Cà Phê Sữa Đá
Also Vietnamese iced coffee, cafe sua da
Vietnam's iced coffee: strong robusta dripped through a phin onto condensed milk, stirred and poured over ice. Intensely sweet and strong.
IcedServed icedFrom Vietnam
- Volume
- 210ml7.1 US fl oz
- Espresso
- 0shots
- Caffeine
- 48mgderived, USDA FDC
- Coffee to milk
- 1:0.5
The build
Watch it made, step by step- Condensed milk30 ml14%
- strong dark-roast robusta…60 ml29%
- Ice120 ml57%
- Volume
- 210ml
- Caffeine
- 48mg
- Espresso
- 0shots
Scales every component together, so the ratio holds; caffeine scales with the coffee.
A phin drip of about 20-25 g coffee to 60-80 ml water over 2-3 tablespoons of condensed milk, stirred and poured over ice.
Caffeine
Derivedin a 210 ml cà phê sữa 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; robusta's higher caffeine may push the true figure higher.
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
5| Name | Country | How it differs |
|---|---|---|
| cà phê sữa nóng | Vietnam | Hot version without ice. |
| cà phê đen đá | Vietnam | Black over ice, sweetened. |
| bạc xỉu | Vietnam | Mostly milk with a little coffee, Saigon style. |
| cà phê trứng | Vietnam | Egg yolk cream instead of milk, Hanoi. |
| cà phê muối | Vietnam | Salted cream topping, Huế. |
History
Popular accountWikidata records Vietnam as country of origin for Vietnamese coffee. Condensed milk replaced scarce fresh milk under French colonial rule; robusta came with French plantations (popular account).
Vietnam.
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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