Vietnamese Iced Coffee (Cà Phê Sữa Đá) with a Phin
By Joe
Source: Serious Eats — Vy Tran, Vietnamese Coffee.
A vietnamese coffee recipe for 2 servings, written from a single tested source, with times and temperatures kept as the source set them.
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Method
- 1
Mix. Lift the lid and the metal press off the phin. Tip in ground coffee to brewing chamber and shake lightly to distribute uniformly. Lightly push the screen back on till you meet some resistance. (Don’t push this screen all this way down, as it will lift longer for coffee to drip plus result in an extra strong brew.) Put lid underneath filter plus set on a plate big enough to hold the filter plus lid so it can catch any spilled coffee. Tip in 1/4 cup (60ml) hot water and let steep till coffee grounds have absorbed all the water plus turn black, around 5 minutes. Put condensed milk in a glass big enough in order to hold 8 to 12 ounces while coffee steeps. Put filter over glass containing condensed milk. Tip in leftover 1/4 cup (60ml) hot water plus any coffee that seeped out during steeping process. Let coffee to drip till all liquid has emptied, 7 to 10 minutes. (If it stops dripping because this screen was screwed upon too firmly, lightly loosen the screen.) Remove filter. Mix coffee and sweetened condensed milk to mix. Add ice, mix, and eat at once.
Storage
Keep covered and eat within a few days; freeze leftovers if the dish allows it.
EU nutrition claims
- Low salt: 0.1 g salt per 100 ml (limit ≤ 0.3 g)
Per 100 ml of the finished dish, worked out from the nutrition per serving and the lowest likely cooked weight (about 70 ml a serving), so the true values are, if anything, lower. Thresholds from the Annex to EU Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006. How we decide
Caffeine · Free sugars
- Per serving: at least 48 mg caffeine (serving: 1 glass (120 ml coffee)). Source: about 120 ml brewed per serving × USDA FDC SR Legacy #171890 (brewed coffee, 40 mg/100 g) This brew uses more coffee per ml than standard brewed coffee, so the real amount is likely higher..
- Scaling: making more servings does not change the caffeine in each serving; what counts is how many servings you drink in a day. 1 serving: 48 mg · 2 servings: 96 mg · 3 servings: 144 mg · 4 servings: 192 mg.
- General guideline: EFSA Scientific Opinion on the safety of caffeine (2015): for healthy adults, up to 200 mg in a single dose and up to 400 mg per day do not raise safety concerns. 1 serving = 12 % of 400 mg. EFSA
11.3 g per serving
22.6 % of the 50 g daily maximum · 45.2 % of the ideal 25 g
Free sugars under 50 g a day, ideally about 25 g, based on WHO free-sugar guidance (not endorsed by WHO). The share shown is the share of one serving. WHO
Equipment
- mixing bowl
- scales
Nutrition per serving Calculated from USDA FoodData Central
| Per serving | Amount |
|---|---|
| Energy | 66 kcal |
| Protein | 1.6 g |
| Carbohydrate | 11.3 g |
| of which sugars | 11.3 g |
| of which free sugars | 11.3 g |
| Fat | 1.8 g |
| of which saturates | 1.1 g |
| Fibre | 0 g |
| Salt | 0.07 g |
Protein per 100 kcal
2.4 g High protein needs ≥ 5 g per 100 kcal (20% of energy) and ≥ 10 g per serving
Calculated from USDA FoodData Central ingredient values
