How to Brew Vietnamese Coffee

A step-by-step guide as to how to brew your own Vietnamese coffee be it, black coffee or coffee with milk, hot coffee or iced coffee.

1/How to brew hot black coffee in a Vietnamese way using a drip filter

Step 1: Prepare your coffee cup, coffee filter (Phin Cafe) and coffee powder (finely ground or coarsely ground coffee)

A Vietnamese coffee cup

Step 2: Put the filter on top of the cup

Coffee filter

Coffee filter ontop of a cup

Filter screen (top filter) which helps to press the ground coffee tightly to make the coffee well-cooked and to control the drip speed

Step 3: Put the ground coffee into the filter: the more the stronger the coffee. Make sure you know your taste and estimate the amount of coffee needed; normally 2-3 coffee spoons full.

Ground coffee

Step 4: Put the top coffee filter on top of the ground coffee. This top filter helps to press the ground coffee down to ensure it is well cooked.

Put the top filter onto the ground coffee

Step 5: Boil drinking water and keep the water boiling for 2-3 minutes to make sure it is well cooked and hot.

Step 6: Pour a little of the boiling water onto the coffee to make sure it wet. Then use your hand to gently press the filter down. The more your press, the slower the coffee drips. If you are not sure, do it gently first and practice it differently at different times to have a feel of how it affects the dripping process.

Pour a little of boiling water over the top coffee filter