Amazing coffee that challenges your taste buds

(Photo from 噢, 是米飯＠Xiaohongshu)

China’s “coffee frenzy” has emerged in recent years, the British research institution (World Coffee Portal) released a report in December 2023 stated that the number of coffee shops in mainland China has surpassed the United States to become the largest, based on the number of stores, it has grown 58% in the past 12 months to 49,691 stores.  Growth mainly comes from the rapid expansion of “Luckin Coffee” and “Cotti Coffee”, these two companies respectively added 5059 and 6004 new stores, during the same period, Starbucks opened a net 785 stores in mainland China.

The “coffee frenzy” has triggered amazing creativity in the mainland’s catering industry, mixing Chinese ingredients into coffee, the appearing of Sauerkraut Latte, Century egg coffee, Moutai coffee, and something new has come out recently —— Rice roll coffee.  Beside the rice roll with latte art concept, there are even coffee shops that put coffee directly onto the rice rolls, creating a new taste bud stimulation. 

Source： 

Research institution (World Coffee Portal)
China: 1.4 billion reasons to sell coffee – https://www.worldcoffeeportal.com/Latest/InsightAnalysis/2024/March/China-1-4- billion-reasons-to-sell-coffee 

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