How to Brew Vietnamese Coffee
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2019
- Sahra Nguyen, founder of Nguyen Coffee Supply, demonstrates how to use the phin method to brew three types of Vietnamese coffee: hot, iced and coconut coffee! SUBSCRIBE TO FOOD52 ►► f52.co/2HN7Dp8
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Stop complaining about how she pronounce her last name, she's bending it so it's easier for others to pronounce and follow. You don't know how many times I have pronounced my name the right way and people just stare back at me asking me to repeat it for 5 more times.
My coworker, Nguyen Nguyen, felt your pain. But as a roulette dealer it weren't the worst name 🤠
I don’t prefer putting sugar on my coffee but when I visited Vietnam and tasted their local Coffee with condense milk it was really taste so good. Didn’t imagine the bitterness and sweetness combination is absolutely great.
Sahra: I appreciate the love and care you invested in instructing us in Vietnamese coffee-making techniques. My research shows that this is the most detailed recipe on the topic on RUclips (made notes while watching). Please keep doing R&D as there is always room for improvement. Thank you for your insight and warm wishes!
I just received your beans last night and made my first brew. I followed your instructions on your website, which are slightly different than your video. It was delicious! I had it over ice, but tomorrow I will have a hot cup. The process is not complicated at all, and your beans are heavenly.
That sounds great, Lisa -- glad you're enjoying!
I have never seen a cup of coffee brewed with so much love, care and precise.
Glad you enjoyed Sahra's tutorial, Sophie!
@infusion dude Is that the most constructive response you could come up with? 🙄
She's obsessed. I love her.
Hey y'all. Just a bit of info here (as there seems to be some confusion/misunderstanding). Her company has a variety of beans/roasts that are offered. They are all sourced directly from Vietnam. You can get 100% arabica, 100% robusta, and a 50/50 split. That being said, I do not know which version she decided to brew with here. I think also her point is to brew with a Vietnamese brewing device with Vietnamese beans but in a method that confirms to Specialty Coffee standards and practices (i.e. SCA temp, blooming, grinding fresh, ratios, not over roasting the beans, etc). Its a specialty coffee take on Vietnamese coffee, using Vietnam sourced beans. I see nothing wrong here.
I think people are complaining because there’re expecting cold brew or brewed coffee Instead of the way she prepared it (which is similar to a moka pot {more concentrated/full bodied coffee}) but I see nothing wrong! The problem is in America we only regard cold brew as iced coffee but in the rest of the world iced coffee can be any coffee drink that’s cold (iced latte, iced americano)
Agree on all fronts, it’s a fusion of philosophies and techniques. I really enjoyed the video. She also clearly loves her business. I found it interesting
What I miss most is having a coffee as an experience Sitting in a little plastic chair somewhere in VN Taking the time to watch motorbikes carts and bicycles pass by
Oh gosh I miss vietnam too. The food was soooo good!
Me too. I miss the same thing.
As an introvert im so happy noone is telling me - go out, see people and i have an excuse even to order coffee and noobe is asking questions 😂😂😂
Live vicariously: Max McFarlin eating his way through Vietnam: ruclips.net/channel/UC-8WbaljnjGV9F8m-ZauShw
Most Vietnamese men spend 4 hours a day sitting in little chairs drinking street coffee.
I'm obsessed with the flavor of this coffee and also using the phin to prepare it -- I prefer it over everything else I've tried.
I bought some of their coffee online, specifically the 'Loyalty' brew. It's perfect for me: low-acid and mild. I am not a coffee snob, so paying the price for this coffee is way outa my comfort zone. But I love it!!! Best coffee I have ever had.
Impressive! I love how you explained in detail it is appreciated! I love how you all taste the coffee from one cup it is so sweet of you yall. They both enjoyed a lot keep sipping😂
Some of the people in these comments complaining about sharing cups or that it is isn’t quick to drink.
People in Vietnam drink this kind of coffee while they are chilling and talking to their friends or while they are playing mahjong or a similar game. It’s not meant to be a drink you drink quickly. Life is a lot slower in Vietnam anyway.
Sharing the same cup? Well, welcome to Asia.
Sharing cup? Never heard of that, though Vietnamese coffee is indeed a slow drink to have one sip at a time and enjoy its bitterness.
Depending on the situation, but many people have it as their morning drink and there are many other way of brewing coffee.
Playing mahjong? U mean cards
@@melimited1 pretty sure, he doesn't know about Vietnamese people as much as he pretend to. And Mahjongg is not a Vietnamese thing (if it's, he used the Vietnamese name for it instead of the Chinese translation). We play cards and chess. Some drinks tea or softdrink while doing so.
Thank you! I discovered Vietnamese coffee in Houston in the 80's and have been trying to figure out how to duplicate it (unsuccessfully ) for years.
If you can't they have the instant coffee thats super famous now and in all their hotels. G7 Vietnamese Coffee.
Very close and so nice. Asian markets, special vietnamese ones should have them
You have to get the Robusta variety, not the usual Arabica that we get in western societies. Like the ones used for espressos.. ps: Robusta has almost twice the caffeine per weight than Arabica, and most importantly, it has a different flavor profile.
Let’s mix different coffee beans like this recipe: 7 robusta and 3 arabica, then add a little bit moka and culi. Cacao powder can be added to have extra fragrance and bitterness. Then roast the beans with extra heat. I believe the mixture is considered the real Viet coffee
Thank you for explaining so well. How fine should I grind the beans, & where can Vietnamese beans be bought?
I have to admit, I don't like my coffee strong, but I had this at a vietnamese restaurant and instantly fell in love. I bought some pre-assembled boxes with coffee, filters, and condensed milk packets. They were made by a female owned company out of California. I can't wait to try it. Bought a box for my sister. I think she is going to really like it. What you have going on here is very time consuming, but it makes you appreciate the flavor and experience all that much more. Makes me want to leave work to make some. Yum!
Thank you! Much appreciated for the help!
If you can't find real vietnamese coffee beans or grounds, just buy the Cafe Du Monde Coffee brand which is used in a lot of vietnamese coffee shops.
Thanks. I'll try that.
Vietnamese coffee stores do sell le café du monde but the actual coffee drinks they serve have different recipes. They mix 2 cans of café du monde with 1 box of Trung Nguyen coffee, then they store the mixture in a large jar to brew. The real signature Viet coffee must be a mixture of robusta, arabica, culi, moka beans with a little bit cacao powder, some people may add salt or butter powder too. Luxury Viet coffee may contain luwak or bourbon coffee beans
French roast Starbucks brand is the best for Viet coffee but I make that my second best! The number 1 winner is Gavina French roast. From my experience working in a pho restaurant I know how to brew it and which coffee pairs best with ca phe sua da. But to me it seems like she add too little of the coffee grounds just use 2 large scoops with the soup spoon and you’ll be good to go! That’s what I remembered my former boss was using for the coffee.
thanks for the presentation Sahra! Great stuff! i am a fan of Vietnamese coffee!
The tip is press the coffee really firm with that filter, after that pour about half of an inch of boiled water then just carefully press that filter down. Pour the water up to the top then just wait and enjoy the coffee.
The filter help the water to flow more slowly and consistently so that we can obtain all the flavor and prevent wasting coffee.
Tried both, I much preferred the screw filter one. I found that setting up the grind adjustment, then compressing it with the twist filter quite firmly made a better and consistent cup. Plus it's not as messy when cleaning up.
I have your coffee and the phin filter. Love the coffee! I was wondering if the ground coffee can be used in k-up machine - will it retain it's flavor or how will that change the flavor of the coffee?
I love vietnamese coffee, it's my fav
Your title reminded me of the time I broke my pour-over and used a coconut shell instead for weeks while I waited for a new one to ship in. Sometimes I'd use a shell I hadn't removed the meat from and my coffee would have a nice coconut flavor. #islandproblems
For all the people saying this is too involved, my daily coffee routine isn't much less complicated, and I manage to make coffee and breakfast at the same time in my morning stupor. It's only complicated the first time you do it, after that it's second nature.
Thanks for sharing, Adam! Fresh coconut-flavored coffee sounds delicious :)
You should probably address the difference between the Robusta beans used in Vietnam and other parts of Asia (and used by commercial manufacturers throughout the rest of the world to 'dilute' the more expensive Arabica beans used in premium coffees - no disparagement intended.) Just for starters, Robusta has about twice as much caffeine, but is also more bitter. Therefore the sweet condensed milk. Between the added caffeine and the sugar, there should be a significant difference in the "jump factor" in the drink. I assume your company is selling the Robusta?
In a sea of nonsense comments, sometime you found gem like this. Useful facts and info.
Looking at their website seems like a mix of both. However it was unfortunate to see the roast so light. Traditionally speaking Vietnamese coffee wouldn’t have been roasted slow with low heat(the total opposite to third wave roasting processes),with a mix of types of butter to create something similar to a French roast with a vibrant shine.
You’ll never replicate the flavour otherwise. But a good start. Hopefully they create the real deal one day.
"I assume your company is selling the Robusta?" Food 52 isn't selling the guest's coffee. Curious why you didn't visit the link to the company in the description to find your answer?
The coffee in Da Lat Vietnam was amazing i miss it and cant wait to go back.
I discovered cafe si da (not sure how to write it) when I worked in Chinatown and my Vietnamese co-worker recommended it. (And we had a Vietnamese restaurant across the street). It was a boiling hot day and I became an instant addict. However, I discovered that I had to have it first thing in the morning because caffeine-wise it was like rocket fuel and would keep me up at night if I didn't allow many hours between the drink and bedtime. My only objection to this video is that the glass is too small. The restaurant where I first had it served it in large take-out cups. Anyway, it's one of my happiest cold drink discoveries. My hat is off to the Vietnamese! Thank you!
My mother-in-law taught me how to make my coffee and it was all volume based for ingredients and you eye the water. I imagine the recipe in this videos must very especially good
Super technical, love it
Just realized I purchased coffee from you today. Looking forward to it.
i use a moka pot for my vietnamese coffee and it works quiet well. very nice!
vietnam drip is simple manual brewing but we get good coffee taste, i like it
I love her passion for perfection; &bringing something to American market
Just great..... how I can get a scale like yours ???? love it....
Wow!! Makes me want some now!!!
Very precise indeed!
For the people saying she’s using arabica beans, it’s unlikely that she is since arabica is a regularly used kind of beans in most Western countries, so why would she bother to go to Vietnam to source the robusta beans, which are predominantly used in Vietnamese coffee? She also mentioned the difference between Western coffee and Vietnamese coffee, especially the difference in the taste of the coffee itself, let alone the preparation process, so it’s very likely that she knows where the difference comes from, it’s the beans.
The comments about the way she pronounces her last name shows how petty some people are. She might have been born in the States and hence may speak broken Vietnamese, which is normal for any second-generation immigrant. Never expected to see mean and petty comments under a coffee making video but I guess anything goes.
Are you kidding me?! It’s not ok to mispronounce someone’s name let alone your own last name. SMH.
Oanh Nguyen she can pronounce her name the way she wants to.
infusion dude That’s extremely homophobic and has nothing to do with my comment.
I'm pretty sure she knows how to say her last name properly. But living in the US and trying again and again to tell Americans how to pronounce the nasally part of ng, I just gave up decades ago and tell them to say, "New-en". That's much better than the butchering of my name before because Americans can say "New-en". LOL
Yeah it’s like people who already “know” how to make the recipe come here to criticize. I also assumed she was a second generation Vietnamese who probably speaks the language but not very well. I have to give props to her for making the video!
The filter apparatus is almost exactly what we use in South India. Imma try this!
Let us know how you like it, Vandana!
Exactly that's what I thought while watching the video.
I live in Wichita, Ks and surprisingly we have a very high Vietnamese population and I never knew that the coffee had a reputation for being too sweet, I’ve always had it served this way to me.
Maybe such reputation for being too sweet is from American travellers' experience on VN street, as it is served a little bit too sweet even for me, a local Saigonese. Those served you may have been adjusted to fit American tastes, I guess.
My mom mixed du mond cafe and Trung Nguyen coffee ground together. Pack it tight and add a little bit of salt and French margarine.
I live near little Saigon in California and Vietnamese drip coffee is probably my favorite coffee ever but when I try to make it at home, its disgustingly sweet lol.
"The idea started *brewing*-" ahh I felt that ;__;
22 gm, fine coffee
0.5 ounce condensed milk
0.8 ounce, 200 F water, then add 4.5 oz, or 3 oz if prefer more dense
Nice! Can’t wait to try👍🏼
i like my vietnamese coffee black. I used to drink it with condensed milk, then I switch to black. Took me a couple of months to get used to it, but after that I can't drink coffee with anything but straight up black.
Legend has it that the Korean War was fought over coffee preparation
Love your professional presentation. Very thorough. Only one thing I would add is ounces and lbs.for US market. Even though metrics is worldwide. Later you do but not in your first preparation. Good screen presence.
Love Vietnamese coffee and love the way you talk in the video. So charming and cute :)
I was gonna say you used a lot more water than what I'm used to in Hanoi. This is a great video tho, nice to hear your thoughts ok water to coffee ratio.
For your coconut coffee you can also use toasted coconut as a garnish. It's pretty decadent without it tho!
When I heard her pronounce her last name, I was like ... girl what? 😂
I pronounce it Nugent
@@fromtheflightdeck252 it's supposed to be pronounced somewhat like "when", but there are inflections in it
KT Phantastic she must not be Vietnamese then 😂
I think she pronounces it with the accent marks .
... Yeah, (it sounds) like somethings up with that;]
Idk about you but the Vietnamese coffee that I know, the filter press gotta be screwed down to the chamber. The tighter it is, the longer it take to finish dripping and the stronger the flavor. 👌
That is my understanding as well. It’s also a key part of the brewing/dripping process. But in truth her knowledge way exceeds mine. I have a screw down dripper and I love it.
i’m wondering which of her beans she used :) i just purchased the Hanoi !!
I love this video. Can’t believe I never saw it. I’m buying her coffee. People are so full of opinions we all have different ways and methods, I respect her way and method and have tried it before and love it. Not to mention the time she took to make this video . Can’t wait to see another. Thanks for posting.
Anyone know where that food scale is from?
Acaia Pearl
What coffee beans did you use?
did anyone see what her encore setting was? i have the same grinder, but wish she'd have shown it
15 :)
@@cocojadejazz thank you so much!!!!!!
I actually enjoyed this video. Just came back from Hanoi and bought coffee beans and phin so I can make some at home (there are so many places that claim they make Vietnamese coffee but aren't legit) .
I dont see anything wrong with how she pronounces her last name...I've heard it pronounced many different ways....and hers was one of them. It just makes it easier for non-viets to say.
people are being a bit harsh. it's not really my place to say though because I'm not from the culture. but what she is doing is quite noble. people were using the Vietnamese coffee name to produce a watered down Americanized beverage and she wanted to share the true culture. it's a nice thing but it's upsetting to see people saying they won't trust her just because she pronounces her name wrong - and we don't even know why she did it. Could've been intentional or not.
It's even easier to say "Wen" than "Nu-wen". We should be proud and teach people how to say it correctly.
Because she is Vietnamese and her company name is Nguyen, she should learn how to pronounce it correctly or dont use it.
Vietnamese coffee is bomb. I wish nothing but success for the founder.
Glad you enjoyed watching!
Thanks for sharing🌼
I missed coffee making in my chemistry class
Thanks, you really Americanized our last name however, I can dig it. Where can I buy hour coffee? If I go to Newyork and see you.
Love her! Such a soothing voice and great energy!
Can you please share me the kind of coconut milk? How to find it? Thanks
I fell in love with Vietnamese coffee when I was in Saigon last year. I’ve been trying to emulate the taste and experience of it ever since, without much luck. Thanks for this video
that’s because you can’t buy the same beans in the usa. vietnamese coffee actually uses a different variety of coffee bean. it’s why Starbucks couldn’t crack the market there.
French roast Starbucks brand is the best for Viet coffee but I make that my second best! The number 1 winner is Gavina French roast. From my experience working in a pho restaurant I know how to brew it and which coffee pairs best with ca phe sua da. But to me it seems like she add too little of the coffee grounds just use 2 large scoops with the soup spoon and you’ll be good to go! That’s what I remembered my former boss was using for the coffee.
What brand is that scale???
Liam Paquette acaia! super sleek and really expensive
Too sweet but delish yummmm
You can make it to your taste.
Hello, may I know what brand is your weighing scale?
lina chua you can find the same scale here: bluebottlecoffee.com/store/acaia-pearl-scale?gclsrc=aw.ds&&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIue7biJyu5QIVDYeGCh3kuQI1EAQYAiABEgJ2PPD_BwE
@@fakirimalik2597 holy shit $140?! For a tiny ass scale
where can I get this scale
Same :(
Bit odd that they had to share the same cup, but SO GLAD that this recipe video exists. I LOVE vietnamese coffee with condensed milk!
Glad you enjoyed watching!
Excellent commentary ❤
Can I just use a Keurig
Wow I didn’t know that making coffee..was so...complicated...she passionate about it though which is all good with me
nah she just makes it complicated, just put the coffee powder in that metal coffee hopper, pour a little hot water into it and wait till the coffe drop.
Vietnamese coffee isn’t, actually. but she’s catering to the hipster coffee culture that’s primarily European based and also very snobby about the correct ratio & weight of ingredients and “not masking” the coffee beans. In reality most viet people making it are doing it very imprecisely and based on their own preferences. I’m Vietnamese American and have worked in multiple coffee shops btw. Also I love cafe sua da (:
I'm Teochew
Traditional Teochew porridge used to be made with the freshest ingredients and cost so little
Pop culture made it as expensive as any restaurant food could be
gaginang
Gaginang
i need the coffee scale
My fav coffee
The reason Vietnamese coffee has a reputation of being too sweet is because in the states we use cold brew which is higher volume of coffee (there’s more water) so there’s probably more condensed milk added. The way she prepared the coffee was similar to a shot of espresso or what you would get if you used a moka pot (stove top espresso) so I think she wanted to keep the proportions of milk and coffee balanced 👌
Americans: Viet coffee is too sweet
Vietnamese: American coffee, ew, it’s actually just water and some coffee scent with sugar on the side.
@@MinhNguyen-ff6xf 🤷🏽♂️
Lol at 7:27 when that woman went in for a second sip, I was like noo there will be hardly anything left after all that waiting lol
I thought it's pronounced as "Nguyen" not "Nguyen."
Miguel A.LM. You’re right, it’s pronounced “Nguyen”, not “Nguyen”.
Nguyen or Nguyen? :o
i once went to school with a guy his name was Huy Nguyen, he told us to to pronounce his name "WE WIN"!
Lmao "Nguyễn " "nguyên " and "nguyện" :))
akui88 thats not even close to the correct pronunciation haha
Nicely made video
Guys are going off on her due to her inability to say her last name, and actually trying to bring some culture into America. I mean guys, she can have her own opinion on how to make that certain drink. People can make one thing many ways. Culture diffuses around in different areas around, after making that certain thing for a while, they can form a opinion and try the method they like the most. (And switching it up some.) I mean guys please stop being immature. She’s trying. No hate to y’all. I just want to bring it out.
Can you help support set up a coffee shop in Poland?
I am not Vietnamese but I always use condensed milk on my coffee, no need for half and half or sugar.
From "Minh Nguyen" > "Vietnamese coffee stores do sell le café du monde but the actual coffee drinks they serve have different recipes. They mix 2 cans of café du monde with 1 box of Trung Nguyen coffee, then they store the mixture in a large jar to brew. The real signature Viet coffee must be a mixture of robusta, arabica, culi, moka beans with a little bit cacao powder, some people may add salt or butter powder too. Luxury Viet coffee may contain luwak or bourbon coffee beans""
I barely drink coffee or tea, I’m a ex heroin and meth addict so it doesn’t affect me like it would a normal person it’s like almost drinking water. But this girl is very entertaining and executed well. You got a new subscriber stay blessed.
Oh god, use metric or imperial....not both.
She used grams for dry ingredients and ounces for wet, like her scale, my scale also does both. I couldn't even call it an inconvenience
This is the most common basic error in using the phin.
You need to press the filter press down hard and make the coffee evenly spread.
The water need to sip through the coffee slowly to properly extract the flavours of the coffee.
Adjust the concentration of the coffee by adjusting coffee/water ratio, not the brewing time.
No I dont think so. If you press hard, the brewing time will extend much longer and will cause bitterness to your coffee. You may press it, but dont do it to hard.
Thank you... yes, I thought the same. bought a new filter which is a screw-type press that means press down harder / tighter
@@hungtrumno No, some people i know actually prefer to have their coffee bitter and thick and take forever to brew, especially the older guys with high caffein tolerance. For most Vietnamese phins, you really need to press it down quite hard to tighten the coffee if not the water will just sip through the coffee too fast and no favour will be extracted.
So the phin is only suitable for making iced coffee? Because, if it takes too long to brew, the coffee will cool down in the cup.
@@thevirgingoddesss that's the only thing that may be a problem (in my opinion), in my country rn is winter and my kitchen is pretty cold, so so when the coffee is finally brew is cold, for me is not a big thing, because I don't like hot things and I mix it with warm soy milk, but when I have guests is a problem and in the end I use the moka pot.
Coffee lover where you at! 🙋🏻♀️🙋🏻♀️🙋🏻♀️
Yall talking about her name pronunciation and I am like "Those Ice Cubes!" 😜 ivdid think I had been mispronouncing Nguyen wrong all these years.
Nobody: @7:06
COVID19: Share my cup
How do you know they are not a couple in an intimate relationship?
very weird to see these measurements in oz instead of grams. I mean we can all do the math, but why? Also, great video, this method has been in my pocket of tricks for years and this just reminds me that I need to visit it more often. Thanks!
also, method two you use THREE forms of measurement which just seems unnecessary. weight in grams, weight in ounces, but then also volume in fluid ounces? argh... my OCD! ;)
as a metric person this really trips me up. I still don't understand what she means by 0.5oz of condensed milk. Is that volume or weight?
@@user-km2bz8iy5o Looking at the video I think we're just going to have to guess that by "half an ounce" she means... "some". ;) not a lot of discreet measuring going on here.
what scale is she using?v
Soooo, drip coffee?
why use non SI units.....
coffee with condensed milk
SO NICE
Ah yes, the good old days before 2020 when it was safe to share a cup with a friend.
Grams in coffee, but ounces in water? Choose one type measurement to be consistent and easier for water/coffee ratio.
What did you expect? She has the twisted American ways.. lol
this is a very interesting way to brew coffee.
though i dont understand why she is mixing units though. 22g/4.5 floz is just odd. just commit to metric for ease of communication please.
As a Vietnamese American who understands how to properly pronounce the surname Nguyền and cà phê sửa đá because my immigrant mom spoke with me every day in an effort I didn’t grow up completely whitewashed and loosing my roots, this is hilarious.
Good for you. Some errors to be fixed: Nguyễn (not Nguyền), sữa (not sửa). But man your VNese is good for a VNese American.
She did teach me a few things though: how to talk like a businesswoman/ barista.