Vietnamese Drip Coffee

Vietnamese Drip Coffee is a wonderfully aromatic coffee that you can prepare at home. I first had it at Pho Viet Cafe in George Town, Penang, and I love it so much that I asked to buy the coffee powder and dripper (but seeing my enthusiasm, they most kindly gave me a sample pack).

That was a few days ago, and since then, I have had my cup of Vietnamese Drip Coffee on several mornings. It takes some time to prepare. Like this morning, I left the coffee to drip while I go have my shower. When I came out of my bathroom, I can smell the wonderful coffee aroma filling my whole (very small) house.

You can make the Vietnamese Drip Coffee using the manual dripper, or with a coffee brewing machine. I do have a coffee brewing machine, but have not yet tried it with this coffee powder. I have been making it using the dripper from Pho Viet Cafe, and today I will show you how to prepare your own perfect cup of Vietnamese Drip Coffee.

I am using Trung Nguyen Coffee "S" Type which I got from Pho Viet. Here are the implements, along with my own teaspoon. Ah, my teacup is not yet in the picture.

The Vietnamese Drip Coffee powder, dripper set and teaspoon. (14 January 2017)


Put three full teaspoon scoops of Vietnamese Drip Coffee powder into the dripper.

Add Vietnamese Drip Coffee powder into the dripper. (14 January 2017)


Compress the coffee powder with the stainless steel compressor.

Compress the Vietnamese Drip Coffee powder with the compressor. (14 January 2017)


Add a teaspoon of plain water and then allow the coffee powder to soak for three minutes.

Add one teaspoon of plain water to the Vietnamese Drip Coffee powder. (14 January 2017)


Put the dripper over your coffee cup, and add hot water into it to just below the brim.

Adding water into the dripper. (14 January 2017)


Allow the hot water to seep through the dripper and into the coffee cup. This is when the wonderful coffee aroma is released.

Hot water seeping through the dripper. (14 January 2017)


And there we have it, the perfect cup of Vietnamese Drip Coffee!

A cup of Vietnamese Drip Coffee. (14 January 2017)


If you wish to purchase the Trung Nguyen Coffee "S" Type coffee powder that I use, it is available at Pho Viet Cafe.

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