Ice coffee in Vietnamese

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   Prepare the ingredients according to the list. There are different recipes for this drink, you can choose any according to taste and availability of products. To make ice coffee, it is better to use inexpensive coffee mixes from 100% Arabica. Since we prepare Vietnamese coffee with the addition of condensed milk, a coffee grade with 10-20% robusta is also suitable.

2. Step 2:

   

   It is better to prepare a drink from freshly ground coffee, that is, from beans, but you do not need to grind them into dust: there should be no coffee grounds in the drink. Grains are better to use medium roasting, with a very dark roasting, coffee will be bitter. Ideally, use real Vietnamese coffee, which differs from other varieties in softness, lack of sharp bitterness and a rich palette of taste sensations.

3. Step 3:

   

   I brewed coffee in Turkey, but it's better to use an aluminum coffee maker with filters, which is used in the homeland of this drink. Based on 2 teaspoons of ground coffee per 150 ml of water.And when brewing coffee in a Turk or cooking in a French press, the drink should be additionally filtered. We cool the coffee, you can do it the classic way – under natural conditions. With rapid cooling, freshly brewed coffee is instantly cooled by a heat exchange system

5. Step 4:

   

   Condensed milk should be real natural. In Vietnam, a special condensed milk is sold for such coffee. We put condensed milk in a glass. Pour in the chilled coffee, mix.

6. Step 5:

   

   You can use any ice (of any caliber), but it is better to freeze it at home and fresh from bottled water, with a mineralization of 150 mg/l.

7. Step 6:

   

   We put ice in a long narrow glass, fill the glass with two-thirds of it, pour ice with condensed milk coffee. We serve the drink to the table. Vietnamese coffee is usually served with a straw and a teaspoon. This drink differs from other coffees in taste, it harmoniously combines notes of vanilla, chocolate, caramel, spices and cream, gives a long pleasant aftertaste and perfectly quenches thirst on hot summer days. Bon appetit!