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One particular type of coffee hit the trends and became hit not just only in Asia but also tops in worldwide challenge in social networking sites (SNS). This is called Dalgona coffee.
It was initially trending in South Korea where it became more popular among masses. SNS like Instagram where full of users posting photos with the hashtag #DalgonaCoffee to fit in with the craze and challenges for their ow version of the coffee.
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How did it become trending?
There's a popular street treat in South Korean that was popular during the 70s and 80s that this coffee has rooted as believed by their locals. Dalgona (or ppopgi in Korean) means “honeycomb toffee.” Koreans treated it that evokes memories of their childhood while enjoying other local street foods. They have this snack even before the penetration of Western fast foods chains.
dalgona or ppopgi is an old-fashioned snack in korea, the ingredients are only sugar and baking powder, all you have to do is mix both ingredients tgt and stir them on the minimal heat until it golden-ish and sticky like a candy, it’s a popular candy in korea pic.twitter.com/JgKxD7ruwh
— didihanbinnie. (@xxxgdrlg) March 19, 2020
It’s like sweet caramel which tastes sweet at first and produce a bitter aftertaste. This makes it a perfect combination as a snack or treat while enjoying milk tea.
Last January, a Korean TV show features Korean actor Jung Il-woo, in Korean TV ‘Stars’ Top Recipe at Fun–Staurant showing the actor ordering a coffee in Macau. In the program, he ordered a custom coffee with 2:2 ratio of instant coffee and sugar. One of the host watching the clip said, “Isn’t that like sweet sugar candy?”, so the ‘dalgona coffee’ derived.
Now for the coffee, forget those frother or an espresso machine! It is made by hand-beating intsant coffee powder, sugar and water for 400 times which will turn into cappuccino-like consistency.
There's a Prestige article we've found that shares recipes for 5 different ways to make Dalgona Coffee. Check out there recipes for Original Dalgona Coffee, Dalgona Matcha, Dalgona Milo, Dalgona Mocha and Dalgona Thai Tea.
Café Cha (cha_seongsu)
A café in Seoul, named Café Cha (cha_seongsu), which opened in September 2019, claiming to be the home of the original Dalgona coffee way before it became viral! They were serving Dalgona to customers through drinks. Hong Kyoung-soo, co-founder of Cafe Cha, said that he prefers Dalgona just like the British use sugar cubes in milk tea.
You can treat yourself with this delicious dalgona & chai and have a visit on their main branch at 2 Seoulsup 6-gil, Seoul, South Korea.
But with travel restrictions still in place across the world due to the coronavirus outbreak, only few will be able to fly to Seoul to try the real dalgona any time soon. You can try to be contented for now, accept the challenge by making your own version of Dalgona coffee and just think of traveling later until restrictions is lifted.
Soon enough, you might even find this hand-beated coffee, with a fancy name of Dalgona Coffee, in your favorite coffee shop nearby.
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