3 Ways to Make Dalgona Coffee, a Viral Drink that Can Be Your WFH Companion

Kapanlagi.com - Currently, many Korean culinary trends have gone viral in Indonesia, ranging from instant noodles, snacks, to cakes in cafes. One popular cafe drink in South Korea right now is dalgona coffee. Many people are looking for easy ways to make dalgona coffee.

Just by looking at it, it seems that making dalgona coffee is difficult. Turns out, dalgona coffee can be made at home with easy and affordable ingredients. The concept of dalgona coffee is actually similar to cappuccino, except that cappuccino uses foam made from milk while dalgona coffee uses foam made from the coffee itself.

This time, Kapanlagi.com has summarized several easy and affordable ways to make dalgona coffee. Based on various sources, here are 4 ways to make dalgona coffee that can be made at home during social distancing or while working from home like now due to the corona covid-19 virus.

1. Dalgona Coffee Without Mixer

Credit : Puguh Kristanto Kitchen YouTube Channel

The first way to make dalgona coffee is without using a mixer. We know that dalgona coffee has a soft foam-like texture, and to obtain that foam, you usually need a mixer.

But don't worry, KLovers, you can still make dalgona coffee without a mixer. So, how do you make it? Let's prepare the ingredients first.

Ingredients needed:

5 teaspoons of fine coffee powder

5 teaspoons of granulated sugar

Warm water

Ice cubes

and liquid milk

How to make it:

First, put 5 teaspoons of fine coffee powder, 5 teaspoons of granulated sugar, and 5 teaspoons of warm water into a blender, then blend the ingredients for 5 minutes or until they turn into foam.

Second, prepare ice cubes in a glass, then pour the liquid milk into the glass filled with ice.

Finally, when you're done, you can put the foam on top of the milk with ice. Finished, the dalgona coffee is ready to be served.

For more details, you can see how to make dalgona coffee without using a mixer on Puguh Kristanto Kitchen's YouTube channel.

2. Dalgona Coffee with Fine Sugar

Credit: pufflova YouTube Channel

Next is how to make dalgona coffee using fine sugar. Previously, we made dalgona coffee using regular granulated sugar, but this time we will use fine sugar.

First, let's prepare the necessary ingredients:

Main ingredient: 2 teaspoons of fine coffee powder

4 tablespoons of fine sugar

30 ml of cold water

liquid milk

Here's how to make it:

Put 4 tablespoons of fine sugar in a container along with 2 teaspoons of fine coffee powder.

Then, mix the coffee and sugar evenly. Once it's mixed, add 30 ml of cold water.

After adding the cold water, mix the ingredients for 2 minutes or until it becomes a foam.

Pour the milk into a glass, not necessarily full, leaving some space to place the coffee foam on top.

Finally, pour the coffee foam into the glass with milk, and the dalgona coffee is ready to be served.

For a clearer guide on how to make dalgona coffee, you can directly visit Pufflova's YouTube channel.

3. Using Brown Sugar

Credit: Devina Hermawan YouTube Channel

The next way to make dalgona coffee is by using brown sugar. For coffee lovers who prefer brown sugar, this recipe is worth trying at home, KLovers.

Many coffee lovers prefer using brown sugar instead of white sugar, how to do it? Let's find out KLovers.

Ingredients needed:

2 tablespoons of fine coffee powder

2 tablespoons of brown sugar

2 tablespoons of warm water

5 tablespoons of liquid coconut milk

Ice cubes

How to make it:

Put all the ingredients above into one place on a plate.

Unlike the others, this time we will whisk all the ingredients using a strainer for 4 minutes or until the coffee turns into foam.

Put ice cubes into a glass, then pour cow's milk into the glass with the ice cubes.

Add a little coconut milk to make the milk taste richer (this is according to taste, if you don't use coconut milk, it's okay).

Finally, pour the dalgona coffee on top of the milk. Finished, dalgona coffee is ready to be served.

For more details, KLovers can see how to make dalgona coffee with brown sugar through Devina Hermawan's YouTube channel.

Those are 3 easy and affordable ways to make dalgona coffee. KLovers can easily make it at home without using any special machines or ingredients while practicing social distancing or working from home. Enjoy trying it out.

(kpl/dhm/gen)