Dalgona Coffee
Also whipped coffee, beaten coffee, phenti hui coffee
Instant coffee whipped with sugar into a stiff foam and piled on milk, the 2020 lockdown sensation. The same technique is India's beaten coffee.
ColdServed coldFrom South Korea
- Volume
- 242ml8.2 US fl oz
- Espresso
- 0shots
- Caffeine
- 63mgderived, USDA FDC
- Coffee to milk
- 1:90.0
The build
Watch it made, step by step- Milk180 ml74%
- Ice60 ml25%
- instant coffee whipped…2 ml1%
- Volume
- 242ml
- Caffeine
- 63mg
- Espresso
- 0shots
Scales every component together, so the ratio holds; caffeine scales with the coffee.
Equal parts instant coffee, sugar and hot water (about 2 tablespoons each) whipped to a stiff foam and spooned over milk.
Caffeine
Derivedin a 242 ml dalgona coffee
USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy caffeine per 100 g scaled to the coffee volume in components, assuming 1 g per ml. FDC 171893 (Beverages, coffee, instant, regular, powder) 3140.0 mg/100 g x 2 ml.
USDA FoodData Central record 171893 · read 2026-10-26
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
2| Name | Country | How it differs |
|---|---|---|
| beaten coffee | India | Indian home version whipped by hand, hot milk. |
| Macau whipped coffee | Macau | Served at Hon Kee café, the source of the 2020 TV segment. |
History
Popular accountWikidata records the dalgona toffee as namesake. The drink went viral during the 2020 lockdowns after a Korean television segment filmed in Macau (popular account).
Named in South Korea in 2020 after a honeycomb toffee; the technique is older in India and Macau.
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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