Vietnamese Coffee - Cafe sua da

Vietnamese coffee is also known as cafe su da . It's a type of dark coffee roast with chicory. It's often drank sweetended with condensed milk. And it tastes much better with ice. Whenever I go to a Vietnamese restaurant, I always order Cafe Sua Da. I am addicted to it; yet, i never make it at home because it takes time to do it. And I just don't have the patience to wait for the coffee to drip slowly.

A few years back, my sister gave me the metal coffee filter she bought from Vietnam. I was cleaning the kitchen yesterday and found it. Since I have time this week, i decided to brew myself a cup of Vietnamese coffee this morning. It was fantastic!!!

Added condense milk to my cup, and waiting for the coffee to drip slowly into it.





After 10 minutes, it's done.






It can be served hot or cold.

I added ice to mine. After a cup of this baby, I have ton of energy.

Pear Drinks - Part II

I went to my MOM's house last weekend to pick more pears since I ran out of last batch of pear drinks that I made last time. It was so much fun picking pears. She has tons of them . I just keep picking them before I realized it was too many. Isn't this crazy? :-)

She has four different pear trees. This one even crawled on her roof.

I just think it's out of control. Pears everywhere.

This is another branch hanging off the side of her window.

Close up time. Some of the pears are quite big actually.

More pictures.

It's the same recipe I made last time with the pear drinks. This drink is very good for you. Infact, if you have coughing problem this drink will definitely cure it.

Pear Drinks

Today I went over to my Mom's house. She asked me to take some pears home because she has so many of them and they are all over her garden. I have a lot of fruits at home. Therefore, i only want to take the small pears home so I can make drinks out of it. Pear drinks with rock sugar is also another way to counter body heat especially during Summer. I really need to boil them . Here is the whole pot.

It's ready. It's a good drink for Summer.

I picked so many of them . Check them out.


It was so much fun this morning picking pears at my MOM's house. I did get some mosquito bites as I was picking the pears. But it was fun though.

These pears are very juicy and sweet. It's good to make drinks out of them since they are so not that big in size.

Ingredients:

small pears - a lot (~20 small pears)

3 - 4 liters water

Rock sugar (I used a small size of rock sugar since I don't like it too sweet.)

Method:

1) Wash all the pears, and slice them into small pieces.

2) Bring water and pears to boil, and simmer for 1 hour.

3) Add in the rock sugar and simmer until rock sugar melts.

4) Serve hot or cold.

Enjoy!

Sugarcane And Arrowroot Herbal Tea

Lately, the weather is getting quite hot and I need to do something to counter body heat. Last weekend I went grocery with my friend, Ji, and found this Sugarcane and ArrowRoot Herbal Tea package. The main purpose of drinking Herbal tea is to cool and cleanse your body. I boiled the whole pot today. It's a great drink. You should definitely try it.

Ingredients:
2 packages of pre-mix sugarcane & arrowroot
3 - 4 liters water
Rock sugar (I used a small size of rock sugar since I don't like it too sweet.)

Methods:
1. Bring water and herbal pack to boil, and simmer for 1 hour.
2. Add in the rock sugar and simmer until rock sugar melts.
3. Serve hot or cold.

Want a glass of cool summer herbal tea ?

This whole pot can last up to a week.