<p>In my experience, it works well with a phin, if you grind the beans as for filter coffee, use two heaped tea-spoons and moderately press down the metal plate with the holes. And a good quality of the beans helps.</p>
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<p>I suggest changing your coffee brand, some coffee powder are more or less thin and therefore, making your coffee more or less strong.</p>
<p>One easy to find brand I find really good to make a strong coffee is the Illy classico.</p>
<p>I also suggest wetting a little the coffee powder before applying a very gentle pressure with the metal plate with the holes</p>

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Wetting the coffee grids before applying pressure sounds great! I used the coffee beans from the same company I bought the phin from, so not sure if it's the coffee itself? It's still worth testing out. Thanks.
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<p>How do I brew Vietnamese Coffee without it tasting too watered down? I'm using a phin filter, but I can't get the coffee to be strong as I typically get at the restaurants. I tried applying more pressure to the coffee grounds to slow down the drip and less finely ground coffee.</p>

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How do I brew Vietnamese Coffee in a phin filter without getting too watered down?
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# How do I brew Vietnamese Coffee in a phin filter without getting too watered down?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-07-26)

How do I brew Vietnamese Coffee without it tasting too watered down? I'm using a phin filter, but I can't get the coffee to be strong as I typically get at the restaurants. I tried applying more pressure to the coffee grounds to slow down the drip and less finely ground coffee.

**Tags:** drip-brew, vietnam, phin


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### Answer by username_1 on 2021-07-26. Score: 3

In my experience, it works well with a phin, if you grind the beans as for filter coffee, use two heaped tea-spoons and moderately press down the metal plate with the holes. And a good quality of the beans helps.

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### Answer by username_2 on 2021-07-27. Score: 3

I suggest changing your coffee brand, some coffee powder are more or less thin and therefore, making your coffee more or less strong.

One easy to find brand I find really good to make a strong coffee is the Illy classico.

I also suggest wetting a little the coffee powder before applying a very gentle pressure with the metal plate with the holes

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Wetting the coffee grids before applying pressure sounds great! I used the coffee beans from the same company I bought the phin from, so not sure if it's the coffee itself? It's still worth testing out. Thanks.  

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