Luckin Coffee is collaborating with Doraemon! Also launching new Iced Coconut Latte!

Luckin Coffee's Doraemon Collaboration

Last August, Luckin Coffee posted on social media asking its followers: "Which brand would you most like to see Luckin team up with? Share your boldest ideas with us."

At the time, Doraemon and Stitch drew the most votes, since both share the same blue palette as Luckin Coffee. More than half a year has passed — and Luckin actually remembered. The chain is now collaborating with Doraemon! Yesterday, Luckin officially announced that in three days it would launch its most significant new product and guest of recent years, teased with those familiar blue circular hands.

They also coyly invited everyone to guess the partner. Fans fired back with guesses like "JOJO," "Detective Conan," "Rainbow Cat and Blue Rabbit," and plenty more.

According to leaked information, the collaboration is tied to Doraemon's 2023 movie "Nobita's Sky Utopia," which opened in Japan this March. Judging by previous mainland release schedules, the film should premiere around Children's Day (June 1st).

Limited Edition Merchandise and New Products

As with past collaborations, this one will feature limited edition cup sleeves, paper bags, and stickers. For collectors, that is genuinely exciting news. On top of that, Luckin Coffee will launch a new drink, the Iced Coconut Latte. Going by the name, fans have two theories: either a coconut latte slushy or a mint-flavored coconut latte.

Based on today's latest poster from Luckin, though, it is probably not a slushy, since that would be too ordinary to deserve yesterday's "most significant new product" billing. The odds of a mint-type ingredient are therefore much higher. Plenty of fans had asked last summer for Luckin to launch a mint latte, when the heat was relentless.

Luckin's Marketing Strategy

Luckin Coffee has clearly got its finger on the pulse of younger drinkers. Trend-making topics, tie-ins with popular themes — the brand knows exactly how to pull in young customers. Taking consumer suggestions seriously and quietly granting everyone's wishes may well be the key to Luckin's successful turnaround.

Future Collaborations

Perhaps before long we'll see a Luckin Coffee and Stitch collaboration. After all, Luckin's coconut series pairs naturally with Stitch himself. When people think of Stitch, they think of his home in Hawaii — hula dances, coconut trees, ukuleles — and many Stitch products show him in Hawaiian-style clothing holding a coconut.

As for how the Doraemon collaboration drinks will ultimately taste, we'll have to wait two more days to find out.

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