Normally, I enjoy my java either iced or, recently, very hot and strong: brewed in a battered coffeemaker while I am in the shower or standing on the roof for 15 minutes before work begins. In different times, I frequent an overpriced coffee shop around the corner, because I do love a pastry and also, why not. Half a pot of strong coffee makes for a freewheeling morning that replicates the rush of getting on the subway and commuting to work. But the act itself falls into the same category as all the other things we are now doing at home, like cooking for sustenance and not for clout. However, I recently became aware of “whipped coffee,” or dalgona, a South Korean trend that is remarkably similar to that which took over Tik Tok, and have been consumed by the idea ever since.
from Tasty, a Buzzfeed subsidiary that specializes in Instagram-friendly quick videos and recipes for people who prefer their food to resemble that which is served at TGI Fridays or the Cheesecake Factory: over-the-top, heavy on the sauce and, in a fucked-up way, perfect. Making the coffee itself was simple and the ingredients are not fancy: Hot water, sugar, and instant coffee powder whipped to a furious froth with a hand mixer or a whisk poured over your liquid of choice on ice.
Replacing quotidian rituals with their homebound counterparts has been a pleasant side effect of social distancing, and for me, I have tried to use the 15 minutes of silence as a time to not look at my phone and to have a think. Sometimes this works, but other times, I take my precious screen to the outside and look at shit online. Whipped coffee looks like fluffy poo
, but also photographs well in the right light. It evokes the beauty of an outside beverage: fussy, foamy, and probably expensive if one were to order it at a Starbucks, which puts it firmly in the category of a treat and also, possibly, a distraction.Arguing against anything that offers distraction right now is fruitless, unless the act of arguing about it creates enough of a distraction that you feel comfortable thinking about anything other than the world at large for ten to fifteen minutes.
Most of the food trends that make it to Instagram and other social media platforms are silly, anyway, because they are complicated and the end result is not necessarily consumption. Some trends of yore, like avocado toast and acai bowls, have the benefit of looking good and also tasting good, but others, like this nightmarish 100-layer dip, are projects that marry excess and visual horror.
Even if this dip were to ostensibly feed an entire football team, the logistics of eating a 100-layer dip out of what appears to be an aquarium are difficult to conceptualize and also, impossible. That’s because this food is not meant to be eaten; instead, the product is the process.
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