Dalgona Iced Coffee
If you want a change from your ordinary instant coffee make Dalgona coffee. This delicious velvety coffee foam takes your everyday coffee to a new level. Use this simple instant coffee foam to make recipes like dalgona iced coffee, hot coffees and flavoured coffees.
Equipment
- Electric mixer or hand whisk
- Medium size mixing bowl
- 450 – 550 ml (15 – 18 oz) glass
Ingredients
- 1-2 tablespoon instant coffee 1 tbs is weak strength, 2 tbs very strong
- 2 tablespoon white sugar
- 2 tablespoon hot water
- 1 cup cold milk
- 4-5 ice cubes
Instructions
Making Coffee Foam
- Place the instant coffee, sugar and hot water into a deep medium sized mixing bowl.Use an electric mixer and start at low speed then gradually move to high. Beat until it becomes thick, glossy and pale in color. This take less than two minutes.If you don’t have an electric hand mixer or stand mixer you can use a hand whisk, it can take about 5 – 10 minutes or longer to whip up depending on your stamina.This coffee foam make one large drink or two small.
Large Iced Coffee
- Place the ice cubes into the glass, pour in 1 cup milk, add coffee froth to fill the glass.Stir well before drinking.
Variations
- Dalgona iced coffee without milkPlace 4-5 ice cubes into a glass, fill the glass ⅔ full with cold water, spoon on enough dalgona coffee foam so it fills the glass, stir well and enjoy.Dalgona chocolate drizzle iced coffeeBefore making the drink, squirt some chocolate sauce onto the insides of a glass and allow it to run down the sides of the glass.Tilt and rotate the glass as you lightly squirt on the sauce to give an attractive look.To apply the sauce, use a pipping bag filled with a small amount of chocolate sauce and cut the tip of the bag cut very small.You could also use a small plastic squirt bottle with a small tip apply the sauce.The place 4-5 ice cubes into a glass, fill the glass ⅔ full with cold milk, spoon on enough coffee foam so it fills the glass, drizzle some chocolate sauce over the foam and serve.Flavoured dalgona coffeeYou can make homemade vanilla iced coffee, hazelnut iced coffee or flavoured hot dalgona coffees using coffee syrups.For a standard 250 ml (8 oz) cup add the recommended amount of coffee syrup to the cup, fill ¾ full with hot or cold milk and stir well. Then spoon on enough dalgona coffee foam to fill the cup, stir well and enjoy.Hot dalgona coffeeAdd 1 – 2 teaspoons of coffee foam into a cup, add enough hot milk to ⅔ fill the cup, stir the milk well until the foam as dissolved. Add more coffee foam to fill the cup to the top, stir and enjoy.Using this amount of froth and milk makes a hot coffee similar to a cappuccino.If you want it more like a latte use ¾ cup of milk and less froth.Mocha whipped coffeeJust before making the drink add 1 teaspoon of sifted unsweetened cocoa powder into a prepared single serve 40 grams (1.4 oz) of coffee foam and mix well.Place 1 – 2 teaspoons of mocha coffee foam into a cup, add enough hot milk to three quarters fill the cup, stir the milk well until the foam as dissolved. Add more of the mocha coffee foam to fill the cup to the top, serve and enjoy.
Notes
Hot Water
Use very hot water it dissolves the sugar completely leaving you with a smooth velvety foam.
Types of Milk
Use cow’s milk, almond milk, oat milk or any other milk that you would normally use to make your normal coffee with.
Alternate Sugars
You can use light or dark brown sugar and coconut sugar. However, do be aware that these sugars can add another flavour to the coffee, and it doesn’t whip up as well when compared to white sugar.
How To Store Coffee Foam
The whipped coffee foam can be stored covered in the fridge for up to four days. After that it will slowly break down.
Nutrition
Serving: 1x large glassCalories: 111kcalCarbohydrates: 28gProtein: 1gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 5mgPotassium: 177mgSugar: 24gCalcium: 9mgIron: 1mg
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