- Coffee
- 18 g
- Water
- 110 g
- Ratio
- 1:6,1
- Grind
- Medium-fine
- Water at
- 96 °C
- Time
- 5:00

The Vietnamese metal filter, dripping slowly into the glass. A very strong coffee with a bitter chocolate flavour, perfect with condensed milk.
By Equipo Cocinoa
What you need
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- EssentialVietnamese PhinThe Vietnamese metal filter dripping directly on the glass. Very strong coffee, perfect with condensed milk.€5–15approx.
- OptionalManual milling of teethConical teeth and a handle: uniform milling and adjustable for little money. The best investment to improve your coffee.€60–300approx.
- Optional0,1 g baseA scale with precision of 0,1 g and timer. Weighing coffee and water is the easiest way to repeat a good cup.€15–250approx.
- OptionalBreastThe usual electric kettle. It heats up the fast water for almost any method; with a bit of water, it even serves the drip.€15–50approx.
No Vietnamese Phin? This works too
Method
If you want it with milk, put 25 g of condensed milk in the bottom of the glass.
Place the phin on the glass and make 18 g of medium-fine ground coffee. Shake to level and put on the press disk, pressing barely.
Pour about 25-30 ml of water at 96 ° C to wet the coffee and wait between 30 and 40 seconds.
Fill the phin up to 110 ml of water in total, put the cap and let drip between 4 and 6 minutes.
5 min
If a quick jet falls, grind or tighten the disk a little more; if it does not drip, flatter it.
Remove the phin and leave it on your back cover. Remove with condensed milk and serve; to take it cold, pour it on an ice glass.
Tips and warnings
- In Vietnam it is used mainly robust, bitter and with a lot of body; with arabic it comes out softer and more acid.
- The phin and the glass are warm: hold them carefully when you remove it.
- Without phin: an AeroPress with little water or an Italian coffee maker give a similar concentrated coffee.
One last thing
The phin drips slowly onto the condensed milk. If it’s brightened up your day, why not brighten ours with a Ko‑Fi?