“Vietnamese Egg Coffee” simple and delicious
Vietnamese egg coffee (ca phe trung) is made by beating an egg yolk with sweetened condensed milk for about 10 minutes until it makes an airy, creamy, meringue-like fluff. Are you drooling yet? This eggy goodness is then slowly poured on top of hot espresso, or iced coffee. Are you with me so far?
1. Is egg coffee healthy?
Nutrition-wise, it’s a good combination. Coffee has been proven to give a performance boost, whether physical or mental, and eggs are a great source of protein and fat. So nutritionally, starting your day with an egg coffee will keep you full for longer and help you take the day on.
Vietnamese Egg Coffee
2. How does it taste?
It doesn’t taste of egg – more like vanilla – and while I can taste the coffee at the bottom of the cup, the egg part is surprisingly light-tasting and not at all sickly, though certainly sweet. The cold option, laden with ice, is more of a dessert and tastes like coffee ice-cream…
3. Here are the visual steps to make Vietnamese Egg coffee
3.1. Ingredients for Egg Coffee
• 1 egg
• 3 teaspoons of Vietnamese coffee powder (Vietnamese coffee is available on Amazon here)
• 2 teaspoons of sweetened condensed milk
• Boiling water
3.2. Directions
- Gather all your ingredients and brew 12 ounces of strong espresso style coffee. This is enough for 2 servings.
- Crack an egg and discard the whites.
- Put the yolk and the sweetened condensed milk in a small, deep bowl and whisk vigorously until you end up with a frothy, fluffy mixture like the one above. Add a tablespoon of the brewed coffee and whisk it in.
- In a clear coffee cup, pour in your brewed coffee, then add the fluffy egg mixture on top.
Enjoy! Egg coffee.
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The cup of egg coffee is then placed in a bowl of hot water to retain its temperature. That’s all it takes!
3.3. Hot egg coffee
Prepare a warm water bath by pouring hot water into a ceramic/stone bowl.
Place serving cup with egg fluff in this bowl.
Microwave the coffee for 30 seconds to make sure it is hot.
Pour coffee into serving cup, it will fall down on the bottom creating nicely brown layers.
3.4. Cold egg coffee
After finish dripping, pour coffee into egg serving cup.
Serve with a side crushed ice cup.
To drink, just mix the ice in little by little and enjoy.
The Vietnamese coffee recipe below isn’t the healthiest, but it’s most definitely a satisfying snack on a cold day. When you taste Vietnamese egg coffee (ca phe trung), not only will your taste buds dance with joy, you will now be a part of an old Hanoi tradition. Creamy, sweet egg fluff atop rich coffee, you won’t forget it.
by Analida
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