How to make Vietnamese coffee

PLEASE BEAR IN MIND THAT THIS TUTORIAL SHOWS YOU HOW TO MAKE A PERFECT HOT AND STRONG COFFEE SHOT. IF YOU WANT IT MILDER POUR IN 60 TO 80 ML OF HOT WATER (80 degrees) THEN ADD SOME ICE. THIS SHOT MIGHT CAUSE INCREASE IN YOUR HEART RATE AND BLOOD PRESSURE FOR A WHILE, NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PEOPLE WITH HEART DISEASE

Standard hot Vietnamese milk coffee 60 mil recipe
Ingredients and Utensils:
One Vietnamese coffee "phin"
3 teaspoons of Vietnamese coffee
2 (more if you like it sweet) teaspoons of condensed milk
Method:
1. Pre-heat the cup with hot water, pour the hot water out
2. Add coffee in the phin chamber, shake it till even
3. Put the filter on the coffee press it firmly, but don't make it too tight.
4. Add condensed milk in the cup, then place the phin on top of the cup
5. Measure 60 ml of hot water (95-100 degrees)
6. Pour 20 ml in, put cap on, wait 2 minutes for it to drain
7. Carefully pour 40 ml in, put cap on, wait for 4 or more minutes
8. Stir the condensed milk in the coffee until you feel the coffee is thick enough
Note: This is a hot coffee shot recipe, but you still can put some ice in to make a Viet ice-coffee

[EricMorin]

Brought back a phin filter from Vietnam a few years back. Didn't remember how to use it. Your video was very helpful. Many thanks!

[ollvebranch]

Literally THE most dramatic cup-of-coffee in the history of making coffee. I needed a double whiskey after watching this, I was SO tense!

[kmm]

Thank you! Just got my phin. today. Needed this vid!

[bruceleroythethird]

Wale sampled the second melody used in this video for his song Diary of A Black Girl

[peet]

There are many possible factors at play but for whatever reason this steel plate flat-bottomed filter system produces a more "rounded" filter brew taste in my experience than the conical types and the paper filter pour-overs.(Combine with a steel pot and give a little bit of heat if required to ensure piping hot coffee.)

[EdgerRel]

Great video and content. Would love to see this tightened up into a 60 second version. 

[BLEECKER]

Thank you for the video...I have a screw Phin....can you give the directions for making a 12 oz. cup of TG gourmet blend coffee..and do I need to use the condensed milk to make it drinkable ? I tried making this in my Phin with 3 teaspoons and the coffee was horrible...is the grind to fine in the bag ? Water is at the right temp. Need your help...I thank you in advance for your help....

[FlorianBoyd]

Nice video but you really could have explained the whole thing in 30 seconds.

[GeorgAuer]

I still don't understand how someone can like vietnamese coffee. They have so much tasty food in Vietnam, but the coffee... In the few weeks i've been there i drunk coffee from time to time, just to be reminded everytime how bad it is. I admit i might count as an coffee addict and that's why it was hard for me living without a proper one. No really, i did not drink one good coffee there. Vietnamese coffee is unfit for consumption without milk, and combined with condensed milk it is just worse (sugary slime).
Nevertheless, i found a way to drink it after all: with little condensed milk, an additional half of water and lots of ice.
It seems to me that this is pretty far away from coffee, which i normally enjoy black..
But if i ever feel really desperate, thanks to this video i now know how to reproduce it.

[bbmcrae]

I got married and had kids during the length of this video. But the kids like the coffee. Goodbye, I have to die now.

[AnthonyNguyenPapabear]

I made this video from my lens test footage, I have no experience in neither filming nor film editing, I like this Amélie soundtrack and I tried my best to make this video. Keyboard warriors with mean comments from Boing Boing dot net or whatever it is. If you didn't contribute better videos with better recipe, please GTFO  

[nhoxfox]

what an useful video!
but i'd like to advice some of my trick
before u pour 60ml hot water into the filter, u should pour hot water into the cap, then put the filter on the cap, and a little more like 20ml into the filter for 2-3 minutes
by this way, coffee powder would be hotten, and grow its volume
then u press it firmly again
now put the filter on the cup and pour 60ml hot water and wait to enjoy

[toniarichard]

Wonderful!!! I nominate for an Oscar. The best Indie instructional video I've ever had the pleasure to watch.

[jworne]

Using your exact measurements I was able to get the exact flavour I was use to in Vietnam. So far at home I was getting weak coffee and thought it was the type of coffee I bought. Thanks!

My daughter bought me a brewer while she was in Viet Nam. She gave it to me for a Christmas present. Now I know how to use it properly.
Thank you for posting the video.

[lagurriss]

*happy sigh* just felt my anxiety melt away with the visuals and soundtrack ☕☺️

[abelsumanas]

Quick tip: dip your spoon for condensed milk in hot water and it will make pouring sticky condensed milk easier. The milk would slid off the spoon easily especially if it has sat in the fridge for too long

[lavwrenbeeh]

Wish i has seen this first. I got my first stainless filter today.... I've only burnt myself four times already. smells so good though!

[ElleUnter]

This is a gem. Beautifully produced, and such a great cup at the end. Thanks so much for showing the full process with so much care.

[wasabikimji]

Thank you for making such lovely how-to video. The music really makes this coffee making time feel so relaxing and enjoyable. Your work is beautiful even though you mentioned that you don’t have filming or post editing background. It’s simple and easy to understand.

These days, people want information fast right at their fingertips that they forgot how to slow down and enjoy simple things in life.

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