Celebrate the strong, sweet and spicy flavors of southeast Asia with this creamy iced blend. Inspired by our favorite Thai and Vietnamese coffee recipes, use your cold brew concentrate to make an easy and delicious treat. 

Picture it with me. 

You’re sitting on a sunny deck, kicking back in the afternoon sun. It’s warm and slow and easy. You bring an iced coffee to your lips and POW—you’re in flavor town. Sweet, creamy, subtly spiced and so, so strong.

That’s the magic of this drink. We scoured recipes to recreate some of our favorite Thai and Vietnamese coffee recipes, then experimented with cold brew concentrate to get this version. 

Grab Your Ingredients

Use this amount for each serving (so, if you want to make two, double it!)

• 1 cup of cold brew concentrate (see method below)

• 2 tbs of sweetened condensed milk

• ¼ tsp almond extract

• A pinch or two of ground cardamom or cinnamon (optional)

• Milk to fill the glass (Try evaporated milk or whole to keep it creamy)

Method

• For the cold brew concentrate, you want double strong coffee. We recommend a 1:4 coffee/water ratio. If you're using a 32oz cold brew kit, that means you’re using about 6 ounces of coarse ground coffee and 24 ounces of water. Check out our Cold Brew 101 for more details.  

• Mix together the first three ingredients, along with the spices, if using. Pro tip: You can add whole spices to the batch when you’re making your cold brew concentrate—they’ll steep along with the coffee and infuse it with flavor. 

• Add ice to your glass, pour in the coffee mixture, then finish off with a bit more milk.