10 Star Trek Foods We Wish Were Real

10. Raktajino

The senior staff of Deep Space Nine couldn’t seem to function without regular infusions of raktajino. Described simply as Klingon coffee – essentially Earth coffee with a Klingon-grade targ’s kick of added caffeine – it’s easy to see why and how Sisko, Kira, and the rest won the Dominion War.

As later items on this list will show, Star Trek, particularly DS9, has sometimes used foods to convey the basic traits of various alien species. It’s no surprise, then, that raktajino touches all the Klingon bases: bold, strong, energetic, and even polarizing.

Before being bonded to the Dax symbiote, Ezri Tigan absolutely hated raktajino. Afterward, she was overwhelmed by the intense love of the drink passed along from previous hosts Curzon and Jadzia, and Ezri found herself unable to resist it.

Klingons: Love ‘em or hate ‘em, there’s no denying that their glorious raktajino won the war (and countless battles against staying in bed each morning).