Bạc Xỉu

Also bac xiu, Saigon white coffee

Saigon's milky coffee with only a splash of phin brew, made for those who find cà phê sữa đá too strong.

IcedServed icedFrom Vietnam

Volume
270ml9.1 US fl oz
Espresso
0shots
Caffeine
24mgderived, USDA FDC
Coffee to milk
1:4.7

The build

Watch it made, step by step
Highball, 300 ml. Layers in pouring order from the bottom, drawn by volume.
  1. Condensed milk40 ml15%
  2. Milk100 ml37%
  3. a small amount of phin…30 ml11%
  4. Ice100 ml37%
Volume
270ml
Caffeine
24mg
Espresso
0shots

Scales every component together, so the ratio holds; caffeine scales with the coffee.

Mostly milk with a dash of coffee; the mild sibling of cà phê sữa đá.

Caffeine

Derived
24mg

in a 270 ml bạc xỉu

USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy caffeine per 100 g scaled to the coffee volume in components, assuming 1 g per ml. FDC 171890 (Beverages, coffee, brewed, prepared with tap water) 40.0 mg/100 g x 30 ml x 2.0.

USDA FoodData Central record 171890 · read 2026-10-26

A derived figure: the reference food's caffeine per 100 g scaled to the coffee in this build. Real cups vary with the coffee, the dose and the shot.

Variants by country

1
NameCountryHow it differs
cà phê sữa đáVietnamCoffee-forward version.

History

Popular account

A Saigon Chinese-community drink; Wikidata maps the term to the general white coffee item. We have not found a primary source for this account.

Saigon; name from Cantonese for 'white with a little coffee'.

Popular account

Parts of this story are repeated widely but were not confirmed against a source this atlas accepts. They are kept as the story people tell, not as fact.

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