In Vietnam, iced coffee is a daily ritual for most. Dark roasted Robusta beans harvested from verdant Vietnamese hills are slow-dripped and combined with sweetened condensed milk, then poured over ice for a decadent, buzz-inducing beverage. In this recipe, we convert this classic Vietnamese Iced Coffee into a keto iced coffee recipe!
Keto-fied Coffee
Let’s start by tackling the biggest keto offender– sweetened condensed milk— one of the key components of our drink. The most common brand used is Nestle Carnation Sweetened Condensed Milk, which contains a whopping 22g of sugar per serving! Yowza!
Like other recipes we’ve keto converted, heavy whipping cream and stevia powder work wonderfully as a condensed milk substitute. It’s supremely important to use enough stevia because condensed milk is normally very sweet.
The rest of the recipe is just coffee and ice, which are already keto friendly. However, that’s deceivingly simple. To get that authentic Vietnamese flavor for your keto iced coffee recipe, it’s critical to use the right ingredients and technique.
Get the real deal Vietnamese coffee beans
There’s nothing like the real stuff from that region of the earth. All the restaurants you might’ve had Vietnamese iced coffee at use real Vietnamese coffee beans. Our favorite is Trung Nguyen Vietnamese Coffee.
Luckily, you don’t have to travel to Vietnam to get them. You can pick some up on Amazon for a very reasonable price. Another alternative that we’ve used in a pinch is Cafe Du Monde Chicory Root Coffee, though we definitely prefer the Trung Nguyen brand.
Use a Vietnamese coffee filter aka “phin”
The phin coffee filter is designed to brew coffee and drip at an optimal rate of around 1 drip per second. One of the big things you’ll notice is that there’s not a lot of water used in the recipe. That means that a slow drip is critical to extracting the flavor of the beans.
Pro-Tip: Trung Nguyen sells a package with their beans plus a Vietnamese coffee filter.
Let’s get right into it. Be sure to watch our video to see exactly how we make our Vietnamese keto iced coffee recipe!
Vietnamese Keto Iced Coffee
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp Trung Nguyen Vietnamese Coffee
- 1 cup Water
- 1 tbsp Heavy Whipping Cream
- 8 scoops BetterStevia Powder
Instructions
- Scoop the stevia powder into a glass
- Assemble the phin filter and scoop the coffee into the filter.
- Boil a cup of water.
- Pour a tablespoon of just-boiled water into the filter, cover with the filter lid, and let set for about 30 seconds.
- Pour 3 tablespoons of just-boiled water into the filter. Cover with the filter lid and let the coffee drip through the filter for about 6-8 minutes, or until the dripping stops.
- Stir the coffee & stevia mixture to ensure the stevia is fully dissolved.
- Pour in the heavy whipping cream and stir.
- Prepare a glass of crushed iced and pour the coffee mixture over the ice.
- Let the drink sit before drinking, allowing time for the ice to melt. Sip slowly and enjoy!
Video
Notes
- TO TASTE PERFECT MAKE SURE TO GET THE TRUNG NGUYEN BRAND OF COFFEE!
- Also, this is intended to be sipped slowly!
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