Description
A deeply colored, roasted black bean tea/juice sweetened with sugar. A traditional 'grandma's remedy' for cooling the body.
Restaurants serving Nuoc Sam / Nuoc Dau Den
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Black beans
- Water
- Sugar(or Brown sugar)
Instructions
- Dry-roast black beans in a pan.
- Boil with plenty of water until liquid is pitch black.
- Sweeten and chill.
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Key spices
None
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Black bean tea (sweetened)
Pairing
None(Hydration on hot days)
Trivia
Believed in Vietnamese traditional medicine to highly 'cool internal body heat (detox)'. Vendors selling this black liquid are ubiquitous in summer.
Eating tips & etiquette
Nutty like barley tea, but distinctly sweet. Chilled ice-cold, often drank straight from plastic bottles bought at street stalls.
Allergen
Soy (Black beans)