Sawaddee ka welcome to the thirsty edition of hot thai kitchen we have taken a look at a couple
of iced teas today we're going to move into the world of coffee which is very exciting because I
am a coffee drinker so today we're going to make something called gafae yen gafae means coffee and
yen means iced so it's just iced coffee but when you say that in Thailand it'll come a certain way
now there are actually lots of other ways you can have coffee in Thailand and we will explore
those options in the next thirsty Edition so for now let's take a look at our cafe in
so first let's take a look at our coffee now what is Thai coffee and if you're a coffee
purist you might want to you know turn the other way and close your ears for a second
Thai coffee really is in addition to coffee beans you also have corn and soya beans so it's really
not pure coffee that's why it's got a different distinctive flavor the back comes like this I
want to point out that when you're looking for Thai coffee it might say only young powder now
all young is a type of Thai coffee which we will look at next episode but for now just know that
it might say Thai coffee powder or it might say alien powder mix or whatever it happens to be so
that's the word you want to look for so any brand will do I've never used a brand that's not good so
we're going to start with three tablespoons of this and I'm going to make this one glass okay
and this is quite dark this ratio I'm using so you can tone it up or down as you wish so three
tablespoons I'm using a cloth filter here you can use whatever kind of coffee brewing device
you want and then 3/4 a cup of hot water okay and then we're just going to let this steep
for about three to five minutes now in Thailand you may notice that the old-school coffee carts
what they'll do is rather than letting it steep they'll take this coffee and refill tur it back
through four to six times and it's kind of like a cool show for the customers waiting for the
coffee oh you know they're pouring it all over the place I'm not sure what it actually dusts
the flavor of the coffee so I'm just gonna leave it sitting there three to five minutes and so
meanwhile we are going to get our mixing station set up so there's our mixing glass add to this
two tablespoons of condensed milk sweetened condensed milk a tip on condensed milk if you
let it sit at room temperature it will be more liquid and less thick and easier to take out
and all that in addition to that we've got some sugar I'm gonna add a couple of teaspoons and
of course sweetness of coffee is something very very personal so up to you if you want to make
it more sweet or less sweet and then a little pinch of salt now this is my trick as well as
a lot of coffee vendors do it a little pinch of salt just really brightens up the sweetness of
the coffee and it prevents the sugar from becoming too cloying and that's it that's our mixing glass
okay we're gonna go in with our coffee
stir it up and this is when it's nice to use a clear glass to mix this so you can see if
you've gotten all the condensed milk mixed up or not okay and now we're going to taste
it you want to taste it at this point because you want to add more sugar more salt whatever
happens to be doing it post ice is going to be obviously harder to stir pattern harder to get
it to dissolve and you want to taste it to be a little too dark a little too sweet at this point
so that once it gets poured onto the ice it gets diluted it's going to be perfect okay let's get
rice and now so what I'm going to do is I'm going to transfer it back into my jug here
because it's easier to pour
you want a full foot full of ice because this is warm so it's going to melt it quite a bit
there you are and then not done this is the best part we're using evaporated milk and
we're going to generously because I like this coffee creamy and milky pour it over
making sure I don't spill and then it creates this nice beautiful waterfall gradient effect
and you serve it to your guests just like that and there you are this is cafe yen or
Thai iced coffee let's give it a taste you can say goodbye to that three o'clock crash because
this it's deep it's dark it's chocolatey it's actually reminds me a lot of eating
dark chocolate covered coffee beans you know one of those really really good all right that's it
that's all for our cafe and today next episode we'll explore other ways you can order coffee
in Thailand and how you can make it at home so I will see you next time for another drink