Cà Phê Trứng (Egg Coffee)
Also Vietnamese egg coffee, egg coffee
Hanoi's egg coffee: a sweet whipped yolk cream over strong phin coffee, more dessert than drink. Born of a 1940s milk shortage.
RegionalServed hotFrom Vietnam
- Volume
- 110ml3.7 US fl oz
- Espresso
- 0shots
- Caffeine
- 48mgderived, USDA FDC
- Glass
- Serving glass150 ml
The build
Watch it made, step by step- egg yolks whipped with…50 ml45%
- Hot phin coffee60 ml55%
- Volume
- 110ml
- Caffeine
- 48mg
- Espresso
- 0shots
Scales every component together, so the ratio holds; caffeine scales with the coffee.
A meringue-like yolk cream floated on strong hot coffee, served in a small cup set in a bowl of hot water.
Caffeine
Derivedin a 110 ml cà phê trứng (egg coffee)
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.
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
2| Name | Country | How it differs |
|---|---|---|
| cà phê trứng đá | Vietnam | Iced version. |
| egg coffee (Scandinavian) | Sweden | Unrelated: egg used to clarify boiled coffee. |
History
Popular accountWikidata describes it as a Vietnamese drink of egg yolks, sugar, condensed milk and coffee. Attributed to Giảng café in Hanoi in the 1940s when milk was scarce (popular account).
Hanoi, 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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