dalgona coffee

The drink is credited to Leong Kam Hon, a former Macanese shipwright who started his 'Wai Ting Coffee' (later renamed 'Hon Kee', {{Lang|zh|漢記}}) shop in Coloane after a freak accident to his left arm left him incapacitated from continuing work. Leong recalls concocting the drink as requested by a tourist couple in 1997. The drink did not yield much interest to him until 2004 when he took on the idea to serve it as a specialty to Chow Yun-fat and his entourage who visited the Hon Kee café that year. Chow's praise for the drink gathered the first wave of international attention when new visitors came in to ask for 'Chow Yun-fat coffee'.{{cite news|title=Macau's kung fu coffee master|url=http://travel.cnn.com/leong-kam-hon-secret-kung-fu-coffee-maker-macau-552646/|author1=Hiufu Wong|date=15 November 2013|work=CNN Travel|publisher=CNN|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207211248/http://travel.cnn.com/leong-kam-hon-secret-kung-fu-coffee-maker-macau-552646|archive-date=7 December 2013}}{{Cite web|date=19 August 2021|title=Ex-shipwright tells bittersweet story behind viral TikTok 'Dalgona' coffee|url=https://www.macaupostdaily.com/article9061.html|url-status=live|access-date=12 October 2021|website=Macau Post Daily|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415103323/https://www.macaupostdaily.com/article9061.html |archive-date=15 April 2021 }} The maker himself dubs the drink made in his menu as {{lang|zh|手打咖啡}} or "hand beaten coffee".

The name "dalgona coffee" is credited to the South Korean actor Jung Il-woo, who ordered this drink at the same eatery in January 2020 during his appearance on TV show called Stars' Top Recipe at Fun-Staurant ({{lang|ko|신상출시 편스토랑}}). He likened the taste to that of dalgona, a type of Korean honeycomb toffee.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbioO7wX1SA|title=400번을 저어 만든★수타 달고나 커피! 일우 눈이 번쩍! [신상출시 편스토랑/Stars Top Recipe at Fun-Staurant] 20200103|date=3 January 2020|website=Youtube}}{{cite news|last=Navarra|first=Ruth L.|url=https://lifestyle.inquirer.net/359573/how-to-make-the-south-korean-trend-dalgona-coffee/|title=How to make the South Korean trend Dalgona Coffee|date=22 March 2020|access-date=1 April 2020|publisher=Philippine Daily Inquirer|quote="The trend is credited to actor Jung Il-woo after appearing on the show “Pyunstorang.” He went to Macau where he was served with a handmade drink. Jung said it was delicious and reminded him of dalgona candy. He called it Macau Dalgona coffee."}}{{Cite news|last=Vreeland|first=Vaughn|date=2020-04-16|title=How to Make Whipped Coffee|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/article/whipped-coffee-recipe.html|access-date=2020-10-17|issn=0362-4331}}

Following the broadcast of that TV programme, dalgona coffee became popular among Koreans who attempted to make this drink for themselves during the social distancing orders in South Korea. As a result, it was dubbed the "quarantine drink" or "quarantine coffee".{{Cite web|url=https://www.glamour.com/story/dalgona-coffee-recipe|title=Dalgona Coffee Is the Internet's Favorite, Fluffiest Quarantine Drink. Here's How to Make It|last=Singer|first=Jenny|website=Glamour|date=3 April 2020 |language=en|access-date=14 April 2020}} Under the hashtag #dalgonacoffeechallenge, homemade versions of dalgona coffee began spreading on South Korean YouTube channels before going viral on TikTok especially in early March of the same year.{{cite news|last1=Frishberg|first1=Hannah|url=https://nypost.com/2020/03/26/how-to-make-whipped-dalgona-coffee-tiktoks-latest-viral-trend/|title=How to make whipped Dalgona coffee, TikTok's latest viral trend|date=26 March 2020|work=New York Post|access-date=30 March 2020|language=en|quote="The craze started percolating in late January, according to Google Trends, then gained traction near the end of February when a Korean YouTuber posted a now viral, ASMR-style video of how to make the creamy drink."}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/articles/dalgona_coffee|title=Dalgona coffee: does the internet's new favourite drink actually work?|work=BBC Food|access-date=30 March 2020|language=en|quote="That’s why, over the last few days, people have been sharing their attempts (especially on TikTok) at making Dalgona coffee."}} The spike in interest during the quarantine period has been attributed to the calming, ASMR-like effects of watching online DIY videos.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/bvgbk8/people-all-over-the-world-are-making-frothy-dalgona-coffee-thanks-to-quarantine|title=People All Over the World Are Making Frothy 'Dalgona' Coffee, Thanks to Quarantine|last=Makalintal|first=Bettina|date=20 March 2020|website=Vice|language=en|access-date=4 April 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.insider.com/dalgona-coffee-whipped-how-to-make-tiktok-instagram-2020-4|title=Dalgona coffee is the whipped coffee drink that's everywhere on TikTok. |last=Haasch|first=Palmer|date=3 April 2020|website=Insider|language=en-US|access-date=6 April 2020}} Although the beverage was popularized as a homemade version of whipped coffee, it became a menu item at many coffee shops in South Korea.{{Cite news|last=Vreeland|first=Vaughn|url=https://www.nytimes.com/article/whipped-coffee-recipe.html|title=How to Make Whipped Coffee|date=14 April 2020|work=The New York Times|access-date=14 April 2020|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} and even in the U.S.{{Cite news|last=Gubbins|first=Teresa|url=https://dallas.culturemap.com/news/restaurants-bars/04-22-20-dalgona-coffee-kimchi-toco/|title=Internet sensation dalgona coffee froths up at these Dallas restaurants|date=22 April 2020|website=CultureMap Dallas|access-date=22 April 2020|language=en-US}}

While most dalgona coffee does not actually contain dalgona, one South Korean cafe does combine dalgona with milk tea or coffee.{{Cite web|url=https://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2020/03/10/2020031000064.html|title=띵~ 할만큼 달아서… 코로나 두통이 날아가네|date=10 March 2020|website=The Chosun Ilbo|language=ko|access-date=4 April 2020}} It is not possible to make dalgona coffee using ground coffee beans; instant coffee creates the dense and foamy topping and the reason for this has much to do with the drying process of the coffee granules.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wakacoffee.com/blogs/coffeelifeblog/how-to-make-instant-dalgona-coffee|title=Dalgona Coffee: The Latest Instant Coffee Trend From South Korea|website=Waka Coffee|language=en|access-date=7 April 2020}}

The drink is also similar to the Italian dessert drink "Crema di Caffe" except with the omission of dairy product. Several media outlets have noted the drink's similarity to the Indian coffee beverage known as phenti hui coffee, phitti hui coffee, or beaten coffee. The main difference is that when making phenti hui coffee, milk is poured on top of the whipped mix rather than spooning the whipped mix on top of the milk.{{Cite web|last=Gupta|first=Arunima|date=5 April 2020|title=Why S. Korea's Dalgona coffee trend should remind India of its food-diplomacy potential|url=https://theprint.in/opinion/korea-dalgona-coffee-india-food-diplomacy-potential/395495/|access-date=14 April 2020|website=ThePrint|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Makalintal|first=Bettina|date=15 April 2020|title=A Dive Into the Disputed History of 'Dalgona Coffee'|url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pkenb8/a-dive-into-the-disputed-history-of-dalgona-coffee|access-date=19 April 2020|website=Vice|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=31 March 2020|title=Dalgona Coffee is viral on TikTok in the West. India has been making it for years|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/trending-news/story/dalgona-coffee-is-viral-on-tiktok-in-the-west-india-has-been-making-it-for-years-1661705-2020-03-31|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-20|website=India Today|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200331102343/https://www.indiatoday.in/trending-news/story/dalgona-coffee-is-viral-on-tiktok-in-the-west-india-has-been-making-it-for-years-1661705-2020-03-31 |archive-date=31 March 2020 }} The coffee beverage is similar to the Frappé coffee (or Greek Frappe or φραπέ) originating in Greece in 1957, which is either hand shaken or whipped with a frothing mixer and is traditionally served cold but also may be prepared hot.{{Cite web |date=2020-12-11 |title=Dalgona Coffee (Greek Frappé) Tops India's Top Google Searches In 2020 |url=https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/12/11/dalogna-coffee-frappe-india-google/ |access-date=2022-05-12 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=NESCAFÉ Frappe {{!}} Home |url=https://www.nescafe.com/au/nescafe-frappe |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=www.nescafe.com |language=en-au}}{{Cite web |date=2015-09-07 |title=Πώς ανακαλύφθηκε ο φραπές τυχαία, το 1957 στη Θεσσαλονίκη κατά τη διάρκεια της Διεθνούς Έκθεσης. Η ελληνική πατέντα δεν σερβίρεται σε κανένα άλλο μέρος του κόσμου |url=https://www.mixanitouxronou.gr/o-frapes-anakalifthike-tichea-to-1957-sti-thessaloniki-kata-ti-diarkia-tis-diethnous-ekthesis-apoteli-elliniki-patenta-ke-den-servirete-se-kanena-allo-meros-tou-kosmou-pio-itan-to-mistiko-tou-thril/ |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=ΜΗΧΑΝΗ ΤΟΥ ΧΡΟΝΟΥ |language=el}}

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• "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIpvOdIsN1o Stars' Top Recipe at Fun-Staurant: Ilwoo's Mukbang at Macau]" (13 January 2020). KBS World via YouTube - the broadcast featuring Leong Kam Hon demonstrating the skill of making the drink himself

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