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How to Use Vietnamese Coffee Maker? Good Tips and Guides in 2021
Vietnamese coffee maker is a popular drink in Vietnam and other Asian countries. It’s made with strong coffee, condensed milk, and hot water. The most common types of Vietnamese coffee are iced or hot drip-brewed coffees served with sweetened condensed milk on the side.
If you want to know more about How to Use Vietnamese Coffee Maker? Then this blog post is for you. We will show steps on How to Use Vietnamese Coffee Maker. Besides that, we provide some tips and guides on How to Use Vietnamese Coffee Maker. Let’s start!
1. What is Vietnamese Coffee Maker?
Vietnamese coffee maker is a perfect tool that you should have for your daily life. In order to get the best result from this coffee making method, there are some useful tips and guides you should know well before starting your process.
In this article, we will talk about how to use Vietnamese coffee maker so carefully so that you will get the best result.
First of all, we will fix some packages and types of Vietnamese coffee makers for you:
Coffee filters: The filter is used to filter the ground so that it does not go into your cup. There are many different types and styles of filters on this coffee machine. We recommend using a traditional metal filter or a cloth filter to make traditional style coffee when you use the Vietnamese iced drip method.
Steaming pitcher: This tool is also called as “Tai”, which has a capacity from 0.5 liters up to 3 liters. In addition, it’s made with stainless steel or ceramic material in order to keep hot water in it well during your process.
Steaming tool: This tool is used to push grounded coffee down so that it can filtrate easily.
As you seen, Vietnamese coffee maker has some key packages and tools, so the next step should be How to Use Vietnamese Coffee Maker correctly.
2. What are benefits of Vietnamese Coffee Maker?
There are many benefits of using Vietnamese coffee maker, including:
You can get a strong and rich taste from coffee. As we know that the basic components of this drink are condensed milk, ground coffee, and hot water. All of these components will give you great tastes.
It’s very easy to clean this tool since it has only 3 or 4 parts which need your attention during cleaning process. Not only that, most types of Vietnamese coffee makers have stylish look so you can show it as an attractive item in your kitchen area.
And also remember Vietnam is located near South China Sea which makes Vietnam produce the best quality coconut oil. Therefore, this machine is made with high quality materials which mean that you can use it for a long time.
There are many types of Vietnamese coffee makers which have different capacities, so you can select one depending on your demand. For example, if you want to serve for a small group, I think 1-liter capacity is enough for you. But if you have guests at home or party then 3-liter capacity is the best choice. You should just choose one that meets your requirements.
3. What are Components of Vietnamese Coffee Maker?
As we mention before about the packages and tools of this machine, there are some components that will influence your taste in future. Let’s check them out!
Brewing baskets: The Brewing baskets are made from aluminum material with the fine mesh net in order to filter grounded finely.
Filter holder: The main function of this tool is to hold the filter up so that it does not go down into your cup.
Coffee cruets or pitchers: Besides making tasty drinks, you can show it as an attractive decoration in your house area. It has different colors and styles depending on your needs.
Decanter pitcher: This container is used to hold hot water up so that it doesn’t touch the brewing baskets by mistake during process (it’s dangerous). Not only that, this decanter has a spout at its base which helps you pour hot water easily into carafe without spilling anything around.
Carafes or decanters: You should know how to use this machine properly. As we mention before, the Vietnamese coffee maker has some parts such as brewing basket, filter holder, decanter pitcher and so on. Therefore, hot water should be poured into a carafe in order to cool down and mix with ground finely.
4. How many types of Vietnamese Coffee Maker are there in the market now?
There are many types of Vietnamese coffee makers. For example, we can divide them into two main categories: manual and electric machines. And also they have different capacities such as 1-liter capacity or 3-liter capacity depending on your demand.
I bet you want to know the prices of each product in the market right? Not bad; keep reading because we need to pay attention when buying this machine.
The manual coffee maker is usually made from aluminum materials with stainless steel filter mesh net which will give you a stronger flavor than another type of coffee maker. However, if somebody has an arthritis condition then it would be a little bit difficult for him/her to use this tool since it requires you to push down “Tai” or steaming stick.
On the other hand, electric Vietnamese coffee maker can help you save time and energy in pushing down Tai stick. This machine has Teflon-coated perforated section so that it becomes more durable than another type of coffee maker.
If you want to buy this tool, it would be better for choosing a product with 3 or 5 liter capacity since this machine is large and heavy. Regarding the prices, they vary from $50 up to $200 depending on your needs and preferences such as material, function, size and so on.
5. What are steps of How to Use Vietnamese Coffee Maker?
Cleaning Process:
You need a clean tool for a healthy result from your drink. That’s why you have to do cleaning process before starting your procedure. It’s very easy to do since most types of brewers have removable parts which you can wash by hands or dishwasher machine without any difficulty at all. And don’t worry about broken or scratched cups because they are made from high-quality materials.
Adding hot water:
Before adding ground coffee, you have to add hot water into brewer in order to heat it up and avoid hard taste from your drink. According to our experience, we recommend using 175 °F of water for brewing.
And make sure that the filter holder allows hot water to flow through its spout directly into decanter pitcher below it. At this time, the essence of your coffee will come out and mix with air before pouring down into a carafe (the process of making strong coffee).
Putting ground coffee:
Now comes the most important step putting ground coffee or tea leaves into filter basket which will filtrate fine afterwards. This step is the main function of Vietnamese coffee maker machine filtering hot water (or tea) with ground coffee evenly.
Besides, you must make sure that the amount of coffee or tea depends on number of cups or glasses you prepare for guests. The Vietnamese coffee maker has different capacities so measure your needs accordingly before starting this process.
Filtering:
After adding ground coffee into filter basket, it’s time to put the carafe (the big container) under it to catch filtered liquid drops. And then… Pour slowly hot water into decanter pitcher and wait until all water flows down into carafe below while mixing with grounded coffee equally in order to get tasty taste which can be served soon after that.
Serving:
Now comes the most interesting part… You are finally getting your drink after waiting for a while. So don’t wait anymore and serve hot coffee to all friendly people around you!
6. How Often Should You Clean Vietnamese Coffee Maker?
You have to clean it every time you use in order not to get hard taste from your drink in future. It’s easy to do just rinse the removable parts by using soapy water or simply put them into dishwasher machine when it’s running.
But don’t forget to wash filter basket, filter holder, decanter pitcher and brewing baskets by hands regularly in order not to waste time later when preparing cups of delicious drinks for guests.
7. What are Advantages of Using Vietnamese Coffee Maker?
Many advantages that you should know regarding Vietnamese coffee maker machine. First, this tool help you save a lot of time and energy by pushing down “Tai” stick which is a traditional process in making Vietnamese iced coffee. Second, it uses less ground coffee per cup or glass which means that ground coffee will be more concentrated with strong aroma after filtering process.
Moreover, most types of brewers have removable parts for easy cleaning as well as dishwasher safe feature so that you don’t need to use any hard substance for washing.
8. What are Disadvantages of Using Vietnamese Coffee Maker?
As we mentioned above, there are many benefits from using this type of brewer but there are also little disadvantages from our experience that you should know about. The first is the price since most models cost approximately $30 $50 which is not as same as other brewers such as French press, drip coffee maker or percolator.
And the second disadvantage is that these brewers can only produce hot drinks and not suitable for making cold Vietnamese coffee.
Above are Steps on How to Use Vietnamese Coffee Maker. Now, let’s see some buying guides for How to Use Vietnamese Coffee Maker as below:
Tips and Guides on How to Use Vietnamese Coffee Maker.
1. What we need to consider before buying Vietnamese Coffee Maker?
The first thing to consider is the price. Most coffee makers are expensive but they can save time and provide superior taste for drinks. And don’t forget that how many people will use this machine regularly. If you live alone, it’s not necessary to buy a large capacity machine and vice versa.
After that, we should pay attention to cleaning process of each parts which is removable or dishwasher friendly as well as ease of using these brewers. Besides, it’s also need considering about size of carafe (big or small) so as to prepare enough cups as required.
And size:
For home use: If you and your family drink coffee everyday then it’s better to pick large capacity machine with 8 cups or more. Besides, it also allows guests to join in your light conversations while drinking delicious drinks.
For office use: It would be a good choice for you working in an office with several people if you choose medium size (4-5 cups) brewer which can save your time of preparing one by one cup of hot drinks every hour. And don’t forget the type of each removable parts because some parts can be washed by hands only while others need using dishwasher machine after rinsing them with soapy water and drying them before putting together again.
The above buying guides for How to Use Vietnamese Coffee Maker.
2. How to clean Vietnamese Coffee Maker?
In order to have delicious drinks from your coffee makers, you should clean it after using in following steps:
Cold water and a little washing powder then wash the removable parts by hands for a few minutes.
Wash filter basket, filter holder, decanter pitcher and brewing baskets by placing them into dishwasher machine when running. And finally you will get good taste from each glass of drinks!
3. What is Vietnamese Coffee?
Vietnamese coffee or Cà phê đá is a style of coffee served in Vietnam. It’s prepared with finely ground dark roast coffee (cà phê đen) which is brewed with a small metal French drip filter called.
4. How many types of Vietnamese Coffee?
There are two types of Vietnamese Coffee:
Cà phê phin: French drip filter or dripper.
Cà phê đá: Hand Drip Coffee.
5. How to use Vietnamese Drip Coffee Maker?
First, you should just consider about filters as well as glass. A traditional glass is made from strong and thick borosilicate glass with double wall for insulation. This type of glasses is designed specifically for hot drinks such as coffee, tea etc. And a metal filter, made from stainless steel mesh which is coarser than metal filter of French drip makers.
All parts can be washed by hands but for better result, dishwasher machine can help a lot. Place water in the bottom portion and tuck the filter in. After tucking it in, tuck coffee into the center of the filter and pour hot water over it until all the coffee is wet. Then put pitcher on top of metal cup or mug. It’s ready to drink!
6. What are ingredients for Vietnamese Coffee?
Ingredients include finely ground dark roast coffee (cà phê đen), sweetened condensed milk served at room temperature which gives pleasant strong taste but not too bitter. Besides, ice cubes will be nice if you occasional enjoy Vietnamese iced coffee! How to make Vietnamese Iced Coffee?
For making cold drinks, there are two ways: The first way is an easy way using Vietnamese Coffee Maker which can produce both hot drinks as well as cold ones at the same time. Pour water in the bottom of glass and add ice cubes to it. Use drip coffee maker to brew coffee and slowly pour over ice cubes. Stir well before drinking!
Another way is to use French drip coffee makers which can produce hot drinks only but you just need to prepare cold milk, ice cubes and pour ground Vietnamese Coffee into filter basket then wait around 15-20 minutes for brewing and finally serve with sweetened condensed milk at room temperature or just add some sugar for better taste 🙂
7. How much does a Vietnamese Drip Coffee Maker cost?
The prices vary from $5 for cheap model up to $100+ for luxury types due to design, material (glass), size (capacity) features etc… And you should pay attention to include filters as well as dishwasher machine because no matter what type, it’s designed for easy cleaning.
8. How to make Vietnamese Coffee?
This is a simple way of making drinks from your drip coffee maker with following steps:
Prepare ground dark roast coffee (cà phê đen) and put it in filter basket inside the decanter pitcher. If you have flat bottomed one, just pour directly into the center until it overflows a little bit then place a paper filter on top of metal mesh.
Pour hot water into brewer and leave for a few seconds then let it drip slowly through ground coffee. And just wait until all water goes down into decanter. This process will take around 3-5 minutes and you should better plan for next step before finishing this one!
Pour half of water into decanter then fill up with ice cubes.
You can enjoy it as is or add sweetened condensed milk (nước ép) to get nice taste :).
9. How much Water should I use?
You just need to measure the amount of water needed by using coffee maker’s cup/mug which has number on it, so you should follow this number and pour 2 cups = 1 mug = 8 ounces. But if you want to gain more, try adding small amount at first and adjust as you wish. And remember that Vietnamese Coffee Maker is designed for easy cleaning so why not just use dishwasher machine?
10. How to make Vietnamese Coffee without Drip Machine?
As I said, drip coffee maker is designed for easy cleaning but if you just want to try making drinks with French drip makers which can produce both hot and cold drinks at the same time, follow the steps below:
Prepare ground dark roast coffee (cà phê đen) and put it in filter basket inside the decanter pitcher. If you have flat bottomed one, just pour directly into the center until it overflows a little bit then place a paper filter on top of metal mesh.
Pour hot water into brewer and leave for a few seconds then let it drip slowly through ground coffee. And just wait until all water goes down into decanter. This process will take around 3-5 minutes and you should better plan for next step before finishing this one!
Prepare cold milk, ice cubes and pour ground Vietnamese Coffee into filter basket then wait around 15-20 minutes for brewing and finally serve with sweetened condensed milk at room temperature or just add some sugar for better taste 🙂
11. How to make Vietnamese Iced Coffee without Drip Machine?
It’s easy way to make hot drinks only:
Follow steps of making drip coffee (above) like putting ground dark roast coffee in filter basket inside the decanter pitcher etc… but use hot water instead of cold one. Pour half of hot water into decanter then place it in refrigerator for cooling.
Prepare ice cubes, cold milk and serve with sweetened condensed milk (nước ép) or just add some sugar for better taste :).
12. How many Calories are in Vietnamese Iced Coffee?
Calorie information based on 1 serving size = 8 oz without condensed milk. And it can be reduced to 60 calories if you use stevia instead of sugar or honey because they contain no/low amount of carbohydrates while 100 ml whole cow’s milk contains around 143 calories.
However, the amount varies depending on your choice of ingredients, make sure about nutritional information directly from product label at supermarket before adding them to your drinks 🙂
13. How much Caffeine of Vietnamese Coffee?
Caffeine content of 1 cup (8 oz) is around 216-240 mg which is similar to other coffee drinks like brewed coffee (200-205mg), espresso (100mg) and instant coffee (143-146mg). So, that’s pretty much for now. Thanks for your reading and I hope you enjoy this recipe! 🙂
Please feel free to comment below if you have any questions or read my review about Vietnamese Coffee Maker on Amazon.
14. Some Tips on How to Use Vietnamese Coffee Maker.
Fill the coffee maker with cold water and use tap one if you don’t have boiled/filtered water available. And this is important step to get nice hot or warm coffee without altering taste.
Use filtered or bottled water if possible to remove any suspicious smell/taste from tap water.
Add dark roast ground Vietnamese Coffee (cà phê đen) more than 1 tablespoon per each cup of brewed decanter will produce stronger flavor more suitable for all coffee lovers :).
Remember that drip machine is designed for easy cleaning so why not just use dishwasher machine? Just remember about following steps when your machine needs some help: rinse filter area, “rewet” paper filter with hot water by dunking it in hot water about 10-15 seconds, etc… then follow manufacturer’s instructions for descaling process.
Follow the steps on How to Use Vietnamese Coffee Maker as we guide above.
15. Common Mistakes on How to Use Vietnamese Coffee Maker.
Don’t overfill the coffee maker with water and ground coffee because it will overflow when hot water poured into brewer.
Avoid using too soft or too hard boiled water to make sure good taste of brewed drink.
Well, just don’t forget about coffee and water ratio to get best taste and flavor.
Don’t follow the progress on How to Use Vietnamese Coffee Maker.
Don’t follow the process of adding hot water to cold machine because you will be surprised with hard-to-clean process because too much foam will form on the top of your cup which makes it quite complicated to clear away. So, you should keep your coffee maker clean all the time by following previous steps 🙂
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16. How to Clean and Maintain Vietnamese Coffee Maker?
You know How to Use Vietnamese Coffee Maker right? After making coffee, we need to clean and maintain the coffee maker.
For better maintain process: rinse filter area, “rewet” paper filter with hot water by dunking it in hot water about 10-15 seconds, etc… then follow manufacturer’s instructions for descaling process like using citric acid (also known as sour salt) mixed with cold water to clean inside of brewer or you can use vinegar instead of citric acid or lemon juice.
However, I recommend you checking the manual first before starting the cleaning process. And last thing is rinse out your drip coffee maker well and let all parts dry completely (especially after cleansing it with citric acid) before you put any water inside the drip coffee maker.
17. Some Vietnamese Coffee Recipes:
Cà phê sữa (Nestle Coffee with Condensed Milk) recipe:
You can follow the steps on How to Use Vietnamese Coffee Maker as above to make the coffee.
0.5 tablespoon condensed milk.
1 cup Vietnamese coffee (in this case you can use cà phê đen nóng, cà phê sữa đá or cà phê sữa dâu tây instead of instant coffee like Nescafe).
Pour 1 cup of boiled water into a bottle and put it in refrigerator for around 30 minutes so that you can enjoy cool coffee drink without using ice cubes 🙂 And if you are ready to serve your drink, don’t forget about condensed milk so just mix well all ingredients before pouring them into your cup.
Optionally, you can add some ice cubes into the drink to make it more appetizing even though if I’m not a big fan of cold coffee drinks (just like iced coffee) but this drink would be very useful in hot summer days :).
Cà phê đá (Vietnamese Iced Coffee) recipe:
Vietnamese coffee maker or French drip machine is necessary to create this tasty drink.
Brew 2 tablespoons of dark roasted ground coffee for each 1 cup of water so that you will get stronger caffeine taste than regular brewed decanter with same amount of coffee. And if you are ready to serve your drink, don’t forget about condensed milk so just mix well all ingredients before pouring them into your cup.
Cà phê gừng nóng (Hot Ginger Tea) recipe:
1 teaspoon of ginger powder, 1 teaspoon of condensed milk, 2 teaspoons of black tea leaves, 1 cup of hot water.
Optionally, you can add some ice cubes if you are ready to serve this drink 🙂 Just remember about following steps when your machine needs some help: rinse filter area, “rewet” paper filter with hot water by dunking it in hot water about 10-15 seconds, etc… then follow manufacturer’s instructions for descaling process. Well, just don’t forget about coffee and water ratio to get best taste and flavor.
You can follow the steps on How to Use Vietnamese Coffee Maker as above to make your own coffee.
FAQs about How to Use Vietnamese Coffee Maker.
1. Question: What is best coffee to use for this method?
Answer: I would say dark roast, preferably something close to an espresso. But I have used French roast before and it tastes great as well. It’s just a matter of personal preference really.
2. Question: How long is the filter good for?
Answer: You can re-use the paper filters up to 20 times, but after that most are too stained by the caffeine in the coffee itself to look pretty anymore! Depends on how often you make your coffee :).
3. Question: I don’t have any powdered milk or condensed milk what should I do?
Answer: You can replace both ingredients with normal cold/hot milk instead.
4 Question: What if my coffee maker is not pressurized?
Answer: It probably won’t work you will need a voltage converter or to modify the machine.
5 Question: How much coffee does this make?
Answer: I use about 2 tablespoons per cup, but I also have coffee cup that holds around 6 ounces, so just try it out with your ratio for best taste and flavor.
6. Question: What can I do when my coffee maker doesn’t work well?
Answer: I recommend you checking the manual first before starting the cleaning process in order to avoid making mistakes in future use 🙂 And last thing is rinse out your drip coffee maker well and let all parts dry completely (especially after cleansing it with citric acid) then reassemble the parts and follow the steps in order.
You can prefer the progress on How to Use Vietnamese Coffee Maker as above to make Vietnamese coffee at home.
7. Question: Do I need to buy special coffee for this method?
Answer: You can use instant or caffe moka or even filter coffee instead of ground coffee if you want 🙂 Just remember about following steps when your machine needs some help: rinse filter area, “rewet” paper filter with hot water by dunking it in hot water about 10-15 seconds, etc… then follow manufacturer’s instructions for descaling process.
Well, just don’t forget about quality and quantity of ingredients (especially ratio between coffee and water) to get best taste and flavor. Bon appetite! 🙂
8. Question: How do you make Vietnamese iced coffee?
Answer: First, brew your dark roasted ground coffee with water as usual then put ice cubes into glass or cup then pour sweetened condensed milk over them 🙂 Then after that mix well before serving… enjoy!
9. Question: Can I use some other type of milk instead of condensed milk?
Answer: You can replace both ingredients with normal cold/hot or steamed milk instead if you want pure taste without any additives but first try sweetened condensed milk with the coffee… If the taste is not strong or bitter enough for you, then replace both ingredients with any other type of preferred milk 🙂
You canfollow the steps on How to Use Vietnamese Coffee Maker as above.
10. Question: What about ratio between water and ground coffee?
Answer: For every 6 ounces of hot water will use just 1 tablespoon of ground coffee. For example if you want to brew 8 ounces, then pour 2 tablespoons into your filter instead 🙂 It’s all up to personal preference really.
Conclusion
Coffee is a beverage that has spread around the world and become one of the most popular drinks worldwide. It’s often consumed to provide an energy boost, as it contains caffeine which stimulates your central nervous system.
There are many different types of coffee beans out there, but Vietnamese coffee maker products have risen in popularity over time because they can produce flavorful cups without having to grind up any beans beforehand.
If you’re interested in exploring this type of product for yourself, check out these steps on How to Use Vietnamese Coffee Maker and some useful tips on How to Use Vietnamese Coffee Maker! Feel free to contact us if you have any question. Thanks for reading!
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