Top Drinks You Have To Try In Vietnam

Overview

To many travelers, Vietnam’s weather is very hot, especially in summer. In this hot weather, drinks from fruits or herbs really come into their own to cool down the body’s temperature and rehabilitate the energy. Below are the top drinks you have to try in Vietnam that the best Vietnam Tour Operator collected for you such as kumquat tea, herbal tea, pennywort or sugarcane juice. This list is trustworthy because this is builded up by the many various opinions of foreign tourists to Vietnam. 

Top drinks you have to try in Vietnam

1. Kumquat tea/Lemon tea

Kumquat tea and Lemon tea are the two most popular drinks on the Vietnam’ streets, making it obvious to be in the list of top drinks you have to try in Vietnam. Trà is tea, tắc is calamansi or kumquat, which is a little citrus fruit. So it's kind of like sweet sour tea. Trà Chanh or Trà Tắc is like that sort of lemonade iced tea mixture, but it's a little bit different. This wasn't very popular a few years ago but now it's everywhere. It must be said that, from rural areas to urban areas, kumquat tea appears everywhere. Especially places like schools, amusement parks, sports, etc. At worst, they are also present as an attribute of refreshments on the menus of restaurants. You will easily see signs that say 10k for 1 cup of kumquat tea, super large kumquat tea, etc.

It's a favorite drink of many foreign people because it is very very refreshing.  You can have a big old glass with only 10 VND. These drinks are usually  a little on the sweet side, if you want less sweet Tra Tac, you can order them  "Ít Đường" or less sugar. Usually the tea on the Trà Tắc  has a little bit of bitterness or a little bit of tannic. So the flavor you get from this drink is the bitterness, the  sweetness and the sourness in one sip. 

2. Peach Tea

Peach tea is also one of the top drinks you have to try in Vietnam. Although the reputation is inferior to lemon tea or kumquat tea, peach tea is still a drink that should be tried, especially in hot weather. It's still a combination of tea and fruit, but while the taste of lemon tea and kumquat tea inclines to the sourness, the taste of peach tea tends to be sweeter, but of peach. Peaches used to make peach tea are yellow peaches, so cups of peach tea sold on the street always have a pleasing yellow color. The aroma of peach tea is also very unique. It's a combination of the aroma of tea and the faint, sweet aroma of peaches that will make you feel good. Normally, in each cup of peach tea there will be 1-2 pieces of fresh yellow peach. You can nibble on these sweet peach pieces as a topping.

Another variant of peach tea is orange lemongrass peach tea, which is also popular among the young. In this drink, the sweetness of peaches will be neutralized by the moderate sourness of oranges. The aroma of peach, orange and especially lemongrass makes this drink extremely special. If you are someone who likes drinks made from flowers and fruits, this drink will definitely be your favorite.

3. Sugarcane juice

Besides iced tea and coffee, sugarcane juice is a homely beverage that people from other countries love at the first sip when they come to Vietnam. Especially in the summer, it is not difficult for Westerners to find and buy this refreshing drink at sidewalk bars, across the streets of Vietnam with affordable prices, only from 7,000 - 10,000 VND/cup.

Will Courageux, a French traveler who spent many years living and working in Vietnam, says that the best summer drink is sugarcane juice, not iced tea, mineral water, or carbonated water. Mr. Agus (from Toronto, Canada), who also has a strong passion for Vietnam, couldn't help but fall in love with it when he first sipped sugar cane juice. "Vietnam's young country is the best!" The greatest sugar cane juice comes from Vietnam. The Vietnamese people's ability to manufacture a tasty cup of fresh sugarcane juice for such a staggeringly low price astounded the tourist, as did the sugarcane juice cart. Undoubtedly, sugarcane juice is one of the top drinks you have to try in Vietnam.

4. Yogurt with ice 

You can easily find this drink in any coffee shop on the street in Vietnam. At first, yogurt with ice sounds a little bit strange. But it is really delicious. The texture of this drink is rather thick, nearly like a smoothie. Many Americans traveling to Vietnam supposed that this Vietnamese yogurt is better than yogurt in their country, with a distinguished taste. 

Yogurt with ice will have a slightly sour taste and also a sweet taste. When we eat, we will feel the rich taste of milk. Served with ice makes this a great drink to cool off in hot weather. So, if you're bored of milk tea's sweets, you can try this. Because of these reasons, yogurt is also one of the top drinks you have to try in Vietnam.

5. Ice tamarind drink

Due to its unique flavor, Ice tamarind is also one of the top drinks you have to try in Vietnam. The cool tamarind ice, the sour taste of tamarind, the sweetness of fragrant jam, the flesh of peanuts, all combine to create a reasonable drink to quench thirst on summer days. Perhaps because it is made by hand and with the seller's mind, just a simple glass of tamarind ice still has the attraction to make many customers come back to support.

The golden tamarind is eye-catching, crispy like a piece of jaggery. So this is quite an entertaining dish, you can eat and drink at the same time, the taste is extremely unique and different. Besides being a refreshing dish, tamarind juice is also quite a healthy drink. Tamarind is a laxative, nourishes the eyes, is good for the stomach, strengthens the immune system, helps reduce weight, is antioxidant and anti-inflammatory.

6. Herbal tea Nuoc sam

With the hot sun of Vietnam during the hot season, "Herbal tea" is considered a "savior" that everyone loves and uses every day. This is a fairly common and popular drink because no one can deny its coolness and sweetness. It helps dispel all thirst and relieve fatigue at work because the ingredients used to make them are from oriental medicine that is both safe and nutritious.

Herbal tea is the name that folk often liken to beverages made from Southern medicinal herbs such as seaweed, ground ginseng, grass roots, arhat fruit, cane sugar.... In addition, depending on conditions, customs and preferences. It can be cooked with corn silk, chrysanthemum, goji berries, plantain... The recipe for herbal tea is quite diverse, it is a harmonious combination of different herbs with a purifying effect. heat, treats digestive diseases and detoxifies the body very effectively.

Herbal tea appears to be a beverage, but in reality, it is more like a remedy. On the streets, herbal tea is often sold in bottles for only 10,000 VND. Because of its healthiness needed in hot weather, herbal tea can not be missed in top drinks you have to try in Vietnam.

7. Pennywort with mung bean

Another drink in top drinks you have to try in Vietnam is Pennywort with mung bean. Pennywort and green beans are both very healthy foods. Leaving pennywort juice as is, many people may find it difficult to drink. However, when it is combined with green beans, it becomes a delicious and popular drink to cool off.

Usually Pennywort is often made salad or sun-dried to make Pennywort tea. But with this dish, people grind pennywort with filtered water, so it has a very eye-catching green color, and you can feel cool even though you haven’t drunk it. You can order plain pennywort, or pennywort with green beans which is always the most popular recipe. If combined with green beans, pennywort juice will be easier to drink because the taste will be sweeter and more flavorful. The color will now be more opaque like milk. Besides, Pennywort with coconut milk and Pennywort flavored with taro are also very popular.

8. Fresh coconut

The last item considered one of the top drinks you have to try in Vietnam is fresh coconut. If you come to Vietnam, it will not be difficult for you to see people drinking water from whole coconuts. You may find it strange, but for Vietnamese people, drinking coconut water like that is the most standard way, because the delicious and fresh taste of coconut water will be guaranteed. People will use a knife to cut a little coconut shell at the top to create a mouth, put a straw in and the unique cup of natural water is ready for you to enjoy.

The fresh coconut has a specially fresh and cool taste. It has a mild sweetness and light fragrance which is hard to describe. The color is not completely clear and not white completely, but a little bit opaque. Fresh coconut water is a natural drink that is very good for health. Many studies have shown that the antiviral, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant properties of coconut water can bring many benefits in preventing and supporting the treatment of many different diseases.

Conclusion

There is nothing better than sucking a cool sip in the hot weather to refresh yourself while exploring the beauty of Vietnam.  When you come to Vietnam, you definitely must try these 8 top drinks you have to try in Vietnam that Vietnam Escape Tours suggest to you to find out which one is your favorite one.