This quarantine has really set off a few trends that I’m sure many will come to remember Covid-19 for. The hoarding of toilet paper, whether Carole Baskin killed her husband, and the viral dalgona coffee.

The drink originates from Korea, and consists of a fluffy coffee cream layered on top of milk. I’m not a coffee person at all, but I have been making this drink multiple times a week. It’s creamy, slightly sweet, refreshing and aesthetically pleasing. Recently, I discovered a variation on the classic dalgona coffee that uses Thai tea instead!

loose Thai tea leaves
brewed Thai tea
almost done…
whipped Thai tea foam

The resulting flavor was primarily Thai tea, with hints of coffee. I added additional Thai tea to the milk, before topping off with foam because I wanted a stronger Thai tea flavor. You can adjust this according to your taste.

Dalgona Thai Tea Coffee

Total Time: 5 minutes
Yield: 1 serving

Try this Thai tea variation on the popular dalgona coffee. Super creamy and refreshing!


Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp brewed Thai tea *
  • 2 tbsp sugar
  • 1/2 tbsp instant coffee
  • 1 cup oat milk
  • ice (optional)

Instructions

  1. Mix Thai tea, sugar and coffee together until it turns foamy. If mixing by hand, this will take 5-10 minutes. I used a hand mixer for about 3 minutes.
  2. In your drinking glass, add ice and pour in any additional Thai tea (see note below). Then add in the milk.
  3. Top it off with the Thai tea foam and enjoy!

Notes

* I added 1/4 cup extra Thai tea to the milk for a stronger drink and omitted the ice.