Coffee

[Drunk Monk]

i need to cut my coffee with cream or it triggers an acid reflux that makes me cough

and the last thing i want to be right now is a coughing asian.

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

Truth.

[Drunk Monk]

Starbucks launched a pork-flavored coffee in China. It costs $10 and is dividing people.
Huileng Tan 
Feb 21, 2024, 12:12 AM PST


People walk by a Starbucks Coffee at Ciqikou ancient town in Chongqing, China. 
Song Mingkun/VCG/Getty Images 

• Starbucks has launched a pork-flavored coffee in China.
  
• Its biggest competitor in the country famously has a cheese-flavored latte.
  
• Starbucks' drink costs $10, and even the company says the taste is "surprising."
  

If you think Starbucks' olive oil-laced coffee is as divisive as it gets, the coffee chain's latest offering in China might just change your mind.
The Seattle-based coffee giant recently rolled out a pork-flavored latte in China for the Chinese New Year season that started on February 10.
Starbucks' Reserve Roastery in Shanghai announced the pork-infused offering in a post on its verified Weibo microblog account on February 5, promoting the beverage as a coffee "integrated with traditional New Year customs."
The limited edition beverage, whose name translates into "Abundant Year Savory Latte," is pictured with a slice of skewered pork perched on top of the mug. Its official English name is the "Lucky Savory Latte."


Starbucks China's pork-flavored latte for Chinese New Year 2024. 
Starbucks China 
Starbucks said the coffee is a combination of espresso and "Dongpo pork" sauce, referring to a braised pork named after a famous 11th-century poet. Steamed milk is added to the beverage before it's drizzled with more pork sauce.
The special edition beverage is priced at 68 Chinese yuan, or $9.50, at Reserve stores in China, according to local media.
The pork-flavored coffee has gone viral on Chinese social media — mostly because people were wondering if it's for real. But it is, and reviews are mixed.
One user on Xiaohongshu, China's answer to Instagram, said the latte looks strange but was unexpectedly delicious with an "intriguing sweet and salty flavor" that combines the aromas of meat and coffee.
Another Xiaohongshu said it was disgusting. They said it tasted like fermented bean curd mixed with a sweetener — although the piece of pork was quite tasty, they said.
A third user said they were pleasantly surprised by the savory taste of the coffee.
Well, even Starbucks describes the flavor as "surprising."
The Starbucks beverage is far more expensive than rival Luckin Coffee, which can cost as little as $1.40 thanks to aggressive discounts.
Competition between the two coffee chains is intense. Sales of Luckin Coffee overtook Starbucks in China in the second quarter of last year.
Luckin Coffee, too, boasts unique coffee concoctions, including "Big Cheese Latte," "Watermelon Pink Latte," and "Yuanyang" — a coffee-and-tea combination that originates in Hong Kong, Business Insider reported in November.

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

Sigh.

[Drunk Monk]

"Big Cheese Latte" 

You'd try it tho. You luv pork.

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

"Big Cheese Latte" 

You'd try it tho. You luv pork.

I love *coffee*. I would burn both cafes to the ground and salt the earth so that nothing ever grows there again. I might go after their families, too.

[Drunk Monk]

You'd try it tho. You luv pork.

I love *coffee*. I would burn both cafes to the ground and salt the earth so that nothing ever grows there again. I might go after their families, too.

Lies. You'd try it. Pork coffee? Two great tastes that go great together. If the coffee bothers your acid reflux nowadays, you could take it as an enema.

[Greg]

With a BBQ sauce chaser.

[thatguy]

"Pork & beans"

--tg

[Greg]

Why isn't Big Cheese Latte the leader of some Tong?

[Drunk Monk]

Slightly OT

Coffee Mate and Dr. Pepper Team Up for a ‘Dirty Soda’ Creamer — Yes, Really!
A dirty soda typically consists of a cola mixed with creamer or half and half, flavored syrups and lime juice
By Sabrina Weiss
Published on March 4, 2024 05:10PM EST

 

Coffee Mate and Dr. Pepper team up to make a dirty soda creamer. PHOTO: 

COFFEE MATE

At-home dirty sodas just became even easier.

Coffee Mate is partnering up with Dr. Pepper to create a coconut lime creamer specifically made for crafting a dirty soda. Though the creamer company normally caters to coffee, as the name suggests, this limited-time creamer is meant to be added to soda (ideally Dr. Pepper) instead.

Starting March, the fruity creamer will be available at grocery stores nationwide while supplies last for a suggested retail price of $3.29.

Dirty soda popped up all across social media back in 2022 but has been popular in Utah since the 2010s. The drink typically consists of soda mixed with creamer or half and half, flavored syrups and lime juice.

Dirty soda became a mocktail-esque mainstay in the state likely because Utah has a large Mormon population who don't typically drink alcohol because of their religion.

Coffee Mate's limited-edition dirty soda creamer. 
COFFEE MATE

Celebrities helped popularize the dirty soda trend, too. In December 2021, pop star Olivia Rodrigo posted an Instagram photo to her feed holding a cup from Swig, a soda shop that specializes in making dirty sodas. Lindsay Lohan also starred in a Pepsi commercial focused on dirty soda.

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Coca-Cola recently announced a Dr. Pepper competitor: Coca-Cola Spiced. The new, fizzy beverage is the first permanent flavor to be introduced by the brand in three years. It hit national retail shelves starting Feb. 19. Coca-Cola Spiced Zero Sugar is also available. 

The soda blends the classic taste of Coca-Cola with a “burst of refreshing raspberry flavors and spiced notes,” per a release.

[Greg]

That sounds disgusting.

[Drunk Monk]

Well, it's being slung by Lindsay Lohan.

It might help open your mind to think of this more like a root beer float. That's a more acceptable dairy + soda combo to the west. Combining sodas with dairy is pretty common in Asia.

[Greg]

Yeah, I should go to Lindsay Lohan for tips. What was I thinking?

[Drunk Monk]

You just liked the dirty part. 

We all did. 

Dirty soda is a great euphemism for something naughty. With Lindsay Lohan.