Dalgona Whipped Coffee

This Whipped Coffee recipe is all the rage. This is a type of Korean coffee known as Dalgona coffee. It was recently popularized through a viral TikTok video showing how simple and delicious it is. It’s one of those recipes that is so easy to make, but looks really fancy. It’s a coffee shop type of coffee drink we can enjoy at home!

1. Start with 1 tablespoon each of instant coffee, sugar and water: The equal parts 1 tablespoon is ideal for 1 serving. But you can double or triple the recipe. When you first mix it together it will just look like a concentration of instant coffee.
2. Whisk the mixture: After a few minutes of whisking, the consistency will go from liquidy looking dark coffee to a lighter thicker consistency.
3. Continue to whisk: Keep whisking at that point because it will get even lighter in color to create a creamy, frothy whipped coffee – an irresistible coffee recipe. It will almost look like peanut butter. You’ll know you’re done when you have formed peaks on the whisk. You’ll see it’s much thicker and keeps its shape.
4. Put mixture in a glass: Spoon that mixture over milk or water, give it a stir and enjoy it. You can have it over iced or warmed milk. You can even serve it over iced water or warm water, similar to an Americano.

Tips for making whipped coffee:

• Use hot water for best results: The hot water is not necessary. It will still whip up nicely with cold or room temperature water. However, the hot water works faster.
• Use an electronic mixer: A stand mixer or milk frother work really well and they’re much faster! It will still take at least 5 minutes.
• Whisk the ingredients in a bowl, not in a mug or jar: Dalgona coffee gets fluffy and whipped through the mixture interacting with the air. So a tall container like a mug or jar won’t allow enough air to circulate around.
• Mix the coffee with a spoon or straw before sipping: It’s fun to serve the whipped coffee recipe on top of the drink, but to enjoy it fully, mix it around to incorporate the flavor. It will look like a frappuccino at that point.