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Maxim Mocha Gold Coffee Mix: How Much Water per Stick?

맥심 모카골드 마일드 커피믹스maeksim mokagoldeu maildeu keopimikseu
Short answer
  • Hot coffee: Empty one 12 g stick into a cup, pour in 90–100 ml (about 3 US fl oz) of hot water and stir until it dissolves.

From the maker’s directions. Full steps and sources below.

Maxim Mocha Gold (맥심 모카골드) is the instant coffee mix Dongsuh Foods launched in Korea in 1989.[9][10] Each 12 g stick holds coffee, sugar and creamer, so you only add hot water. Abroad it’s usually sold as Maxim Mocha Gold Mild, in boxes of 100 sticks (1.2 kg).[3][5][6]

Contains milk. Stores abroad often call the creamer “non-dairy”, but the Korean label lists milk protein (농축우유단백분말) and says 우유 함유, contains milk.[1][2][3][5]

How to make it

Hot coffee [1][3]

  1. Tear open one stick (12 g) and empty it into a cup.
  2. Pour in 90–100 ml of hot water, about 3 to 3.4 US fluid ounces.
  3. Stir until the powder has completely dissolved, then drink.

The Korean box gives 90–100 ml,[1] and a US Walmart listing says one stick makes 3 fl oz (about 90 ml).[3] An Australian wholesaler suggests 150 ml and says to adjust to taste;[5] more water just makes it weaker and less sweet. Maxim’s decaf coffee mix asks for about 80 ml,[16] so check the box you have.

What the Korean box says

On the boxIn English
1봉지(12 g)를 잔에 넣고 뜨거운 물을 적당량(90~100 ml) 부어 완전히 용해한 후 음용하십시오.Put 1 stick (12 g) in a cup, pour in a suitable amount (90–100 ml) of hot water, and drink once it has completely dissolved.
커피 … 13.3% 우유 함유Coffee … 13.3% [of the mix]. Contains milk.
습기를 주의하시고 건조하고 직사광선을 피한 실온에 보관하십시오.Keep away from moisture; store dry, at room temperature, out of direct sunlight.
소비기한: 제조일로부터 18개월Use by: 18 months from the date of manufacture.

Directions, ingredients and storage from the Korean pack text on E-mart’s SSG listing; the use-by line from Costco Korea.[1][2] The 13.3% is the coffee’s share of the mix, not milk.

How much caffeine?

The box doesn’t print a caffeine figure.[1][2] When the Korea Consumer Agency tested 12 coffee mixes in 2014, they averaged 52.2 mg of caffeine per stick, from 40.9 to 77.2 mg.[11][12][13] The results table printed by the Korean trade paper Food & Beverage News lists Mocha Gold Mild at 42.5 mg; we found that figure in one place only.[11] In the agency’s 2024 test, Mocha Gold Mild was one of six regular coffee mixes,[14] and the most caffeinated regular mix had 53.8 mg per stick.[14][15] For comparison, the reports give Korea’s recommended daily maximum as 400 mg of caffeine.[12][11][14]

Other Maxim sticks

  • Maxim White Gold and Maxim Original are sold abroad too, for example in a Walmart box with all three.[18]
  • Maxim also makes a decaf coffee mix (디카페인),[16][17] which asks for about 80 ml of water.[16]
  • In Korea, Dongsuh also sells lower-sugar versions: Mocha Gold Light and the sugar-free Mocha Gold Simple Latte.[19]

Label facts

Mocha Gold Mild, Korean label (per stick)영양정보·표시사항
Stick
12 g [1][2][3][5]
Box
100 sticks, 1.2 kg (Costco Korea also sells 210-stick boxes) [1][3][5][2]
Calories
50 kcal [1][2]
Sugars
6 g [1][2]
Carbohydrate
9 g [1][2]
Fat
1.6 g, all of it saturated [1][2]
Sodium
6 mg [1][2]
Protein
0 g [1][2]
Coffee
13.3% of the mix (beans: 30% Brazil, 20% Colombia) [1][2]
Contains
Milk (우유 함유) [1][2]
Caffeine
Not printed on the box [1][2]
Storage
Dry, at room temperature, out of direct sunlight [1][5]
Use by
18 months from manufacture [2][8]
Made in
South Korea, by Dongsuh Foods [3][4][1]

Shops abroad sum up the ingredients as coffee, sugar and non-dairy creamer, with no Contains line.[3][5] The full Korean list puts sugar first, then a creamer made with coconut oil and milk protein, then coffee.[1][2] One US seller lists the stick as 11.8 g; the Korean box says 12 g.[7]

Korean words on this pack

Tap the speaker to hear each word. More in the label words list.

  • 커피믹스keopimikseucoffee mix (instant coffee, sugar and creamer in one stick)
  • 사용기준sayong gijundirections for use (on coffee mix)
  • 뜨거운 물tteugeoun mulhot water
  • 적당량jeokdangnyanga suitable amount
  • 용해yonghaedissolve
  • 우유uyumilk
  • 함유hamyucontains
  • 당류dangnyusugars
  • 카페인kapeincaffeine
  • 디카페인dikapeindecaf
  • 실온 보관siron bogwanstore at room temperature
  • 소비기한sobigihanuse-by date

Ways to drink it

  • Iced: dissolve the stick in a splash of hot water first, then add ice and cold water.
  • With a Korean sweet: hotteok, the filled pancakes from Ottogi’s hotteok mix.

These are serving ideas, not part of the pack’s directions.

Sources

  1. SSG / E-mart (in Korean): 맥심 모카골드 마일드 커피믹스 100입 (pack text)
  2. Costco Korea (in Korean): 맥심 모카골드 마일드 커피믹스 12 g × 210 × 2 (pack text)
  3. Walmart (US, marketplace listing): Dongsuh Maxim Mocha Gold Mild, 100 sticks, 1.2 kg
  4. Walmart (US, marketplace listing): Maxim Mocha Gold Mild Coffee Mix, 12 g × 100
  5. Q Kommus (Australia, wholesale): Dongsuh Mocha Gold Mild Coffee Mix, 12 g × 100
  6. DotAsia (EU, wholesale): Maxim Mocha Gold Mild, 100 sticks
  7. Walmart (US, marketplace listing): Maxim Mocha Gold Mild, 100 sticks × 2 (11.8 g per stick)
  8. SSG (in Korean): 맥심 모카골드 마일드 커피믹스 50T
  9. Newsis (in Korean, 2026): Maxim Mocha Gold, launched 1989
  10. Nocut News (in Korean): Maxim Mocha Gold, launched 1989
  11. Food & Beverage News (in Korean, 2014): Korea Consumer Agency coffee mix test, with results table
  12. Sidae (in Korean, 2014): Korea Consumer Agency coffee mix test
  13. Etoday (in Korean, 2014): Korea Consumer Agency coffee mix test
  14. Kyeonggi Ilbo (in Korean, 2024): Korea Consumer Agency coffee mix test
  15. Newsis (in Korean, 2024): Korea Consumer Agency coffee mix test
  16. SSG (in Korean): 맥심 디카페인 커피믹스 (pack text)
  17. Kurly (in Korean): 맥심 디카페인 커피믹스 12 g × 100
  18. Walmart (US, marketplace listing): Maxim Original, Mocha Gold and White Gold combo
  19. Dailian (in Korean): Mocha Gold Light and Mocha Gold Simple Latte

Checked October 27, 2026. If your pack differs, follow your pack, and tell us so we can update this page.

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