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Japanese Coffee Jelly. Find Deals on Japanese Coffee Jelly in Groceries on Amazon. Coffee jelly is a jelly dessert flavored made from black coffee and gelatin. Once common in British and American cookbooks, it now most common in Japan, where it can be found in most restaurants and convenience stores.

Mix together the water and agar until dissolved, and bring to a boil. Add instant coffee and sugar, then lower to a simmer. Allow to set in fridge overnight. You can cook Japanese Coffee Jelly using 6 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Japanese Coffee Jelly

1. It's 1 tsp of Instant Coffee Powder.
2. You need 2-3 tbsp of Sugar.
3. You need 150 ml of Water.
4. You need 1 tbsp of Agar Agar dry flakes.
5. Prepare of Whipped Cream as required.
6. It's 5-6 of Mint Leaves.

Slightly bitter coffee jelly (jello) and sweetened cream are a perfect match of flavour combinations as well as visual effects. It is one of the most popular dessert menu items at cafés and restaurants in Japan. Note: I did not realise jelly is called jello in America. Kohii Zerii, or Japanese coffee jelly, is one of their unique coffee creations.

Japanese Coffee Jelly step by step

1. In a small saucepan, combine water and agar agar powder and whisk over high heat. Once it starts to boil, turn down the heat to simmer. Add sugar and instant coffee and cook stirring occasionally for 2 minutes..
2. Remove from the heat and let cool for 5 minutes. Pour into serving dishes. Scoop up any bubbles on the surface with a spoon and discard. Once the coffee jelly cools down, cover with plastic wrap and keep in the refrigerator for 4-5 hours..
3. Serve with whipped cream, mint and a coffee bean on top. Refrigerate it until done depending upon the temperature at your place. It took almost 2.5 hours to set at our place of residence..

It's a delicious and refreshing coffee dessert, and it is so easy to make! All you need is coffee, water, sugar and agar-agar powder (or gelatin). Top your coffee jelly with whipped cream or milk and voila! Coffee Jelly (コーヒーゼリー) is a refreshing Japanese dessert which is popular in Japan as well as in some other Asian countries. It's usually made of black coffee, gelatin powder, and sugar, but today I used agar agar powder instead of gelatin to make it vegetarian friendly.