Category: Coffee

  • Developing my simple Vietnamese and iced coffee recipes

    Developing my simple Vietnamese and iced coffee recipes

    My last post was about Vietnamese iced coffee and searching for that ideal restaurant-style recipe. I bought a phin, which is a metal drip brewer, and I found some Trung Nguyen coffee in Chinatown. My first stop was the recipe on the coffee can, which suggested a 3:25:1 water to coffee ratio. I think in…

  • How to make real Vietnamese coffee

    How to make real Vietnamese coffee

    To top off a refreshing plate of Vietnamese food on a hot day, we often go for a Vietnamese iced coffee. It’s the perfect sweet and cool complement for a bowl of pho, vermicelli, or a banh mi sandwich. With the temperatures hitting the 80s and 90s this week in New York City, I’ve been…

  • A perfect cup of coffee requires a perfect grind

    A perfect cup of coffee requires a perfect grind

    Whenever I find a particular beer that I love, I take note and try to replicate it myself. Lately I’ve been trying the same with coffee — I love Blue Bottle, and I’ve been trying to replicate the taste of their pour-over coffee for the last few months. It’s been quite the journey, which actually…