Having an ice coffee in Vietnam is one of the great pleasures in the country. I love the stuff and compared to what I pay for one in the states, it makes any attempted rip-offs elsewhere all worthwhile. You can pay lot of different prices so beware. In the more local places, you pay as little as 30 cents for a coffee but the more upscale ones with a view can get close to a dollar depending on what you order.

 

One particularly expensive brew is made from beans fed to weasels and later collected from their excrement! We had one at upscale chain coffeehouse, Trung Ngyuen and it was quite tasty. Other places are more noted for their views like Pinky’s in the Old Quarter. It is worth it just to sit up above the chaos in the streets and watch the world go by, all the while sipping a nice strong ice coffee, of course.