Unless you have been living under a rock these past few weeks, you may have seen posts about Dalgona Coffee, the viral coffee drink popping up all over the internet. Dalgona Coffee is a whipped coffee drink that started in Korea and has taken the internet by storm. After seeing the beautiful drink posted to my friend’s social media I knew I had to give it a try. After all, it has been about 5 weeks since my last Starbucks drink so I have just been drinking the good ol’ drip and this looked like something I could pull off at home relatively quickly and easily.
You essentially just whip together instant coffee, sugar, and hot water until it becomes a beautiful fluffy little cloud of sweetened coffee and put that over some iced milk. While most of the recipes call for instant coffee I am a girl who likes REALLY dark and bold coffee so I went with instant espresso instead. It’s the Italian in me! Let me just say, it gave me perfect little mid-day jolt I needed.
Note: The total time to prepare is about 3 minutes. Way quicker than if I got my espresso machine out and fired it up.
INGREDIENTS
2 tbsp instant coffee or espresso
1–2 tbsp sugar (depends how sweet you like it)
2 tbsp hot water
milk (or milk substitute of choice)
ice
cinnamon or sweetened cocoa to sprinkle on top (optional)
STEPS
- In a mixing bowl, combine the instant coffee or espresso, sugar, and water.
- Using a stand-up mixer or hand mixer on medium speed, beat together until it is nice and fluffy and holds some shape. (Took me about 3 minutes.)
- Fill a glass about half way up with ice and milk.
- Add the whipped coffee to the glass and finish with some cinnamon or sweetened cocoa.
- Sip and recharge.
That looks sooo good. Great idea to use instant espresso. YUM!
Thanks! You should give it a try! I did a double batch so the hubby and I could each have a little extra oomph in our day. It was so light and refreshing! Perfect summer afternoon coffee! 😀
Ryan loves iced coffee. I’ve been seeing this recipe going around. Thanks for the push to try it.
Do it! One of my friends told me she made it with caramel sauce inside the cup so it was just like a caramel macchiato! 😀