THE DIARY GAME | 18.08.2020 | DAY 18: Dalgona Coffee

I started my Tuesday late in the morning. I slept almost four in the morning and woke up around eight. I looked for my phone and opened the Trello and Slack app to check my workloads and other updates.

Since my work is back to chill work, I had enough time to do something. I boiled water and prepared oatmeal. As I was stirring the oats, I saw a black coffee sachet. Since the water was still hot, I decided to make a Dalgona Coffee even though I am not a fan of coffee. I am not a basher of coffee, but one thing is for sure, I don't like bitter food or drinks.

_{I don't like the foamy effect so I whisk for less than five minute.}

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When the Dalgona Coffee craze started here in the Philippines, I tried to make one for several times. My first try was an epic fail. I didn't stop until it was a success. Not until my fourth tries, which is a success, by the way; I realized that I was failing because I didn't use a black coffee. Instead, I used 3-in-1 coffee. It already has sugar so that makes the ratio of the ingredients wrong already.

So on my I-don't-know-how-many-times try, I made Dalgona like nothing. I don't have a hand mixer nor a whisk. I only use a fork. I was not also in the mood to whisk until it becomes foamy. I just whisked it for less than five minutes, and I'm done. Since I'm out of milk stock, I used a chocolate drink. I also included the caramelized syrup for my milk tea. It was supposed to be in a smiley form but the syrup sunk. After that, I placed it in the refrigerator.

Then I started working. No fancy thing happened except playing loud music in the apartment. When I decided to drink the Dalgona Coffee, I made, I was expecting that it was 80% percent bitter. Fortunately, it was rather sweet. I drank it with a happy heart. After I finish it, I realized I should've drunk it in the morning rather than the evening. For that reason, I was wide awake for the whole night.