Chengdu’s Innovative Coffee and Tea Infuse Local Flavors

Chengdu’s coffee flavor

shave always been “ahead of the curve”.

Green Sichuan peppercorns, peppers, Chinese chives…

A growing variety of Sichuan-inspired coffee creations

offer tastes hard to resist.

Soy Sauce and Spicy Gluten Americano

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Recently, Chengdu Museum has introduced a new specialty sparkling Americano, which features the flavor of intangible cultural heritage soy sauce paired with spicy gluten. Would you be willing to give it a try?

Meanwhile, at Chengdu Museum,

Green Sichuan Peppercorn Americano and Chili Pepper Dirty

have already become local sensations.

Green Sichuan Peppercorn Americano

✦ ✦✦ ✦✦ ✦✦ ✦The slight yet refreshing numbness of green Sichuan peppercorns cold-brewed at low temperature blends with the mellow aroma of coffee in harmony into rich layers of tastes and a seamless new Sichuan experience.

Chili Pepper Dirty

✦ ✦✦ ✦✦ ✦✦ ✦The first sip is dominated by rich coffee crema and roasted notes, followed by the gradually emerging sweetness of Eisbock milk, before the heat of chili peppers spreads across the palate.

The fusion of traditional Sichuan ingredients

and new tea and coffee beverages

has given rise to

a number of surprisingly innovative specialty drinks.

Chinese Chive Coffee

✦ ✦✦ ✦✦ ✦✦ ✦Made with Chinese chives grown in Guangfu Village, Ande Sub-District, Pidu District, the coffee preserves its aroma with freeze-dried Chinese chives, which gives it a mildly savory flavor without any pungency. First introduced at the Chinese Chive Festival last year, the coffee sold over 5,000 cups in a single day, becoming a star among Chengdu’s village cafés.

Pomelo Blossom Coffee

✦ ✦✦ ✦✦ ✦✦ ✦With the first sip, a gentle bitterness from the coffee washes over the palate, followed by the fragrance of pomelo blossoms slowly unfolding in the nose. Light and elegant, the aroma is subtle yet lingering. The refreshing creation can be savored in Banzhuyuan Sub-District, Xindu District.

Szechuan Lovage Coffee

✦ ✦✦ ✦✦ ✦✦ ✦Known as the “foremost of Sichuan medicinal herbs”, Szechuan lovage accounts for 70% of China’s total production in Pengzhou, where Aoping Township is hailed as the “top township of Szechuan lovage”. Local cafés use freeze-dried Szechuan lovage sprout powder to create the “Szechuan Lovage Buddy Latte”.

Sweet Potato Rice Porridge Milk Tea

✦ ✦✦ ✦✦ ✦✦ ✦Built on Bitan Piaoxue jasmine tea, the iced drink combines it with smooth glutinous rice porridge made from Sichuan sweet potatoes. Sellers describe it as “sweet potato rice porridge served on ice”.

Fish Mint Series

✦ ✦✦ ✦✦ ✦✦ ✦The outlet of Heming Teahouse has introduced a “Sichuan-Style Topping Bar”, where customers can customize traditional gaiwan tea (tea served in a lidded bowl) with local ingredients, such as fish mints, crushed peanuts, peppers, and celery, based on their preferences.

Additionally, fish mint milk tea and fish mint yogurt have become limited-edition favorites at Chengdu’s beverage shops. Crushed fish mints are blended into yogurt, creating a distinctive blend of bitter and sweet flavors that keeps customers coming back for more.
Fish mint coffee, a bolder try, mellows the plant’s raw flavor and brings together the rich body of coffee and the fresh notes of herbs for a refreshing and unique taste.
Source: HomeinChengdu