Meaning of dalgona | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A Korean sweet made of sugar and baking soda, usually pressed flat and stamped with a shape.
   countable, uncountable
2. Ellipsis of dalgona coffee.
   abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable

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“An Yong-hui, a Seoul street vendor who made the dalgonas – a honeycomb biscuit featured in the drama, told Reuters that fans start queueing outside his street kitchen at 11am, and he now sells 500 a day, compared with his pre-Squid Game sale of 200. […] Girls buying dalgonas in Seoul – Squid Game has boosted business for the street vendors who sell them.”

“The dalgona candy, featured in episode three of the show, was handmade by a group of candymakers in Seoul, which goes by the name of Segyero Dalgona. The street vendor has been making dalgona candies for eight years near the Hyehwa subway station, and provided 700 dalgonas to "Squid Game."”

“Dalgonas are a Korean candy that have been integrated and popularized into coffee drinks.”

“Some people have opted to modify their Dalgonas, adding coffee liqueur and adding half milk, half Baileys.”

“Dalgona – whipped instant coffee – is dominating Instagram right now. […] After being served a whipped coffee in Macau, he presented it on a TV show called Stars’ Top Recipe at Fun-Staurant in January, christening it “dalgona” for its likeness to a popular South Korean sweet of the same name. Korean YouTubers began making their own dalgonas in late February. […] Pour or spoon the foam over hot or cold milk and you have dalgona, a coffee that looks great and tastes awful.”

“Many have put their own twist of the Dalgonas since it originated last month, making them boozy with coffee liqueur, while others have tried to add a sweet twist with the likes of Nutella or Biscoff.”

“Launched on May 2, 2020, Kulture Diversity offers Yakult-flavored dalgonas (a thick and creamy beverage) in one-liter containers. […] "The reseller has assured us of her credibility because she properly handles our Yakult dalgonas."”

“While some of us were stirring dalgona coffee, baking banana bread, and fretting about productivity as the lockdown days stretched on, writer Shobhaa De was spending her time vlogging on Instagram, before she got into the mood for writing short stories. […] [quoting Shobhaa De] The lockdown provided several triggers and threw up so many creative opportunities. I used the time in a way that suited me. No judgments! If baking banana bread and whipping up dalgonas worked for someone—great!”

“As far as food is concerned, data shows when people weren't whipping up Dalgonas or baking Banana Bread, they found comfort in biryanis, which ruled the roost with nearly 5.5 lakh chicken biryani orders.”

“But Wong’s Dalgonas are on another level. Green matcha cream and rich chocolate Dalgona coffee are a couple of her upgrades.”

“Commenting on the partnership, Mayur Hola, Head of Global Brand at OYO said, “Everyone’s done sitting at home. We’re all done with throwbacks, Dalgonas, banana breads, jhadu-pocha, and circling the terrace.[…]””

“The mango dalgona is a popular drink inspired by the flavor of a Korean candy. […] "Our lattes are very popular but what has taken off are the dalgonas," said Grace.”

“Grind AVL is our go-to spot for dalgonas and super creative latte flavors (think: toasted marshmallow).”

“For more iced coffee recipes — from brown sugar Dalgonas to iced caramel lattes — we recommend you peruse the comments section and check out the countless recipes online.”

“Baristas recommend serving dalgonas over ice with a splash of milk, which dilutes your coffee and gives a beautiful contrast between the pale milk and dark froth.”

““We took action and hired baristas to come to our labs to help with improvement and design phases. After a year or so, NotMilk was performing great, delivering amazing macchiatos, lattes, flat whites, cappuccinos, cortados, dalgonas etc.,” said Matias Muchnick, CEO and founder at NotCo.”

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