Dark roast fine ground coffee, dripping through a special filter into a cup bottomed with sinfully sweet condensed milk.

Served hot, and it’s the perfect way to start a day. Served cold, and it’s ideal for warding off the moist heat of Southeast Asia.

In the hustle and bustle of metropolitan Vietnam, instant coffee might replace the dark roast as the quick fix for the day, just as we do with our beloved coffee chains.

In Scarborough, both ca phe da (sweetened iced coffee) and ca phe phin (sweetened filtered hot coffee) are available before and after meals in the city’s many sit-down restaurants.