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As many will remember, on May 24, 2021, Luckin Coffee launched three brand-new "First Love Green Grape" series products:

First Love Green Grape Thick Milk Latte

First Love Green Grape Oat Milk Latte

First Love Green Grape Sparkling Americano

When our workshop team learned that the new products were themed around "first love flavor," we couldn't help but smile knowingly :)

So naturally, we couldn't resist ranking these "first loves"...

Seeing this, our team promptly picked an auspicious day to find out what this "first love" actually tastes like (laughs...)

Luckin Coffee First Love Green Grape Sparkling Americano

Recommendation: 3.5 stars

According to the official introduction, this is a new member of the "classic sparkling Americano" line

It's a drink built on IIAC Gold Award coffee beans, a finely extracted Ristretto (a type of espresso extraction), and refreshing soda water.

At this point you might ask: what is a Ristretto? (Confused face???)

Here's an analogy: if Espresso is the essence of coffee, then Ristretto is the essence of Espresso (laughs).

Alright, enough chatter — on to the tasting.

When I took the green grape sparkling Americano from the barista, the clear layering of coffee and sparkling water looked appealing enough to make me want a big sip immediately.

How to describe it? The first impression is the characteristic roasted aroma of dark-roasted beans rushing into your nose. Then comes the tongue — you can clearly feel it enveloped by the sparkling water, and at the moment of swallowing, the sweetness of the green grape syrup blends with the bitterness of the espresso.

Overall, this "first love" is refreshing — sweet but not cloying, roasted but not bitter. It resembles drinking white grape sparkling wine. But like a first love that ends prematurely, the aftertaste of the whole drink is... very short...

Luckin Coffee First Love Green Grape Oat Milk Latte

Recommendation: 3 stars

According to the official introduction, this cute drink is made with espresso extracted from IIAC Gold Award coffee beans, lactose-free oat milk, and Shine Muscat green grape flavored syrup.

First, the iced version. It carries the aroma of oat grains. Since we had done our homework and learned that the entire "First Love" line cannot be made sugar-free, we all obediently ordered half sugar.

Mmm — the half-sugar sweetness was just right. There's a medium-to-high intensity of grape fermented-wine aroma, almost like fully ripe grape flesh, with caramel and brown sugar notes. The mouthfeel is rich and full-bodied, and the oat milk gives a pleasant weight on the tongue. I like it.

As the poster says: "Oat milk and sweet-tart green grapes intertwine, creating an exceptionally fresh mouthfeel — as if it's the heart-pounding feeling of falling in love that early summer."

Second, the hot version has a unique seaside quality — like walking along the shore with a gentle breeze on your cheeks, carrying a faint salty feeling.

As the saying goes: those who like it will really like it.

Research suggests that our sense of smell continuously stores impressions, connecting scents with memories.

(Wry smile) The hot "first love" is remarkably like those inexplicable feelings right before the first-love story ends (another wry smile).

Luckin Coffee First Love Green Grape Thick Milk Latte

Recommendation: 3 stars

According to the official introduction,

This "first love" is made with espresso extracted from IIAC Gold Award coffee beans, cold brew thick milk, pure milk, and Shine Muscat green grape flavored syrup.

To be honest, with the oat milk version as a comparison, the thick milk version seems somewhat... unremarkable (laughs).

Where was the promised just-right sweetness? Where was the promised subtle acidity?

Dear readers, please forgive my dull palate — I'm afraid I'll disappoint you all.

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FrontStreet Coffee Recommendation: Beans That Make Milk Coffees Shine

Reviews like this show how much the base beans matter in a milk coffee. If you make lattes at home, FrontStreet Coffee suggests starting with our Premium Blend or Black Cocoa Blend — both led by Brazil coffee, they bring complex almond, walnut, and nut notes to a latte, silky and smooth with a lingering finish. For lattes with abundant golden crema, choose the Classic Blend or Commercial Blend, which contain a touch of Robusta for extra richness and caramel aroma. And if you love fruit-forward milk coffees like the green grape latte above, try the Strawberry Candy Blend: an Arabica fruit-style blend that recreates a bright strawberry-gummy sweetness — just as charming over milk as it is over ice.