How to make a hot or iced Vietnamese coffee.

Chilled coffee drinks are popular in South Asia where temperature are high for months at a time and is more popular chilled, however a hot Vietnamese coffee is just as good when you crave a warm coffee on a chilly day. This espresso type of coffee is easy to make with your existing espresso machine and is a tasty way to take the bitterness out of straight espresso.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Expresso Machine
• Expresso
• Spoon
• Condensed Milk
• Mug
• Ice

1. Typical Espresso Machine Make the espresso with your existing espresso machine.
2. Pour fresh espresso into mug.
   For iced Vietnamese coffee add to a chilled mug.
3. Condensed Milk can also be purchesed in a tube for easier handling and storage. Stir espresso while adding a teaspoon of condensed milk. Keep stirring until all condensed milk is mixed into espresso. This takes a minute or two because of the thickness of the condensed milk.
4. Add ice if you desire.

Tips & Warnings

• Stirring espresso vigorously is important to get the condensed milk off the bottom of the mug.
• If you add the condensed milk before pouring in the espresso it will take a bit longer to mix properly.