso with sweetened condensed milk over ice works well too.

 

[rxonmymind]

I'm craving some now. Yummmy! ( I like Thai Iced tea too. Not to derail the thread.)

 

[Drybonz]

Would a standard pour-over work the same as the metal filter?

 

[StillShaving]

Would a standard pour-over work the same as the metal filter?

Yes, it should be pretty close, as the condensed milk has the most impact on the flavor. Using a french press to make a strong brew should be even more authentic, since there is no paper filtering involved. But I believe a pour over works fine, that is what I have done in the past.

 

[Drybonz]

Yes, it should be pretty close, as the condensed milk has the most impact on the flavor. Using a french press to make a strong brew should be even more authentic, since there is no paper filtering involved. But I believe a pour over works fine, that is what I have done in the past.

Thanks for the info... I will give it a shot at some point.

 

[gearchow]

Condensed milk seems a key ingredient in some S/SE asian drinks. Teh tarik for instance.

-jim