My Dad's Vietnamese Coffee (Cà Phê Sữa Dá)

Vietnamese coffee in a coffee cup with a Vietnamese filter on top.

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My Dad's Vietnamese Coffee (Cà Phê Sữa Dá)

Vietnamese iced coffee is a drink I associate most with my dad because he made it best. For him, making Ca Phe Sua Da (as he likes to call it) was a ritual. In this blog post, read all about how he makes it the authentic Vietnamese way.

Prep Time5

Cook Time5

Course: Drinks

Cuisine: Vietnamese

Diet: Gluten Free, Vegetarian

Keyword: ca phe sua da, how to make Vietnamese coffee, Vietnamese coffee, Vietnamese coffee recipe, Vietnamese iced coffee

Servings: person

Calories: 128kcal

Author: Becca Du

Equipment

Vietnamese Coffee Filter

Ingredients

1 ¼ cups water
2 tbsp ground coffee
2 tbsp condensed milk

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Boil 1 1/4 cups of water.
Scoop 2 tbsp of coffee into the Vietnamese coffee filter. Place the coffee filter on top of a cup.
Pour the boiling water into the coffee filter without overfilling it. Do this a few times until you run out of water.
In a second cup, add 2 tbsp of condensed milk. Adjust the amount of condensed milk based on your sweetness preferences.
Place the coffee filter with the coffee still in it on top of the second cup. Pour the coffee from the first cup into the coffee filter.
Mix together the brewed coffee and condensed milk.
Optional: Pour coffee into a cup of ice and enjoy!

Notes

If you don't have a Vietnamese coffee filter, simply brew coffee in whatever way available and pour it on top of condensed milk.

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