A Feast is Incomplete Without Chicken! Coffee in Guangdong Must Also Have It!

How obsessed are Guangdong people with chicken? Put it this way: even the map of Guangdong is shaped like a chicken drumstick! Plenty of local expressions reference chickens too—like "teng ji" (panicking), "zou ji" (missing an opportunity), and "tou ji" (your current state).

In Guangdong there's a saying: "No feast is complete without chicken." However many delicacies the region offers, only chicken rules the Cantonese dining table—and now, even coffee isn't safe.

How creative can they get? Let's just say: coffee paired with chicken brings complete peace of mind!

"Ginger Scallion Chicken Coffee"

A specialty coffee made with ginger juice, cream, sesame salad dressing, shredded scallions, and toasted sesame seeds.

The shredded scallions, ginger juice, and sesame juice bring the flavor of ginger-scallion dipping sauce into the coffee, while the cream supplies the richness of chicken skin. Chicken lovers and chicken avoiders alike were stunned!

"Coconut Chicken Coffee"

A specialty coffee made with kumquat juice, coconut water, a mix of water chestnut, sand ginger, and coconut meat, plus chili peppers.

The essence of coconut chicken hot pot, concentrated into a single cup of coffee. It recalls an old joke: "I used to think Hainan coconut chicken was Shenzhen's signature dish, not Hainan's—because it's 'Hainan coconut chicken.'"

"Sesame Oil Qingping Chicken Special"

A coffee cocktail made with sesame oil, vodka, lime, and melon.

It carries the aroma of ginger-scallion white cut chicken while staying refreshingly smooth. Pair it with sour-and-spicy chicken feet and the cocktail's sweet-tart notes click into place, taking your taste buds and your stomach somewhere new.

"Durian Coconut Chicken"

Has anyone ever tried chicken soup simmered with durian shells? Strange as it sounds, it's a soup only Cantonese people would dream up—and honestly, it's quite good.

This specialty coffee was probably inspired by exactly that idea. It would be even more authentic with a few goji berries thrown in!

And chicken isn't the only casualty. Roast ducks, roast geese, and sausages have all fallen prey to the Cantonese urge to "put it in coffee." For example!

"Sausage Iced Coffee"

A specialty coffee made with rose liqueur, Shiwan Yubing Shao (Chinese liquor), Huangshanghuang sausage, pineapple, and perilla leaves.

The sausage, wrapped in pineapple, is grilled before serving so the fat and aroma drip down into the coffee's liquor notes. Utterly regal!

"Roast Duck Plum Sauce Coffee"

"Roast duck and goose without plum sauce has no soul!" A specialty coffee made with plum sauce, lime juice, plum powder, and Chaoshan south ginger plum powder.

It nails salty, sour, and sweet all at once—exactly like roast goose dipped in plum sauce! The only question: does the coffee base have liquor notes? If so, perfection.

"Coffee Chicken Meal"

"Many things are like store-bought glutinous rice chicken—destined to be what they are."

A coffee/alcohol cocktail paired with glutinous rice chicken: one bite rich, one bite refreshing. Mom no longer has to worry about me eating too much glutinous rice chicken!

Having seen all this, I can only say one thing:

"So strange! I'm not sure, let me look again!

                              Hmm! I want to try it!"

Source of specialty coffees: The creative minds of Guangdong's baristas!

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