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Vietnam: Drinks

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Drinks from Vietnam: recognise Vietnamese iced coffee, egg coffee, bia hơi, sugarcane juice, iced tea, sinh tố, soda chanh, nước sâm, rice liquor and coconut water. Good to know: Strong drip coffee with sweet condensed milk over ice. The small metal filter is called a phin. Coffee topped with whipped egg yolk. It was invented in Hanoi. Fresh, light draught beer from the street corner. It is brewed fresh daily. A sweet juice (nước mía), fresh from the press. Often finished with a squeeze of kumquat. A light green iced tea (trà đá), often served free. It accompanies almost every meal. A creamy fruit smoothie with condensed milk. Avocado sinh tố is especially popular. A fizzy lime soda, sweet and sour. With salted plum it is called soda xí muội. A cooling herbal drink from many ingredients. It is said to cool the body in the heat. A clear, strong liquor from glutinous rice (rượu đế). In the countryside it is distilled at home. Refreshment straight from the coconut. The Mekong Delta supplies plenty of coconuts.

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Vietnamese iced coffee

Strong drip coffee with sweet condensed milk over ice.

💡 Did you know? The small metal filter is called a phin.

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Egg coffee

Coffee topped with whipped egg yolk.

💡 Did you know? It was invented in Hanoi.

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Bia hơi

Fresh, light draught beer from the street corner.

💡 Did you know? It is brewed fresh daily.

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Sugarcane juice

A sweet juice (nước mía), fresh from the press.

💡 Did you know? Often finished with a squeeze of kumquat.

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Iced tea

A light green iced tea (trà đá), often served free.

💡 Did you know? It accompanies almost every meal.

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