Can Huo Xiang Zheng Qi Shui Americano be consumed? The practice of mixing traditional Chinese medicine with coffee is dangerous!

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The Unconventional Coffee Trend

"Gulp (onomatopoeia)! Gurgle~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gurgle gurgle~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"

Before the images are posted, based on this series of onomatopoeic sounds, under what circumstances would these sounds occur? A) Taking a sip of espresso with banlangen (isatis root) B) Taking a sip of iced bansha cooling tea C) Taking a sip of iced Americano with huoxiang zhengqi water

If everyone thinks all three options are correct, you should choose the longest answer! So the answer to this question is C. I believe many friends seeing this have already started frowning their brows.

People have always been so stimulating on the path of pursuing stimulation... Previously, there was the pursuit of mental stimulation, leading to the invention of coffee with alcohol; later, there was the pursuit of taste bud stimulation, leading to the invention of specialty coffee; now, there's the pursuit of gastrointestinal stimulation, leading to the invention of medicated coffee...

I don't know since when, Chinese patent medicine + coffee has become something everyone imitates. Starting from March this year, "iced Cantonese style" (cooling tea + ice cubes) suddenly became popular on the internet, causing many friends in the Guangdong region to follow suit...

The popularity was so exaggerated that when buying cooling tea at the shop, the auntie would say: "Drink the cooling tea while it's hot! Adding ice will make you sick!" (Translation: Adding ice to cooling tea will make you a projectile warrior)

Later, cooling tea + ice cubes could no longer satisfy everyone's curiosity-seeking heart, so many coffee shops began adding Chinese patent medicine granules to coffee extraction, creating the Guangdong March special that makes everyone fall silent three times.

Originally thought these were just temporary imitation trends, but unexpectedly! More and more people started adding Chinese patent medicines to coffee... and what they added were those with very strong effects, such as huoxiang zhengqi water.

Recently, perhaps because the weather has been too hot and the cooling effect of iced Americano has decreased, some friends started stacking buffs on iced Americano, stuffing a bottle of huoxiang zhengqi water inside...

"As long as you pay the price of an Americano, you can get another reason to use your medical insurance card." Perhaps because of this mentality, more and more friends followed the trend... No coffee brand's iced Americano could escape the addition of huoxiang zhengqi water.

A Critical Warning

But!

This is medicine! Medicine! Medicine! Medicine cannot be taken casually!

Huoxiang zhengqi water itself is intended to prevent heatstroke, and its ingredients may have irritating effects on the gastrointestinal tract. Although adding it to coffee may not cause toxicity, it can easily lead to gastrointestinal spasms, resulting in abdominal pain, diarrhea, vomiting, and other symptoms.

Whether to attract more consumers' attention to their brand or to let more people notice coffee, curiosity is one thing, but these medicine + coffee practices have gone too far! Innovation or imitation must have limits!

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