How to make bạc xỉu, iced and hot, at home

Name: Bạc xỉu (iced and hot)
Total time: 8 min
Yield: 1 cup
Ingredients: Medium-ground coffee · 15 g; Just-boiled water · 60 ml; Sweetened condensed milk · 30–40 ml; Unsweetened fresh milk · 60 ml; Ice cubes (iced version)

Bạc xỉu is mostly milk with a little coffee: condensed and fresh milk at the bottom, phin coffee poured on top. Creamier and milder than milk coffee; iced or hot.

Time 8 min
Difficulty Easy
Serves 1 cup
Phin filter

Coffee: 15 g
Water: 60 ml · 92–96 °C (about 30 ml of coffee)
Condensed milk: 30–40 ml
Unsweetened fresh milk: 60 ml
Ice (iced version): 1 full glass

You need

Medium-ground coffee · 15 g
Just-boiled water · 60 ml
Sweetened condensed milk · 30–40 ml
Unsweetened fresh milk · 60 ml
Ice cubes (iced version)

Method

Boil the water and let it rest for about 30 seconds, to around 92–96 °C.
Rinse the phin and a small cup with boiling water to warm them, pour the water away, and set the phin on the small cup.
Add 15 g of coffee, shake it level, and set the press screen on top without pressing hard.
Pour about 15–20 ml of water to bloom. Let the grounds swell.
Pour in the rest of the water, to 60 ml in all, and put the lid on. Let it drip through. You get about 30 ml of strong coffee.
Meanwhile, stir the condensed milk and fresh milk together in a large glass.
Fill the glass nearly to the top with ice.
Froth the coffee with a handheld frother, or shake it hard in a lidded jar for 20–30 seconds.
Pour the coffee very slowly over the milk so it sits in a brown layer on top of the white.
Stir before drinking.

Tip: Hot bạc xỉu: skip the ice, warm the condensed and fresh milk until steaming, with small bubbles at the edge of the pan but not boiling, pour into the cup, then pour the coffee on top.