Cà Phê Sữa Đá

slow drip, strong life

Wait for the drip

Thick highland robusta over ice and condensed milk, dripped one slow phin at a time on a Hanoi rooftop.

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Milk being poured into a tall glass of iced coffee

The ritual

The phin takes its time

Four minutes from grounds to glass. Scroll, and let it drip.

  1. Pack the phin

    Coarse-ground robusta, pressed lightly under the gravity plate. No pumps, no paper.

  2. The slow drip

    Hot water sits on the grounds and falls drop by drop onto a finger of condensed milk.

  3. Stir & swirl

    Coffee and sweet milk swirl into caramel brown. Pour it over ice. Done.

cà phê + sữa đặc, one drop at a time

A glass of iced coffee cut by hard afternoon light

The board

Five glasses, one phin

From the phin

  • Cà Phê Sữa Đá

    ₫35,000

    Phin drip, condensed milk, ice

  • Egg Coffee

    ₫45,000

    Whipped yolk cream over hot robusta

  • Coconut Coffee

    ₫50,000

    Blended coconut cream, iced

  • Black Phin Coffee

    ₫30,000

    Slow drip, strong and pure

  • Salt Coffee

    ₫40,000

    Huế-style, silky salted foam

Every glass starts in the phin - hot, or over ice from the cooler. Egg coffee lives upstairs.

Hot coffee being poured, steam rising
Black phin coffee served in a white cup

The beans

Highland robusta, roasted dark

Cà Phê Sữa Đá is built around the slow phin drip: thick robusta over ice, condensed milk stirred in at the last second, and egg coffee whipped to order upstairs.

Our beans come down from highland farms around Buon Ma Thuot, roasted dark and ground coarse so the phin can take its time. Wait for the drip. It is worth it.

farm altitude
1,500 m
rest after roast
14 days
per phin drip
4 min

The rooftop

Four floors up, above the horns

Tin tables, low stools, the old quarter humming below.

A Vietnamese city skyline glowing at dusk, seen from a rooftop
A relaxed cafe interior with warm light and wooden tables
A latte with a heart poured into the milk foam
A tall glass of iced latte with layers of milk and coffee

Slow drip, strong life

Find us

Come up for a glass

Rooftop above 14 Nha Tho - look for the mustard sign and take the narrow stairs.

How it works

Order at the counter, take a stool, give the phin its four minutes. Egg coffee is whipped upstairs all day.

No bookings, no rush. Come up, order at the counter, wait for the drip.

Get directionsCall

  • Address

    14 Nha Tho, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi

  • Hours

    Daily 07:00-22:00

  • Call

    +84 24 3900 0014

Reviews

  • Came back with my parents after eating here on my own the week before. The Cà Phê Sữa Đá tasted like someone in the kitchen cared how it left the pass. I have lived in Hanoi for eleven years and this is a new favourite.

    Anke S.3 weeks ago

  • The kind of dinner that makes you cancel whatever you had planned after it. We ordered the Egg Coffee twice in one sitting and I would do it again. The only problem is that I now compare everywhere else to it.

    Marco T.a month ago

  • We were seated beside the kitchen, which I would ask for again. The Coconut Coffee is the thing I will send people here for. Card only, which caught me out - worth knowing before you go.

    Hannah G.5 weeks ago