Cà Phê Đen Đá

Also Vietnamese black iced coffee, cà phê đá

Vietnam's black iced coffee: strong phin-dripped coffee, sweetened to taste and poured over ice.

IcedServed icedFrom Vietnam

Volume
190ml6.4 US fl oz
Espresso
0shots
Caffeine
48mgderived, USDA FDC
Glass
Highball300 ml

The build

Watch it made, step by step
Highball, 300 ml. Layers in pouring order from the bottom, drawn by volume.
  1. Strong phin-dripped coffee60 ml32%
  2. Syrup10 ml5%
  3. Ice120 ml63%
Volume
190ml
Caffeine
48mg
Espresso
0shots

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

Strong phin coffee sweetened while hot, then poured over ice; cà phê sữa đá without the condensed milk.

Caffeine

Derived
48mg

in a 190 ml cà phê đen đá

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 60 ml x 2.0. Phin decoction scaled at 2x USDA brewed coffee per ml, as for cà phê sữa đá.

USDA FoodData Central record 171890 · read 2026-10-29

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 đáVietnamWith sweetened condensed milk.

History

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