Actually the way you brew the coffee is also very important. I think 4 cups of water or half cups of coffee is too much water, 1 to 2 cups of water is enough. In Vietnam, we brew coffee in a tille tin coffee brewer that is placed right on top of a invididual glass that already had condensed milk in it. Glass holds iced coffee better than regular hot tea/coffee cup. You can use tall cup that look like glass. Literally, 4 glasses need 4 little brewers. Put 2 table spoon in each glass. Put 2 table spoons of coffee for each brewer and pour in hot water only double amount of the dried coffee or so. The very hot water abborbs into the coffee and droped down drop by drop slowly bring with it the deepest flavor. It should stop dropping when it has approximately equal the amount of condense milk; replace the brewer. Then you use a long spoon whipped the condense milk and black concentrated coffee liquid until they blend well together and you can smell its combination. Finally you pour ice on it(double the coffee and condensed milk combination). Stir the ice well until the ice melt that make the coffee become very cold and raise the coffee volumn up enough for you to "drink" it. You don't have to have the Vietnamese coffee brew, just remember to put very little water into the coffee. The more bitter the coffee drops the better. That's what make Vietnamese coffee style unique and special.
I love this I call it Thai coffee myself.For a couple of at your world market invest in the little tin covered coffee filters that sit on top of glass.Now go to Target lol and buy heavy tall glasses 20-24 oz. that fit nicely under the filter.(you'll be making these often once you've tried it) The finer the grind of coffee the stronger and better the flavor.I pour condensed milk into glasses and freeze for about an hour before starting to serve.Also if you can find smaller say 1/2"-1" ice cube trays they work better.Put the ice cubes in a small decorative bucket and allow ppl to scoop their own ice after the coffee has filtered into glasses. Enjoy!
Oh my gosh i love this! i am vietnamese and i've been drinking this since i was like 8 years old. its the perfect coffee drink ever!
SOOOO DELICIOUS! A lovely drink tp enjoy with an exotic meal.The slightest creamy sweet taste adds to the many flavours which swirl about your mouth when you take your first sip. I highly reccomend it!
I am half Asian (not Vietnamese) but have lived in Asia many years. I love Vietnamese iced coffee. Many Vietnamese prepare their coffee with Cafe du Monde coffee grounds which includes chicory. It's a vestige of their French Indo-China colonial history.
This is a very good drink on a hot day - I've been making it every day in the afternoon!
This was pretty good- however to me it just tasted like iced coffee with cream and sugar. I think I was looking for more of a Thai iced coffee flavor.
This is an excellent recipe. I even make it by the pitcher...just pour the hot coffee and sweetened condensed milk in a large glass pitcher add about 3-4 cups of ice cubes and stir briskly...it makes it the perfect consistency and it's much quicker.
This tasted good a little sweeter than normal coffee which I like. However it needed way more ice to make it an 'iced' coffee. As written it was room temperature which wasn't great. I think coffee needs to be either boiling hot or icey cold.
Either this is way too sweet or the coffee is not strong enough. The amount of condensed milk would be good if using a bitter or dark roast otherwise it should be reduced if using a milder blend. I found that it tasted like an overly sweet regular iced coffee. I will try this again if I can find those little brewers many have mentioned and the blend of coffee one reviewer mentioned. Also the ice isn't sufficient to make this cold.
