Cà Phê Sữa Đá

also called ca phe sua da · cà phê sữa đá · Vietnamese iced coffee · Vietnamese coffee · iced coffee with condensed milk · cafe sua da · cà phê đá · ca phe da · phin coffee · D1

The table

3 Tbs(45 mL)sweetened condensed milkspoon the milk, set the phin on topfill the phin, level and press downbloom 30 secpour and let it drip 4 minstir, then pour over ice
3 Tbs(20 g; coarse, chicory in it if you can get it)Vietnamese dark roast coffee
2 Tbs(30 mL)boiling water
1/2 cup(120 mL)boiling water
2 cupsice
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What to lay out

Everything the recipe asks for, sitting under the step that eats it. Tick each one as you measure it.7 things to get out.

Pans and tools

1spoon the milk, set the phin on top

2fill the phin, level and press down

goes in with what step 1 made

3bloom 30 sec

goes in with what step 2 made

4pour and let it drip 4 min

goes in with what step 3 made

5stir, then pour over ice

goes in with what step 4 made

Cooking it

Tap a step when it is done; the next one lights up.

The clock

Start to finish
at least 5 mintwo waits that overlap count once
Needs you
30 secof the steps that give a time

3 of the 5 steps never say how long they take, so both numbers are floors. Nothing here says whether you can walk away, so all 30 sec of it is counted as time you are standing over it. The recipe itself says 10 min.

  1. spoon the milk, set the phin on top

    not timedfrom the start

  2. fill the phin, level and press down

    not timedfrom the start

  3. bloom 30 sec

    30 secneeds you(assumed)from the start

  4. pour and let it drip 4 min

    4 minwalk away30 sec in

  5. stir, then pour over ice

    not timed5 min in

Drawn to scale, so a long wait really does take up the room it takes. The shortest stretches keep a sliver so they stay visible; their times are printed beside them. The minutes are always the recipe’s own; a dashed edge means we worked out from the step whether you have to be there, and a dotted one means nothing was said, so we assumed you are standing over it.

You'll need glass · phin filter

Goes with

See how it is written
>> title: Cà Phê Sữa Đá
>> category: Drinks
>> tags: coffee, vietnamese, condensed milk, iced, drink
>> counters: Phở & Bánh Mì
>> aka: ca phe sua da, cà phê sữa đá, Vietnamese iced coffee, Vietnamese coffee, iced coffee with condensed milk, cafe sua da, cà phê đá, ca phe da, phin coffee, D1
>> pairs-with: banh-mi-dac-biet
>> servings: 1
>> time: 10 min
>> step.1: spoon the milk, set the phin on top
>> step.2: fill the phin, level and press down
>> step.3: bloom 30 sec
>> step.4: pour and let it drip 4 min
>> step.5: stir, then pour over ice

Spoon @sweetened condensed milk{3%Tbs}(45 mL) into the bottom of a heatproof #glass{} and set a #phin filter{} on the rim.

Fill @&(~1)filter and glass{} with @Vietnamese dark roast coffee{3%Tbs}(20 g; coarse, chicory in it if you can get it), tap it level, and screw the press plate down finger-tight — no harder, or nothing comes through.

Wet @&(~1)grounds{} with @boiling water{2%Tbs}(30 mL) and ~bloom{30%sec}, until the bed swells up against the plate.

Pour @boiling water{1/2%cup}(120 mL) into @&(~1)phin{}, cap it, and ~steep{4%min} while it drips. Four minutes is right; under two means the grind is too coarse and over six means it is too fine, and both are fixed at the grinder rather than at the press.

Stir @&(~1)coffee and milk{} until the milk lifts off the bottom and the whole glass goes the colour of caramel, then pour it over @ice{2%cup} in a tall #glass{}.