Korean slang profile

커피알못

keopialmot

Someone with little knowledge of or experience with coffee.

Expanded form: 커피 + 알못커피 + 알못 (coffee + someone unfamiliar with it)
Other spellings: —
Earliest source found: Dec 21, 2016
Documented trend period: Not verified

This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.

01Examples, with English translations

Example by Julimmal
커피알못이라 원두를 고를 때 직원에게 맛의 차이를 물었다.
As a 커피알못, I asked the staff about flavor differences when choosing beans.

02Documented history

2016The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2016 new-word survey report includes a separate headword and explanation.[1]

03Origin & word formation

The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2016 new-word survey report explains this expression’s meaning and usage. Who created it and when it was first used could not be established.

Evidence for the origin explanationMedium

The report's headword, definition, and context were compared directly. Dates of older articles it cites were not copied without checking the originals. The evidence date is the publication date in the report's colophon.

04Sources

Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.

2016년 신어 조사 및 사용 주기 조사 (국립국어원)Published Dec 21, 2016Original source checked Nov 14, 2026