How To Make Your Korean Café At Home

How To Make Your Korean Café At Home - The Daebak Company

Sometimes it is nice to stay home, relax with a good book, and enjoy a yummy latte. This guide will show you how to get the Korean café vibes right at home and where to buy Korean coffee with all the best flavors!


Rise and Grind! Let’s brew some delicious Korean coffee right at home!

Korean Café Vibes

When you think of a café, the environment is usually peaceful. Korean cafés tend to be great places for getting creative, reading, studying, or just enjoying a nice chat with friends.


Well, now you can have all that and more at home with the following finds from Daebak.co!

Ready for a room filled with the aroma of freshly brewed coffee (or tea)?

To be honest, it’s difficult to be an at-home barista, but these next few items will help you make the best latte or cup of tea right at home.

Everyone's favorite Korean instant coffee - Maxim!

Yellow coffee package of Korean coffee Maxim Gold on top of coffee beans beside a white mug filled with a mocha latte.

Maxim Korean coffee has been around since 1976, and they have every flavor of instant Korean coffee under the sun. From your regular black coffee to delicious flavors like mocha and white gold, Korean Maxim coffee is one of the best Korean coffee brands you can get in every Korean supermarket or at The Daebak Company

If you want to enjoy a delicious latte right at home grab a packet of Maxim Korean instant coffee Gold. With the perfect balanced blend of rich coffee, creamer, and sugar, the Korean instant coffee Maxim coffee makes for the best cup.

Maxim original Korean coffee is one of the go-to Korean coffee packets to get that caffeine boost and start the day. Maxim coffee Korean packets have the best taste, so it is no surprise that some would look for the taste of Maxim coffee before heading to bed. Don’t need the caffeine? Pick up a Maxim Kanu Decaf Latte box to keep that café ambiance minus the jitters.

Not everyone likes coffee or sometimes you need a break from coffee’s acidic flavor profile. 

Three tea bags hanging with a black background just to the left of a white tea pot pouring tea into a white tea cup that is sitting on a white saucer with a silver spoon to the side.

Not to worry, tea culture is popular in South Korea too! With so many flavors of tea, this next set will cover a bit of everyone’s taste buds.

OSULLOC Calming tea set will provide the chill vibes and yummy flavors you’ll want to complete your Korean café at home vibes.

With flavors like Camellia Flower Tea and two types of green tea - Sejak and Wedding Green tea - you are sure to have a flavor, and your guests will love to relax.

 

Let’s Set the Café Mood

Now that we have picked out the best Korean coffee sachets and teas of choice, let's set the café vibes mood.


Cue the music, bring out the matching cups, and let's grab a page-turning novel and bring the ultimate Korean coffee shop to your home!

Mugs

Different types of white mugs filled with coffee on a wooden table

Nothing makes drinking your tea or coffee better than doing so in a cute Korean coffee cup. Yumi’s Cells Banana Mug and Coaster are ready to hold your favorite Korean iced coffee and a hot drink with a super cute coaster to go with it. 

It doesn't matter if you use Korean coffee sticks or Korean coffee beans. You can still level up your experience with Korean coffee mugs! To meet all styles. You can also grab a few Keep Your Eye on the Palace Mugs. These mugs are beautifully painted with designs based on famous locations and sculptures around South Korea.

Whatever Korean coffee cups you choose, you'll bring a bit of a Korean café vibe into your home.

Music

Korean coffee shop culture is not complete without a great selection of music. Commonly you’ll hear the ballad queens themselves, I.U. and Ailee, over the speakers.

Grab both of their recent albums that mix smooth light listening pop music, emotion-filled ballads, and upbeat tunes to elevate your café vibes. 

I.U.’s most recent album, Lilac, and Ailee’s most recent album, Amy, are sure to have you feeling inspired and immersed in the best music for your café experience.

Books & Journals

A green coffee mug with steaming coffee inside sitting on top of an opened book.

When we often head to a café, we sit down, journaling or reading a book on a Korean coffee table. The following items are some of our favorite books and journals to let your imaginations take the lead. Are you ready to practice your reading comprehension in Korean?

Grab the beautiful book, Every Moment Was You by Ha Tae Wan, to immerse yourself in a gripping and romantic novel. It is the perfect book for the me-time you need when visiting Korean coffee shops!

If you want a lighter read, grab Solo Leveling by Chu-Gong. A manhwa set in a split world, this is sure to be a page turner.

After getting your favorite brew with your Korean coffee maker, perhaps you’d like to just write about your day, brainstorm your goals, or let your creativity run wild. 

K-Heritage’s Handmade Moon Jar notebook and Ilwol Obongdo Ballpoint Pens are sure to give you the motivation to jot down all your dreams and ideas. 

Café Snacks

Pair of black glasses sitting on top of a notebook that is behind a white coffee mug that says coffee?

Ready your Korean coffee machine or get the best Korean instant coffee! But, lastly, we can’t have a full Korean café at home without SNACKS. Below are just a few yummy treats to complete your fully immersive experience. 

Add a delicious Jeju Omegi Mochi Pie to your café setting. You can also keep your snacking light with delicious nuts in unique flavors and your Korean coffee drink.

Gilim Tom's Farm Toffenut Latte flavored almonds can be great and healthy Korean snacks to compliment your Korean coffee drinks experience.

With delicious mochi in the middle of soft cookies and crunchy, sweet almonds, you’ll have the perfect coffee snack and Korean coffee milk combo to set the scene.

Brown mochi on a silver plate being held by two brown hands.

Now you won’t have to miss out on your Korean café experience at home! So find the Korean coffee brand you like or create a Korean coffee mix with your coffee maker.


Just grab your favorite mug, the best Korean snacks, and a delicious Korean coffee, and you can have the best Korean café right in the comfort of your own home. 

 

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