'Just fitti-hui coffee that went abroad for higher studies': How Indians feel about Dalgona Coffee

Social media is a crazy place and every now & then you find some trend going viral. After the 'challenge' phase, now netizens are going gaga over 'Dalgona Coffee'. Be it Instagram, Twitter or TikTok, everywhere you can find people making this coffee and flaunting it. 

'Dalgona' as the name sounds very exotic and salivating. But for us Indians, it is 'ghar ghar ki khanani'.

Yes, the coffee which is going viral on social media is the same regular coffee that you have at your home every single day. 

The process of making Dalgona coffee is simple. All you have to do is to mix coffee powder & crushed sugar in hot water. Then you're supposed to whisk it or beat the mixture with a spoon till its texture changes into a frothy mixture. Add that to cold milk and ice in a glass and top it with frothy coffee paste. 

While the #DalgonaCoffee has stirred up a storm on social media with videos and pictures of those who have tried it flooding the internet, Indians feel 'it's just fetti hui coffee that went abroad for higher studies'.

Dalgona is just Indian fetti hui coffee that went abroad for higher studies.

— master procrastinator (@CheekyChickoo) March 28, 2020

I see dalgona coffee is trending but that shits been normal in Indian households for decades.

— Uh-bee (Abhi) (@the_mundz) March 28, 2020

I don't see why this Dalgona Coffee is trending so much, because that's how I have been making coffee forever. 
I'm sure most Indian Mums have been doing this for ages.

— Raghav Mutneja (@RaghavMutneja) March 28, 2020

It’s so cute how the Internet is going crazy all of a sudden over what it calls Dalgona coffee. Like bro that’s literally how we’ve made coffee in Indian homes for ages lol.

— Anay Mridul (@AnayMridul) March 30, 2020

So the humble hand beaten Indian coffee is finally having its social media moment.

Take that you fancy French press brewed coffee - you will never provide the comfort that a foamy sugary coffee does!#dalgonacoffee

— Rashi Kakkar (@rashi_kakkar) March 30, 2020

Dalgona coffee is nothing more than phitti hui coffee that Indian grandmothers have used as a tactic to wake up their grandkids for decades.

— NoOneAsked (@NoOneAsked19) March 30, 2020

‘Dalgona coffee’ is a new global trend but most Indians already know this as the creamy home made 'Indian espresso' coffee! https://t.co/7UEt0Aa8dn

— Parminder Singh (@parrysingh) March 29, 2020

Here's how you can make this coffee...

 

 

 

 

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The whip took almost 20 minutes of constant stirring by hand. It's nice we get to enjoy the coffee after the workout for the day is done! #dalgonacoffee 

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Dalgona coffee - the coffee that is taking internet by storm. DAL-GO-NA - the word actually comes from a South Korean street food snack, which is a toffee like candy and the batter of it is very similar to the look and taste of this coffee. That is where it gets the name from! I had to make it and see for myself what was all the buzz about! It did blew my mind. It is so simple, so yum and so satisfying! . . Guys, the recipe is so simple. All you need is : Instant coffee - 2tbsp (Any brand is fine! I used Bru instant coffee) Sugar - 2tbsp Warm water - 2tbsb Milk and some ice. . Procedure : In a mixing bowl, add coffee, sugar and warm water. Whisk it until you get soft peaks. You can use a hand blender/stand mixer if you've access to them. I used a regular whisk and it took me 25 minutes to get those soft peaks. In a glass add milk, some ice and top it up with this blended mixture. That's all. It is soft, silky, creamy, delicious coffee! And totally worth it! 

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