Wake, sip, brew, repeat. If your daily cup of joe is your raison d’ȇtre (or at the very least, raison d’exiting le comfy bed) then you’ll be familiar with the internet’s insatiable hunger for fresh caffeinated beverages.  

Most recently, lockdown 1.0 produced Dalgona whipped coffee, but prior to that, there have been plenty of other jives on java. 

Who could forget egg coffee, rainbow coffee, cold brew on tap, coffee smoothies, the ever-popular espresso martini and eternal blogger fave, the PSL (pumpkin spiced latte)? 

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Melbourne’s Stomping Ground Brewing Co. even created coffee beer, because of course they did #MostMelbourneThingEver.

Well, the good news is, the internet is going gaga for a new buzz-inducing bevvie. And if java is your jam, then you’re going to love Vietnamese coffee. 

Vietnamese coffee (also known as cà phê sữa đá) is nothing new, but for the uninitiated, the sweetened coffee concoction is made with strongly-flavoured, slow-roasted robusta beans, ice, and sweetened condensed milk. Swoon!

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Robusta beans tend to contain less fat and sugar than Arabica beans. For this reason, they’re often combined with clarified butter and sugar during the roasting process. Occasionally cocoa or vanilla is added too.

It’s these differences that make Vietnamese coffee so delicious, giving the drink its signature sweetness, high caffeine content, and rich, dark flavour. 

Vietnamese coffee beans and ground coffee can be found at most Asian grocery stores. If you’d like to shake up your wake-up, you can find the recipe for it here. 

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