Strong coffee with sweetened condensed milk and chilled on ice makes an unbeatable southeast asian treat. Vietnamese style iced coffee ca phe sua da or cà phê sữa đá is super easy to make and all you need is a stainless steel filter that costs around 7 usd online if you live in a city with a vietnamese grocery store you will likely find them even cheaper. We learned this in vietnam and now drink almost all our espresso this way. The traditional way of making a vietnamese coffee is by using a special vietnamese coffee filter called a phin it s a cheap and flimsy contraption made of aluminium easily found at most asian grocery stores but i have also seen more fancy and upmarket stainless steel versions sold in some specialty stores. Coffee production has been a major source of income for vietnam since the early 20th century.
We were visiting friends who suggested what turned out to be a great vietnamese restaurant that served big flavorful bowls of pho and vietnamese grilled pork chops with rice noodles we make a similar vietnamese noodle salad with seared pork chops. With variations that make use of yoghurt eggs and even fruit vietnamese coffee has developed a style of its own. At its simplest cà phê đá is made using medium to coarse ground dark roast vietnamese grown coffee with a small metal vietnamese drip filter phin cà phê after the hot water is added the drip filter releases drops of hot coffee. Strong and flavourful vietnamese coffee makes converts as quickly as it raises pulses. French colonists might have introduced coffee to vietnam but the morning cup of ca phe soon became a local habit.
After an interruption during and immediately following the vietnam war production rose once again after đổi mới economic reforms making. After an interruption during and immediately following the vietnam war production rose once again after đổi mới economic reforms making. We were visiting friends who suggested what turned out to be a great vietnamese restaurant that served big flavorful bowls of pho and vietnamese grilled pork chops with rice noodles we make a similar vietnamese noodle salad with seared pork chops. Cà phê đá literally ice coffee is a traditional vietnamese coffee recipe. Strong coffee with sweetened condensed milk and chilled on ice makes an unbeatable southeast asian treat.
