Coffee Jelly
Also kōhī zerī, コーヒーゼリー
Sweetened coffee set into a jelly and served in cubes under cream: a Japanese café dessert that also comes as a drink.
SpecialtyServed coldFrom Japan
- Volume
- 180ml6.1 US fl oz
- Espresso
- 0shots
- Caffeine
- 60mgderived, USDA FDC
- Coffee to milk
- 1:0.2
The build
Watch it made, step by step- Coffee jelly150 ml83%
- Cream30 ml17%
- Volume
- 180ml
- Caffeine
- 60mg
- Espresso
- 0shots
Scales every component together, so the ratio holds; caffeine scales with the coffee.
Cubes of sweetened coffee jelly under a pour of cream, eaten with a spoon or drunk through a wide straw.
Caffeine
Derivedin a 180 ml coffee jelly
USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy caffeine per 100 g scaled to the coffee volume in components, assuming 1 g per ml. FDC 171890 (Beverages, coffee, brewed, prepared with tap water) 40.0 mg/100 g x 150 ml.
USDA FoodData Central record 171890 · read 2026-10-29
A derived figure: the reference food's caffeine per 100 g scaled to the coffee in this build. Real cups vary with the coffee, the dose and the shot.
Variants by country
No regional variants recorded.
History
Popular accountWikidata classes it as a gelatin dessert from Japan made from coffee.
Japan; Wikidata records Japan as country of origin.
Parts of this story are repeated widely but were not confirmed against a source this atlas accepts. They are kept as the story people tell, not as fact.
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