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Dalgona coffee
Homemade dalgona coffee
Type
Coffee
Origin
Macau
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Introduced
1997
Ingredients
Coffee
,
sugar
,
water
and
milk
Chinese name
Chinese
椪糖咖啡
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Pèng Táng Kāfēi
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping
pung3 tong4 gaa3 fe1
Hand-beaten coffee
Chinese
手打咖啡
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Shǒu Dǎ Kāfēi
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping
sau2 daa2 gaa3 fe1
Portuguese name
Portuguese
Café dalgona
Korean name
Hangul
달고나 커피
RR
dalgona keopi
MR
talgona k'ŏp'i
External videos
Stars' Top Recipe at Fun-Staurant
episode featuring Jung Il-woo presenting whipped coffee
(in Korean)
Dalgona coffee
, also known as
hand beaten coffee
, is a beverage originating from
Macau
made by whipping equal parts
instant coffee
powder, sugar, and hot water until it becomes creamy and then adding it to cold or hot milk.
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Occasionally, it is topped with coffee powder, cocoa, crumbled biscuits, or honey.
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It was popularized on social media during the
COVID-19 pandemic
, when people refraining from going out started making videos of whipping the coffee at home, by hand without using
electrical mixers
.
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5
]
After the drink spread to South Korea, it was renamed "dalgona coffee" which is derived from
dalgona
, a Korean sugar candy, due to the resemblance in taste and appearance, though most dalgona coffee does not actually contain
dalgona
.
Creation and naming
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edit
]
The drink is credited to Leong Kam Hon, a former Macanese
shipwright
who started his 'Wai Ting Coffee' (later renamed 'Hon Kee',
漢記
) shop in
Coloane
after a freak accident to his left arm left him incapacitated from continuing work. Leong recalls concocting the drink as requested by a tourist couple in 1997. The drink did not yield much interest to him until 2004 when he took on the idea to serve it as a specialty to
Chow Yun-fat
and his entourage who visited the Hon Kee café that year. Chow's praise for the drink gathered the first wave of international attention when new visitors came in to ask for 'Chow Yun-fat coffee'.
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]
The maker himself dubs the drink made in his menu as
手打咖啡
or "hand beaten coffee".
The name "dalgona coffee" is credited to the South Korean actor
Jung Il-woo
, who ordered this drink at the same eatery in January 2020 during his appearance on TV show called
Stars' Top Recipe at Fun-Staurant
. He likened the taste to that of
dalgona
, a type of Korean
honeycomb toffee
.
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Spread from South Korea
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edit
]
Following the broadcast of that TV programme, dalgona coffee became popular among Koreans who attempted to
make this drink for themselves
during the
social distancing orders in South Korea
. As a result, it was dubbed the "quarantine drink" or "quarantine coffee".
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5
]
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]
Under the hashtag #dalgonacoffeechallenge, homemade versions of dalgona coffee began spreading on South Korean
YouTube
channels before going viral on
TikTok
especially in early March of the same year.
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]
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]
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]
The spike in interest during the quarantine period has been attributed to the calming,
ASMR-like
effects of watching online DIY videos.
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]
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]
Although the beverage was popularized as a homemade version of whipped coffee, it became a menu item at many coffee shops in South Korea.
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]
and even in the U.S.
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]
While most dalgona coffee does not actually contain
dalgona
, one South Korean cafe does combine
dalgona
with milk tea or coffee.
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]
It is not possible to make dalgona coffee using ground
coffee beans
; instant coffee creates the dense and foamy topping and the reason for this has much to do with the drying process of the coffee granules.
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]
The drink is also similar to the Italian dessert drink "Crema di Caffe" except with the omission of dairy product. Several media outlets have noted the drink's similarity to the Indian coffee beverage known as
phenti hui
coffee,
phitti hui
coffee, or
beaten coffee
. The main difference is that when making
phenti hui
coffee, milk is poured on top of the whipped mix rather than spooning the whipped mix on top of the milk.
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]
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]
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]
The coffee beverage is similar to the
Frappé coffee
(or Greek Frappe or φραπέ) originating in Greece in 1957, which is either hand shaken or whipped with a frothing mixer and is traditionally served cold but also may be prepared hot.
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21
]
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]
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23
]
Caffè crema
– Coffee drink
Frappé coffee
– Greek iced coffee drink
Coffee milk
– Drink made from coffee syrup and milk
TikTok food trends
– Food-related content on the short video platform
^
a
b
"Ex-shipwright tells bittersweet story behind viral TikTok 'Dalgona' coffee"
.
Macau Post Daily
. 19 August 2021.
Archived
from the original on 15 April 2021
. Retrieved
12 October
2021
.
^
a
b
400번을 저어 만든★수타 달고나 커피! 일우 눈이 번쩍! [신상출시 편스토랑/Stars Top Recipe at Fun-Staurant] 20200103
.
Youtube
. 3 January 2020.
^
"Dalgona coffee"
. Retrieved
7 April
2020
.
^
Baes, Patricia (27 March 2020).
"What is dalgona coffee & why is it on everyone's instagram now?"
.
MSN
. Retrieved
4 April
2020
.
The drink itself has origins from Rajasthan(India) where it is also known as whipped coffee or beaten coffee
^
a
b
"S Korea's Dalgona coffee is the new quarantine fad"
.
The Times of India
. 12 April 2020
. Retrieved
14 April
2020
.
^
Hiufu Wong (15 November 2013).
"Macau's kung fu coffee master"
.
CNN Travel
.
CNN
. Archived from
the original
on 7 December 2013.
^
Navarra, Ruth L. (22 March 2020).
"How to make the South Korean trend Dalgona Coffee"
.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
. Retrieved
1 April
2020
.
The trend is credited to actor Jung Il-woo after appearing on the show "Pyunstorang". He went to Macau where he was served with a handmade drink. Jung said it was delicious and reminded him of dalgona candy. He called it Macau Dalgona coffee.
^
a
b
Vreeland, Vaughn (16 April 2020).
"How to Make Whipped Coffee"
.
The New York Times
.
ISSN
0362-4331
. Retrieved
17 October
2020
.
^
Singer, Jenny (3 April 2020).
"Dalgona Coffee Is the Internet's Favorite, Fluffiest Quarantine Drink. Here's How to Make It"
.
Glamour
. Retrieved
14 April
2020
.
^
Frishberg, Hannah (26 March 2020).
"How to make whipped Dalgona coffee, TikTok's latest viral trend"
.
New York Post
. Retrieved
30 March
2020
.
The craze started percolating in late January, according to Google Trends, then gained traction near the end of February when a Korean YouTuber posted a now viral, ASMR-style video of how to make the creamy drink.
^
"Dalgona coffee: does the internet's new favourite drink actually work?"
.
BBC Food
. Retrieved
30 March
2020
.
That's why, over the last few days, people have been sharing their attempts (especially on TikTok) at making Dalgona coffee.
^
Makalintal, Bettina (20 March 2020).
"People All Over the World Are Making Frothy 'Dalgona' Coffee, Thanks to Quarantine"
.
Vice
. Retrieved
4 April
2020
.
^
Haasch, Palmer (3 April 2020).
"Dalgona coffee is the whipped coffee drink that's everywhere on TikTok"
.
Insider
. Retrieved
6 April
2020
.
^
Vreeland, Vaughn (14 April 2020).
"How to Make Whipped Coffee"
.
The New York Times
.
ISSN
0362-4331
. Retrieved
14 April
2020
.
^
Gubbins, Teresa (22 April 2020).
"Internet sensation dalgona coffee froths up at these Dallas restaurants"
.
CultureMap Dallas
. Retrieved
22 April
2020
.
^
띵~ 할만큼 달아서… 코로나 두통이 날아가네
.
The Chosun Ilbo
(in Korean). 10 March 2020
. Retrieved
4 April
2020
.
^
"Dalgona Coffee: The Latest Instant Coffee Trend From South Korea"
.
Waka Coffee
. Retrieved
7 April
2020
.
^
Gupta, Arunima (5 April 2020).
"Why S. Korea's Dalgona coffee trend should remind India of its food-diplomacy potential"
.
ThePrint
. Retrieved
14 April
2020
.
^
Makalintal, Bettina (15 April 2020).
"A Dive Into the Disputed History of 'Dalgona Coffee'
"
.
Vice
. Retrieved
19 April
2020
.
^
"Dalgona Coffee is viral on TikTok in the West. India has been making it for years"
.
India Today
. 31 March 2020.
Archived
from the original on 31 March 2020
. Retrieved
20 March
2021
.
^
"Dalgona Coffee (Greek Frappé) Tops India's Top Google Searches In 2020"
. 11 December 2020
. Retrieved
12 May
2022
.
^
"NESCAFÉ Frappe | Home"
.
www.nescafe.com
. Retrieved
12 May
2022
.
^
"Πώς ανακαλύφθηκε ο φραπές τυχαία, το 1957 στη Θεσσαλονίκη κατά τη διάρκεια της Διεθνούς Έκθεσης. Η ελληνική πατέντα δεν σερβίρεται σε κανένα άλλο μέρος του κόσμου"
.
ΜΗΧΑΝΗ ΤΟΥ ΧΡΟΝΟΥ
(in Greek). 7 September 2015
. Retrieved
12 May
2022
.
"
Stars' Top Recipe at Fun-Staurant: Ilwoo's Mukbang at Macau
" (13 January 2020).
KBS World
via YouTube - the broadcast featuring Leong Kam Hon demonstrating the skill of making the drink himself |
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Whipped coffee drink
| | |
|---|---|
| [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Homemade_Dalgona_Coffee.jpg)Homemade dalgona coffee | |
| Type | [Coffee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee "Coffee") |
| Origin | [Macau](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macau "Macau")[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona_coffee#cite_note-MPD-1)[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona_coffee#cite_note-youtube.com-2) |
| Introduced | 1997 |
| Ingredients | [Coffee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee "Coffee"), [sugar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar "Sugar"), [water](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water "Water") and [milk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk "Milk") |
| Chinese name | |
| [Chinese](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language "Chinese language") | 椪糖咖啡 |
| Transcriptions | |
| [Standard Mandarin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Chinese "Standard Chinese") | |
| [Hanyu Pinyin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanyu_Pinyin "Hanyu Pinyin") | Pèng Táng Kāfēi |
| [Yue: Cantonese](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantonese "Cantonese") | |
| [Jyutping](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyutping "Jyutping") | pung3 tong4 gaa3 fe1 |
| Hand-beaten coffee | |
| [Chinese](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language "Chinese language") | 手打咖啡 |
| Transcriptions | |
| [Standard Mandarin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Chinese "Standard Chinese") | |
| [Hanyu Pinyin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanyu_Pinyin "Hanyu Pinyin") | Shǒu Dǎ Kāfēi |
| [Yue: Cantonese](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantonese "Cantonese") | |
| [Jyutping](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyutping "Jyutping") | sau2 daa2 gaa3 fe1 |
| Portuguese name | |
| [Portuguese](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_language "Portuguese language") | *Café dalgona* |
| Korean name | |
| [Hangul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangul "Hangul") | 달고나 커피 |
| [RR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Korean "Revised Romanization of Korean") | *dalgona keopi* |
| [MR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCune%E2%80%93Reischauer "McCune–Reischauer") | *talgona k'ŏp'i* |
| External videos |
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| [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg) [*Stars' Top Recipe at Fun-Staurant* episode featuring Jung Il-woo presenting whipped coffee](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbioO7wX1SA) (in Korean) |
**Dalgona coffee**, also known as **hand beaten coffee**, is a beverage originating from [Macau](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macau "Macau") made by whipping equal parts [instant coffee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_coffee "Instant coffee") powder, sugar, and hot water until it becomes creamy and then adding it to cold or hot milk.[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona_coffee#cite_note-3) Occasionally, it is topped with coffee powder, cocoa, crumbled biscuits, or honey.[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona_coffee#cite_note-baes-4) It was popularized on social media during the [COVID-19 pandemic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_South_Korea "COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea"), when people refraining from going out started making videos of whipping the coffee at home, by hand without using [electrical mixers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixer_\(appliance\) "Mixer (appliance)").[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona_coffee#cite_note-:1-5) After the drink spread to South Korea, it was renamed "dalgona coffee" which is derived from *[dalgona](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona "Dalgona")*, a Korean sugar candy, due to the resemblance in taste and appearance, though most dalgona coffee does not actually contain *dalgona*.
## History
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### Creation and naming
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The drink is credited to Leong Kam Hon, a former Macanese [shipwright](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shipwright "Shipwright") who started his 'Wai Ting Coffee' (later renamed 'Hon Kee', 漢記) shop in [Coloane](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coloane "Coloane") after a freak accident to his left arm left him incapacitated from continuing work. Leong recalls concocting the drink as requested by a tourist couple in 1997. The drink did not yield much interest to him until 2004 when he took on the idea to serve it as a specialty to [Chow Yun-fat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chow_Yun-fat "Chow Yun-fat") and his entourage who visited the Hon Kee café that year. Chow's praise for the drink gathered the first wave of international attention when new visitors came in to ask for 'Chow Yun-fat coffee'.[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona_coffee#cite_note-6)[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona_coffee#cite_note-MPD-1) The maker himself dubs the drink made in his menu as 手打咖啡 or "hand beaten coffee".
The name "dalgona coffee" is credited to the South Korean actor [Jung Il-woo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jung_Il-woo "Jung Il-woo"), who ordered this drink at the same eatery in January 2020 during his appearance on TV show called *[Stars' Top Recipe at Fun-Staurant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stars%27_Top_Recipe_at_Fun-Staurant "Stars' Top Recipe at Fun-Staurant")*. He likened the taste to that of *[dalgona](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona "Dalgona")*, a type of Korean [honeycomb toffee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeycomb_toffee "Honeycomb toffee").[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona_coffee#cite_note-youtube.com-2)[\[7\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona_coffee#cite_note-7)[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona_coffee#cite_note-NYT-8)
### Spread from South Korea
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Following the broadcast of that TV programme, dalgona coffee became popular among Koreans who attempted to [make this drink for themselves](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_it_yourself "Do it yourself") during the [social distancing orders in South Korea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_South_Korea "COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea"). As a result, it was dubbed the "quarantine drink" or "quarantine coffee".[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona_coffee#cite_note-:1-5)[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona_coffee#cite_note-9) Under the hashtag \#dalgonacoffeechallenge, homemade versions of dalgona coffee began spreading on South Korean [YouTube](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube "YouTube") channels before going viral on [TikTok](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TikTok "TikTok") especially in early March of the same year.[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona_coffee#cite_note-10)[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona_coffee#cite_note-11)[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona_coffee#cite_note-NYT-8) The spike in interest during the quarantine period has been attributed to the calming, [ASMR-like](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASMR "ASMR") effects of watching online DIY videos.[\[12\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona_coffee#cite_note-12)[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona_coffee#cite_note-13) Although the beverage was popularized as a homemade version of whipped coffee, it became a menu item at many coffee shops in South Korea.[\[14\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona_coffee#cite_note-14) and even in the U.S.[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona_coffee#cite_note-15)
While most dalgona coffee does not actually contain *dalgona*, one South Korean cafe does combine *dalgona* with milk tea or coffee.[\[16\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona_coffee#cite_note-16) It is not possible to make dalgona coffee using ground [coffee beans](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_bean "Coffee bean"); instant coffee creates the dense and foamy topping and the reason for this has much to do with the drying process of the coffee granules.[\[17\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona_coffee#cite_note-17)
## Similar drinks
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The drink is also similar to the Italian dessert drink "Crema di Caffe" except with the omission of dairy product. Several media outlets have noted the drink's similarity to the Indian coffee beverage known as *phenti hui* coffee, *phitti hui* coffee, or [beaten coffee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaten_coffee "Beaten coffee"). The main difference is that when making *phenti hui* coffee, milk is poured on top of the whipped mix rather than spooning the whipped mix on top of the milk.[\[18\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona_coffee#cite_note-18)[\[19\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona_coffee#cite_note-19)[\[20\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona_coffee#cite_note-20) The coffee beverage is similar to the [Frappé coffee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frapp%C3%A9_coffee "Frappé coffee") (or Greek Frappe or φραπέ) originating in Greece in 1957, which is either hand shaken or whipped with a frothing mixer and is traditionally served cold but also may be prepared hot.[\[21\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona_coffee#cite_note-21)[\[22\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona_coffee#cite_note-22)[\[23\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona_coffee#cite_note-23)
## See also
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- [China portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:China "Portal:China")
- [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Foodlogo2.svg)[Food portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Food "Portal:Food")
- [Caffè crema](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caff%C3%A8_crema "Caffè crema") – Coffee drink
- [Frappé coffee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frapp%C3%A9_coffee "Frappé coffee") – Greek iced coffee drink
- [Coffee milk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_milk "Coffee milk") – Drink made from coffee syrup and milk
- [TikTok food trends](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TikTok_food_trends "TikTok food trends") – Food-related content on the short video platform
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| [Species](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffea "Coffea") and [varieties](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_coffee_varieties "List of coffee varieties") | *[Arabica](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffea_arabica "Coffea arabica")* [Benguet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benguet_coffee "Benguet coffee") [Blue Mountain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaican_Blue_Mountain_Coffee "Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee") [Bonifieur](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guadeloupe_Bonifieur "Guadeloupe Bonifieur") [Bourbon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourbon_coffee "Bourbon coffee") [Geisha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geisha_\(coffee\) "Geisha (coffee)") [Kona](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kona_coffee "Kona coffee") [Maracaturra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maracaturra_coffee "Maracaturra coffee") [Maragogipe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maragogipe_Coffee "Maragogipe Coffee") [Molokai](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molokai_coffee "Molokai coffee") [S795](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S795_coffee "S795 coffee") [Sagada](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagada_coffee "Sagada coffee") *[Charrieriana](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffea_charrieriana "Coffea charrieriana")* *[Liberica](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffea_liberica "Coffea liberica")* [Barako](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapeng_barako "Kapeng barako") *[Racemosa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffea_racemosa "Coffea racemosa")* *[Robusta](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robusta_coffee "Robusta coffee")* [Sulu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kahawa_Sug "Kahawa Sug") *[Stenophylla](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffea_stenophylla "Coffea stenophylla")* |
| Components | [Cafestol](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cafestol "Cafestol") [Caffeic acid](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caffeic_acid "Caffeic acid") [Caffeine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caffeine "Caffeine") [Coffee bean](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_bean "Coffee bean") [Furan-2-ylmethanethiol](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furan-2-ylmethanethiol "Furan-2-ylmethanethiol") [Kahweol](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kahweol "Kahweol") |
| [Preparation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_preparation "Coffee preparation") | [AeroPress](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AeroPress "AeroPress") [Arabic coffee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_coffee "Arabic coffee") [Jebena](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jebena "Jebena") [Brewed coffee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewed_coffee "Brewed coffee") [Chemex](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemex_Coffeemaker "Chemex Coffeemaker") [Cezve](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cezve "Cezve") [Chorreador](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorreador "Chorreador") [Coffeemaker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffeemaker "Coffeemaker") [Cold brew](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_brew_coffee "Cold brew coffee") [nitro](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitro_cold_brew_coffee "Nitro cold brew coffee") [Drip coffee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drip_coffee "Drip coffee") [Espresso](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espresso "Espresso") [doppio](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doppio "Doppio") [lungo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lungo "Lungo") [ristretto](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ristretto "Ristretto") [Espresso machine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espresso_machine "Espresso machine") [French drip](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_drip "French drip") [Karlsbad coffee maker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlsbad_coffee_maker "Karlsbad coffee maker") [French press](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_press "French press") [Instant coffee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_coffee "Instant coffee") [Coffee syrup](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_syrup "Coffee syrup") [Knockbox](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knockbox "Knockbox") [Moka pot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moka_pot "Moka pot") [Neapolitan flip coffee pot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neapolitan_flip_coffee_pot "Neapolitan flip coffee pot") [Net-filter coffee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net-filter_coffee "Net-filter coffee") (Vietnamese) [Percolator](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_percolator "Coffee percolator") [Turkish coffee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_coffee "Turkish coffee") [Yazdi coffee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yazdi_coffee "Yazdi coffee") [Vacuum maker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum_coffee_maker "Vacuum coffee maker") [Single-serve coffee container](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-serve_coffee_container "Single-serve coffee container") |
| [Coffee drinks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_coffee_drinks "List of coffee drinks") | [Affogato](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affogato "Affogato") [Americano](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caff%C3%A8_Americano "Caffè Americano") [Beaten coffee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaten_coffee "Beaten coffee") [Bica](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bica_\(coffee\) "Bica (coffee)") [Bicerin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicerin "Bicerin") [Black Russian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Russian "Black Russian") [Cà phê sữa đá](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_iced_coffee "Vietnamese iced coffee") [Café au lait](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caf%C3%A9_au_lait "Café au lait") [Café com cheirinho](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caf%C3%A9_com_cheirinho "Café com cheirinho") [Café con leche](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caf%C3%A9_con_leche "Café con leche") [Café de olla](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caf%C3%A9_de_olla "Café de olla") [Café Touba](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caf%C3%A9_Touba "Café Touba") [Café tropeiro](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caf%C3%A9_tropeiro "Café tropeiro") [Caffè corretto](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caff%C3%A8_corretto "Caffè corretto") [Caffè crema](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caff%C3%A8_crema "Caffè crema") [Caffè macchiato](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caff%C3%A8_macchiato "Caffè macchiato") [Caffè mocha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caff%C3%A8_mocha "Caffè mocha") [Cappuccino](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cappuccino "Cappuccino") [Carajillo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carajillo "Carajillo") [Coffee cabinet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_cabinet "Coffee cabinet") [Coffee milk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_milk "Coffee milk") [Cortado](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cortado "Cortado") [Café Cubano](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_espresso "Cuban espresso") [Dalgona coffee]() [Egg coffee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_coffee "Egg coffee") [Einspänner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einsp%C3%A4nner "Einspänner") [Espresso](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espresso "Espresso") [Flat white](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_white "Flat white") [Frappé coffee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frapp%C3%A9_coffee "Frappé coffee") [Frappuccino](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frappuccino "Frappuccino") [Galão](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gal%C3%A3o "Galão") [Garoto](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_coffee_drinks#Garoto "List of coffee drinks") [Gassosa al caffè](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gassosa_al_caff%C3%A8 "Gassosa al caffè") [Iced coffee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iced_coffee "Iced coffee") [Indian filter coffee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_filter_coffee "Indian filter coffee") [Ipoh white coffee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipoh_white_coffee "Ipoh white coffee") [Irish coffee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_coffee "Irish coffee") [Karsk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karsk "Karsk") [Kopi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopi_\(drink\) "Kopi (drink)") [Kopi luwak](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopi_luwak "Kopi luwak") [Kopi tubruk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopi_tubruk "Kopi tubruk") [Kurdish coffee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurdish_coffee "Kurdish coffee") [Latte macchiato](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latte_macchiato "Latte macchiato") [Latte](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latte "Latte") [Liqueur coffee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liqueur_coffee "Liqueur coffee") [Long black](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_black "Long black") [Lungo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lungo "Lungo") [Marocchino](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marocchino "Marocchino") [Mazagran](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazagran_\(drink\) "Mazagran (drink)") [Moretta](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moretta_\(coffee\) "Moretta (coffee)") [Oliang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliang "Oliang") [Raf coffee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raf_coffee "Raf coffee") [Red eye](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_coffee_drinks#Red_eye "List of coffee drinks") [Ristretto](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ristretto "Ristretto") [Rüdesheimer Kaffee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%BCdesheimer_Kaffee "Rüdesheimer Kaffee") [Tenom coffee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenom_coffee "Tenom coffee") [Turkish coffee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_coffee "Turkish coffee") [White coffee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_coffee "White coffee") [White Russian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Russian_\(cocktail\) "White Russian (cocktail)") [Wiener Melange](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiener_Melange "Wiener Melange") [Yazdi coffee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yazdi_coffee "Yazdi coffee") [Yuenyeung](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuenyeung "Yuenyeung") |
| Organization lists | [Bakery cafés](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bakery_caf%C3%A9s "List of bakery cafés") [Coffee companies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_coffee_companies "List of coffee companies") [Coffeehouses](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_coffeehouse_chains "List of coffeehouse chains") |
| Lifestyle | [Barista](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barista "Barista") [Bikini barista](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikini_barista "Bikini barista") [Caffè sospeso](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caff%C3%A8_sospeso "Caffè sospeso") [Coffee break](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Break_\(work\)#Coffee_break "Break (work)") [Coffee ceremony of Ethiopia and Eritrea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_ceremony_of_Ethiopia_and_Eritrea "Coffee ceremony of Ethiopia and Eritrea") [CoffeeCon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CoffeeCon "CoffeeCon") [Coffee culture](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_culture "Coffee culture") [Australia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_culture_in_Australia "Coffee culture in Australia") [Former Yugoslavia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_culture_in_the_former_Yugoslavia "Coffee culture in the former Yugoslavia") [Coffee cupping](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_cupping "Coffee cupping") [Coffee palace](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_palace "Coffee palace") [Coffeehouse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffeehouse "Coffeehouse") [Historical coffeehouses](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_coffeehouses_in_the_17th_and_18th_centuries "English coffeehouses in the 17th and 18th centuries") [Kopi tiam](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopi_tiam "Kopi tiam") [Latte art](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latte_art "Latte art") [Viennese coffee house](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viennese_coffee_house "Viennese coffee house") |
| [Substitutes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_substitute "Coffee substitute") | [Barley coffee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caff%C3%A8_d%27orzo "Caffè d'orzo") [Barley tea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barley_tea "Barley tea") [Barleycup](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barleycup "Barleycup") [Caro](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caro_\(drink\) "Caro (drink)") [Cereal coffee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cereal_coffee "Cereal coffee") [Chicory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicory "Chicory") [Dandelion coffee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dandelion_coffee "Dandelion coffee") [Inka](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inka_\(drink\) "Inka (drink)") [Maya nut](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brosimum_alicastrum "Brosimum alicastrum") [Postum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postum "Postum") [Qishr](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qishr "Qishr") |
| Serving vessels | [Coffee cup](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_cup "Coffee cup") [sleeve](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_cup_sleeve "Coffee cup sleeve") [Cezve](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cezve "Cezve") [Demitasse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demitasse "Demitasse") [spoon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demitasse_spoon "Demitasse spoon") [Tasse à café](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasse_%C3%A0_caf%C3%A9 "Tasse à café") [Zarf](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zarf "Zarf") |
| Competitions | [United States Barista Championship](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Barista_Championship "United States Barista Championship") [World Barista Championship](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Barista_Championship "World Barista Championship") [World Brewers Cup](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Brewers_Cup "World Brewers Cup") |
| Misc. | [Canned coffee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canned_coffee "Canned coffee") [Coffee and doughnuts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_and_doughnuts "Coffee and doughnuts") [Coffee bag](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_bag "Coffee bag") [Coffee leaf rust](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_leaf_rust "Coffee leaf rust") [Coffee service](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_service "Coffee service") [Coffee vending machine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_vending_machine "Coffee vending machine") [Coffee wars](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_wars "Coffee wars") [Gustav III of Sweden's coffee experiment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_III_of_Sweden%27s_coffee_experiment "Gustav III of Sweden's coffee experiment") [International Coffee Organization](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Coffee_Organization "International Coffee Organization") [Low acid coffee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_acid_coffee "Low acid coffee") [Specialty coffee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specialty_coffee "Specialty coffee") [Sustainable coffee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_coffee "Sustainable coffee") [Used coffee grounds](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Used_coffee_grounds "Used coffee grounds") |
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Dalgona coffee
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| Readable Markdown | From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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| [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Homemade_Dalgona_Coffee.jpg)Homemade dalgona coffee | |
| Type | [Coffee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee "Coffee") |
| Origin | [Macau](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macau "Macau")[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona_coffee#cite_note-MPD-1)[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona_coffee#cite_note-youtube.com-2) |
| Introduced | 1997 |
| Ingredients | [Coffee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee "Coffee"), [sugar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar "Sugar"), [water](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water "Water") and [milk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk "Milk") |
| Chinese name | |
| [Chinese](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language "Chinese language") | 椪糖咖啡 |
| Transcriptions | |
| [Standard Mandarin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Chinese "Standard Chinese") | |
| [Hanyu Pinyin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanyu_Pinyin "Hanyu Pinyin") | Pèng Táng Kāfēi |
| [Yue: Cantonese](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantonese "Cantonese") | |
| [Jyutping](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyutping "Jyutping") | pung3 tong4 gaa3 fe1 |
| Hand-beaten coffee | |
| [Chinese](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language "Chinese language") | 手打咖啡 |
| Transcriptions | |
| [Standard Mandarin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Chinese "Standard Chinese") | |
| [Hanyu Pinyin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanyu_Pinyin "Hanyu Pinyin") | Shǒu Dǎ Kāfēi |
| [Yue: Cantonese](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantonese "Cantonese") | |
| [Jyutping](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyutping "Jyutping") | sau2 daa2 gaa3 fe1 |
| Portuguese name | |
| [Portuguese](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_language "Portuguese language") | *Café dalgona* |
| Korean name | |
| [Hangul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangul "Hangul") | 달고나 커피 |
| [RR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Korean "Revised Romanization of Korean") | *dalgona keopi* |
| [MR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCune%E2%80%93Reischauer "McCune–Reischauer") | *talgona k'ŏp'i* |
| External videos |
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| [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg) [*Stars' Top Recipe at Fun-Staurant* episode featuring Jung Il-woo presenting whipped coffee](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbioO7wX1SA) (in Korean) |
**Dalgona coffee**, also known as **hand beaten coffee**, is a beverage originating from [Macau](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macau "Macau") made by whipping equal parts [instant coffee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_coffee "Instant coffee") powder, sugar, and hot water until it becomes creamy and then adding it to cold or hot milk.[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona_coffee#cite_note-3) Occasionally, it is topped with coffee powder, cocoa, crumbled biscuits, or honey.[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona_coffee#cite_note-baes-4) It was popularized on social media during the [COVID-19 pandemic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_South_Korea "COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea"), when people refraining from going out started making videos of whipping the coffee at home, by hand without using [electrical mixers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixer_\(appliance\) "Mixer (appliance)").[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona_coffee#cite_note-:1-5) After the drink spread to South Korea, it was renamed "dalgona coffee" which is derived from *[dalgona](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona "Dalgona")*, a Korean sugar candy, due to the resemblance in taste and appearance, though most dalgona coffee does not actually contain *dalgona*.
### Creation and naming
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The drink is credited to Leong Kam Hon, a former Macanese [shipwright](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shipwright "Shipwright") who started his 'Wai Ting Coffee' (later renamed 'Hon Kee', 漢記) shop in [Coloane](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coloane "Coloane") after a freak accident to his left arm left him incapacitated from continuing work. Leong recalls concocting the drink as requested by a tourist couple in 1997. The drink did not yield much interest to him until 2004 when he took on the idea to serve it as a specialty to [Chow Yun-fat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chow_Yun-fat "Chow Yun-fat") and his entourage who visited the Hon Kee café that year. Chow's praise for the drink gathered the first wave of international attention when new visitors came in to ask for 'Chow Yun-fat coffee'.[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona_coffee#cite_note-6)[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona_coffee#cite_note-MPD-1) The maker himself dubs the drink made in his menu as 手打咖啡 or "hand beaten coffee".
The name "dalgona coffee" is credited to the South Korean actor [Jung Il-woo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jung_Il-woo "Jung Il-woo"), who ordered this drink at the same eatery in January 2020 during his appearance on TV show called *[Stars' Top Recipe at Fun-Staurant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stars%27_Top_Recipe_at_Fun-Staurant "Stars' Top Recipe at Fun-Staurant")*. He likened the taste to that of *[dalgona](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona "Dalgona")*, a type of Korean [honeycomb toffee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeycomb_toffee "Honeycomb toffee").[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona_coffee#cite_note-youtube.com-2)[\[7\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona_coffee#cite_note-7)[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona_coffee#cite_note-NYT-8)
### Spread from South Korea
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Following the broadcast of that TV programme, dalgona coffee became popular among Koreans who attempted to [make this drink for themselves](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_it_yourself "Do it yourself") during the [social distancing orders in South Korea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_South_Korea "COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea"). As a result, it was dubbed the "quarantine drink" or "quarantine coffee".[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona_coffee#cite_note-:1-5)[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona_coffee#cite_note-9) Under the hashtag \#dalgonacoffeechallenge, homemade versions of dalgona coffee began spreading on South Korean [YouTube](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube "YouTube") channels before going viral on [TikTok](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TikTok "TikTok") especially in early March of the same year.[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona_coffee#cite_note-10)[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona_coffee#cite_note-11)[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona_coffee#cite_note-NYT-8) The spike in interest during the quarantine period has been attributed to the calming, [ASMR-like](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASMR "ASMR") effects of watching online DIY videos.[\[12\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona_coffee#cite_note-12)[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona_coffee#cite_note-13) Although the beverage was popularized as a homemade version of whipped coffee, it became a menu item at many coffee shops in South Korea.[\[14\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona_coffee#cite_note-14) and even in the U.S.[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona_coffee#cite_note-15)
While most dalgona coffee does not actually contain *dalgona*, one South Korean cafe does combine *dalgona* with milk tea or coffee.[\[16\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona_coffee#cite_note-16) It is not possible to make dalgona coffee using ground [coffee beans](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_bean "Coffee bean"); instant coffee creates the dense and foamy topping and the reason for this has much to do with the drying process of the coffee granules.[\[17\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona_coffee#cite_note-17)
The drink is also similar to the Italian dessert drink "Crema di Caffe" except with the omission of dairy product. Several media outlets have noted the drink's similarity to the Indian coffee beverage known as *phenti hui* coffee, *phitti hui* coffee, or [beaten coffee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaten_coffee "Beaten coffee"). The main difference is that when making *phenti hui* coffee, milk is poured on top of the whipped mix rather than spooning the whipped mix on top of the milk.[\[18\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona_coffee#cite_note-18)[\[19\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona_coffee#cite_note-19)[\[20\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona_coffee#cite_note-20) The coffee beverage is similar to the [Frappé coffee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frapp%C3%A9_coffee "Frappé coffee") (or Greek Frappe or φραπέ) originating in Greece in 1957, which is either hand shaken or whipped with a frothing mixer and is traditionally served cold but also may be prepared hot.[\[21\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona_coffee#cite_note-21)[\[22\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona_coffee#cite_note-22)[\[23\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona_coffee#cite_note-23)
- [Caffè crema](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caff%C3%A8_crema "Caffè crema") – Coffee drink
- [Frappé coffee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frapp%C3%A9_coffee "Frappé coffee") – Greek iced coffee drink
- [Coffee milk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_milk "Coffee milk") – Drink made from coffee syrup and milk
- [TikTok food trends](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TikTok_food_trends "TikTok food trends") – Food-related content on the short video platform
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