Vietnamese Iced Coffee
If you’ve seen any of our Go Out{side} cooking videos, you’ve more than likely seen my big thermos by the fire, in the boat or somewhere nearby. A hot or cold cup of coffee while fishing, hunting, boating, camping or just hanging on the beach brings me great joy. My wife, Emma, loves Vietnamese coffee, hot or cold, and this is something that I make for both of us for many of our outdoor adventures. It’s especially perfect for the campsite because you can just make it the night before while you’re making dinner, and it’s ready in the morning.
The main differences between regular coffee and Vietnamese coffee are that Vietnamese coffee is stronger, sometimes uses a special filter and sweetened condensed milk is usually added.
Hey, everybody. Jimmy Kennedy here with go out{side}. Getting ready to take the boat out to a local lake and I’m going to show you how to make some cold brew coffee, Vietnamese cold brew coffee. And if you’ve seen any of our videos on Go Outside’s website, you know, we love coffee. We’ve we’ve filmed quite a few of them and showed you how to make all kind of coffee when camping or outdoors.
And this is another really good one, super easy. It takes about 12 to 18 hours to make and that’s a big time difference but doesn’t really matter, you know, 12-18, just overnight basically. All you’re doing is putting coffee in a thermos or any kind of container. It could be a plastic container or whatever. And you’re letting it steep overnight in the refrigerator, in your cooler if you’re camping and I just put it some time right in the boat cooler and like a big plastic container and it’s there, like, you know, if you have a tournament, you got coffee for days.
This is a it’s really strong. This is one cup of coffee. And we’re going to add about four cups of water. So it’s 4 to 1 one cup of coffee grounds to four cups of water. And this this stuff here is like teeth bust cold right here. It will freeze you. It’s almost frozen. I just go till it’s until it’s to the top.
And of course, with all those grounds in here, you’re going to have to strain this, but I’ll show you how to do that later. Just put the top on and this will stay cold forever. But I do like to put it in cooler or in the boat cooler or something like that, especially if it’s hot out. And when we get ready to serve this, we’ll strain it, pour it over ice add a little bit of the condensed milk.
That’s kind of what makes the Vietnamese coffee. And it’s so good. It’s so refreshing on a hot day and we’ll get on the water and finish this thing up, show you how it’s done. See you soon. Hey, everybody. Frieda and I are out on the lake, and I want to show you the rest of this Vietnamese iced coffee cold brew coffee recipe.
It hasn’t been 12 hours. It’s only a few hours. But we’re going to show you the idea anyway. You really need to let this go overnight and you got to strain it because there’s a lot of grounds in there and you can go into anything. But I have the little strainer here and that works pretty well. It’s some strong stuff right here.
It’s a slow process too because it’s so many grounds. You don’t need a lot of this. I’m going to add some sweetened, condensed milk to it too. And you can strain this through a cloth, cheesecloth, bandana, anything, whatever works for you. All right, let’s go. Right into your cup, to your glass, whatever. Over ice or not, it’s already cold the water we put in there was so chilly just a little bit.
This sweet smell stirred in. My wife likes a lot of this stuff, but it’s a little sweet for me. I should do. There’s plenty more left in the thermos. Save that for later. Cheers, time to go fishing. Man that’s good. See y’all next time – take care.
Ingredients
- 2 cups dark roast coffee, ground
- 8 cups water
- 1/2 to 3/4 cup sweetened condensed milk
- Ice
Directions
- This very simple process begins by combining the coffee grounds and water in a container. I use my thermos most of the time, but the only requirements are that it needs to be clean, big enough to hold the grounds and water and have a lid or be sealable with plastic wrap. With the grounds and water combined and stirred together, place a lid on or seal the container, put it in the refrigerator or cooler and let it steep overnight.
- When you’re ready to enjoy a great cold brew Vietnamese coffee, strain the coffee into a different thermos, container or individual cups. I like to use a cone-type filter for this, but just about anything works. The idea is just to separate the grounds from the cold-brewed coffee. You can add the sweetened condensed milk now or just add a little to each cup along with some ice — your choice. The coffee will keep for a week or two if kept cold, but it’s so good it will be consumed and enjoyed long before then.
Enjoy, and remember to Go Out{side}!
Yield: 6 to 7 cups
Prep time: 5 minutes
Cook time: Overnight
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