I Didn’t Lull You to Sleep Only for You to Be Obsessed With Me - Chapter 52

RP: Haebaragi_syk

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Chapter 27.1

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‘…That was what I said.’

After parting ways with Hannah, April slumped down at her desk.

Even though she confidently declared that she would bring coffee that suited her taste, when it came time to actually look for it, she couldn’t come up with a suitable menu. It would have been easier if it were simply to find a coffee that suited her taste, though April had a slightly bigger picture in mind.

‘It’s not enough to just cater to Miss Turner’s taste. We need to make it so that she willingly helps by tasting the coffee.’

Her plan was to get Hannah to make tools because she wanted to drink coffee again.

The tools she needed most right now were an electric whisk and a steamer. Since it was difficult to replace the menu using the steam machine with the existing equipment here, she planned to create a menu using a whisk.

‘But what could it be? A menu that Hannah, who liked something sweet without a strong scent of coffee, would drink without hesitation…’

The first thing that came to mind was the Einspänner she had made for Sophia last time since the whipped cream on top of the Einspänner was made using a whisk.

However, April quickly shook her head.

‘Einspänner uses Americano, so it has a strong coffee flavor.’

Despite the fact that the cream gently wrapped around the inside of your mouth, the coffee flavor that followed was quite pronounced. If it was someone like Hannah, who has an aversion to coffee itself, there was a possibility that she would reject Einspänner as well.

‘In that case, a latte mixed with milk rather than water might be better…’

The problem was that Hannah didn’t particularly enjoy cafe lattes. Even if she made Einspänner Vienna Latte by adding cream on top of a cafe latte, it probably wouldn’t be anything special.

‘Then, what would be better instead?’

Just as April held her head and groaned, Asher, who was studying letters on the table across, lifted his head. Lately, he had started taking a few lessons, including etiquette, as a successor.

“Sister, what’s wrong?”

“Oh, it’s nothing.”

“Hmm?”

The child tilted and then took out a king-sized candy from a transparent glass bottle and handed it to her.

“Eat this! It will make you feel better if you eat it!”

“….”

April stared at the candy without taking it. It was because seeing the sweet candy reminded her of something. In the past, there was a coffee made in Korea that was inspired by such a sweet snack. It was the same coffee that has been torturing the arms of people confined to their homes!

“Yes. That might work.”

“Yes?”

April grabbed Asher’s hand, who had bulging cheeks from eating candy.

“Asher, do you want to go make coffee with sister?”

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“Miss April is here.”

Hans greeted her as she entered the kitchen.

“What can I get you today?”

“For today, all I need is sugar and coffee.”

“That’s all?”

“Ah, I also need baking soda.”

“…Baking soda and sugar?”

Hans made a puzzled expression at the unexpected combination.

“What are you planning to make today?”

If you were Korean, you might have guessed the menu by now. Thinking of her time in Korea, April exclaimed loudly.

“I’m going to make dalgona and dalgona coffee!”

Twenty minutes ago, as she was groaning while thinking about the menu, the menu that passed through her mind fleetingly was none other than dalgona coffee.

There was a time when dalgona coffee, inspired by dalgona candy, gained tremendous popularity in Korea. By mixing instant coffee, water, and sugar in a 1:1:1 ratio and stirring vigorously, it gradually turned the brown coffee into a golden cream-like texture, which is why it was named after its resemblance to dalgona.

This cream spread over milk was called dalgona coffee. And it was this dalgona coffee that she was going to serve to Hannah.

The reason for the choice was simple.

‘There is a saying that dalgona coffee needs to be stirred four hundred times.’

To convince Hannah, she had to create a menu that required a fully automatic whisk. In that sense, dalgona coffee was the perfect choice. Moreover, since Hannah liked sweet things, it was almost like a tailor-made menu.

‘I have never made it even in Korea, but let’s give it a try!’

She was also thinking of adding dalgona as a topping.

Dalgona was a traditional Korean sweet snack. The method of making it was very simple—dissolve the sugar, add baking soda, and it was done. It was a snack with a goldish color and had a sweet yet slightly bitter taste. As for Yoon Min-ah, she grew up eating dalgona sold in front of a stationery store. However, it was unfamiliar to the people here.

Hans and Asher asked at the same time.

“What is dalgona?”

“Sister, what is that?”

“Um…”

Since she couldn’t tell the truth, she decided to come up with a story.

“It’s a snack I used to make and eat in my hometown when I was young. It’s a bittersweet snack made by dissolving sugar and adding baking soda.”

Hans burst into laughter after hearing the explanation.

“It seems like a perfect dish to burn a ladle.”

April also laughed along.

“That’s right, so there were many children who got scolded by their mothers.”

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