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Starbucks Oleato Olive Oil Coffee Launches in the US! Netizens Criticize: Is This Lard Coffee?!
For professional coffee knowledge exchange and more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account: cafe_style). For more specialty coffee beans, please add FrontStreet Coffee's private WeChat account: qjcoffeex. Last month, Starbucks suddenly unveiled its "attention-grabbing blockbuster," launching something that the entire coffee industry could never have imagined...
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Luckin Coffee's New Biluo Zhichun Latte Featuring Lu Xianren as Ambassador Criticized?! The Reason Is Actually...
For more professional coffee knowledge and coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat public account: cafe_style). For more specialty coffee beans, please add FrontStreet Coffee's private WeChat account: qjcoffeex. Recently, Luckin Coffee's new product has been heavily criticized... The reason is actually the endorser of Luckin's new product
2023-03-13 Luckin Coffee Biluo Zhichun Latte Lu Xianren coffee controversy tea-flavored coffee -
Starbucks' New Coffee Products Criticized by Netizens for Over-Recycling Old Concepts! Coffee Product Development Should Focus More on Taste
For professional coffee knowledge exchange and more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat public account: cafe_style). For more specialty coffee beans, please add FrontStreet Coffee's private WeChat account: qjcoffeex As consumers increasingly crave new beverage flavors, tea and coffee brands worldwide are continuously
2023-04-20 Starbucks new coffee products criticism recycling concepts coffee product development taste focus consumer preferences beverage innovation -
The Art of Perfect Pour-Over Coffee: What Are the Most Critical Factors?
Every coffee enthusiast has their own tricks for making coffee, whether it's their preferred coffee beans, how they heat water, or the equipment they use. While some swear by traditional cloth filters, others prefer modern espresso machines or pour-over drip coffee. Pour-over coffee is increasingly being embraced and loved by people—some even falling passionately obsessed with it. Why is that?
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Starbucks' Tiger Year Couplets Font Criticized by Netizens for Ruining Traditional Culture... Foreign Brands Embrace "Guochao" Design
As "Guochao" (National Trend) has become increasingly popular in recent years, more brands are simplifying traditional elements like patterns, fonts, and decorative motifs—once dismissed as "old-fashioned" by younger generations—and incorporating them into modern designs. "Guochao" has also emerged as a distinctive representative of niche culture with unique characteristics. Due to the extensive integration of traditional design elements, each agricultural
2022-01-13 Starbucks Tiger Year Spring Festival couplets traditional culture foreign brands Guochao design trends -
Multiple Tea Brands Jointly Boycott Delivery Platform Discounts, Sparking Widespread Online Criticism
For more professional coffee knowledge and coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat public account: cafe_style). For more premium coffee beans, please add FrontStreet Coffee's private WeChat account: qjcoffeex. According to media reports, yesterday, multiple tea brands jointly boycotted the discount promotions on food delivery platforms, among which
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Starbucks Launches Pearl Coffee?! Starbucks Coffee Too Sweet Criticized by Netizens
I believe everyone is quite familiar with pearl milk tea. The practice of adding small balls made from tapioca flour to milk tea, which first appeared in Taiwan in the 1980s, has been deeply loved by Chinese people ever since. As milk tea culture continues to spread outward, pearl milk tea has rapidly gained popularity in Japan, South Korea, and even European and American countries in recent years. Pearl milk tea
2021-12-28 Starbucks Pearl Coffee Boba Coffee Bubble Coffee Sweet Coffee Coffee Controversy -
Yunnan Coffee Beans: Differences Between Typica and Catimor, and Why Catimor's Flavor is Criticized
Professional coffee knowledge exchange. For more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat public account: cafe_style). FrontStreet Coffee - Catimor variety introduction: Catimor is the main coffee variety in Yunnan, which is a hybrid variety contaminated with Robusta genes, quite different from Taiwan's traditional Typica. Interestingly, the...
2025-02-09 Typica Catimor differences coffee beans flavor why criticized professional -
Cupper Launches Column to Criticize Kopi Luwak and Black Ivory Coffee: Does Black Ivory Coffee Taste Good?
Professional coffee knowledge exchange, for more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat public account cafe_style). Since getting into coffee, I've always felt that Kopi Luwak is just a gimmick for those who don't understand coffee but want to show off. At this year's Shanghai Coffee Expo, Patrick Tam from Hong Kong shared many similar views about coffee. Patrick Tam...
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Decaffeinated Coffee Processing Methods? What is Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Processing for Decaf Coffee?
FrontStreet Coffee explains the supercritical carbon dioxide processing method for decaffeinated coffee. Decaffeination steps must be performed on raw coffee beans. Currently, there are three major processing methods to remove caffeine: Traditional/European Process, Swiss Water Process (SWP), and Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Processing (CO2).
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What is the proper way to drink Americano? Will you be criticized for adding sugar to hot Americano coffee?
For professional coffee knowledge exchange and more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account cafe_style). Americano is the most popular coffee in cafés besides milk coffee. Simply put, it's coffee that suits American tastes. When Americans first encountered espresso coffee,
2025-06-19 Americano coffee proper drinking method what is adding sugar will be low professional -
What is Bulletproof Coffee? What are its benefits, how should it be consumed for weight loss, and is it harmful to the body?
For professional coffee knowledge exchange and more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account: cafe_style). What is Bulletproof Coffee? Is it some new American military invention, a type of coffee that makes you bulletproof after drinking it? Obviously not. Bulletproof Coffee is actually a weight loss coffee. As for why it's called "bulletproof"
2023-04-16 bulletproof coffee what why benefits how professional knowledge -
Lee Hyori's Coffee Shop Success Sparks Controversy?! Nearby Coffee Businesses Unite in Protest!
According to South Korean comprehensive media reports, South Korean singer Lee Hyori and her musician husband Lee Sang-soon have caused dissatisfaction among nearby coffee shop owners and a former ruling party lawmaker by opening a coffee shop on Jeju Island. On July 1st, the coffee shop jointly operated by Lee Hyori and her husband began operations. Although the couple
2022-07-06 Lee Hyori coffee shop controversy Jeju Island South Korea Lee Sang-soon protest -
After Widespread Backlash, Coffee Shops Are Eager to Collaborate with Zhong Xue Gao?!
When it comes to Zhong Xue Gao, I'm sure everyone is quite familiar! Recently, due to price opacity in the ice cream industry, Zhong Xue Gao dominated trending lists on major platforms for nearly half a month. Many netizens raised similar questions about the brand's products. Since its establishment, the Zhong Xue Gao brand has closely positioned its products as "luxury goods"
2022-08-12 Zhong Xue Gao coffee shop collaboration luxury ice cream brand partnership pricing controversy -
ChaYanYueSe, Once "Cursed" to Never Leave Changsha, Officially Announces Expansion to Jiangsu-Zhejiang-Shanghai Region!
ChaYanYueSe, once criticized by industry analysts as being unable to expand beyond Changsha, has made significant moves in recent months! In April, they announced opening stores in Chongqing, and in June, they announced opening stores in Nanjing! Last December, multiple internal employees of ChaYanYueSe revealed online that the company's employees' monthly take-home pay was less than 3,000 yuan
2022-06-17 ChaYanYueSe tea brand expansion Changsha Jiangsu Zhejiang Shanghai regional growth -
Customer Leaves Negative Review for Coffee Shop... Owner Doxxes Their Personal Information
For professional coffee knowledge exchange and more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat public account: cafe_style). For more specialty coffee beans, please add FrontStreet Coffee on WeChat with ID: qjcoffeex. Recently, a Taiwan resident reported to media that they faced retaliation after leaving a negative review for a coffee shop on a review platform.
2023-05-20 Coffee shop review doxxing customer dispute cafe criticism personal information disclosure -
Why Espresso Machines Use 9 Bar Pressure to Extract Coffee
When FrontStreet Coffee shares knowledge about extracting espresso, we often discuss the extraction relationship between dose, ratio, grind size, and time. Once you master these 4 parameters, you can skillfully operate an espresso machine. However, there's another parameter that's often glossed over but is actually the most critical to espresso extraction
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How to Distinguish Between Over-Extraction and Dark Roast Bitterness in Coffee? How to Control Pour-Over Coffee Parameters?
Yesterday, FrontStreet Coffee received an interesting question from a customer friend. They asked FrontStreet Coffee why their coffee was still bitter despite performing a flow restriction. This is another case of someone being misled by flow restriction. The truth is quite simple: the final stage of extraction is not the main source of bitterness, and bitterness can also...
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Bubble Tea Shop Closed for "Welcome First, Scan QR Code Later"? Official Report: Abuse of Authority
For more professional coffee knowledge and coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat public account: cafe_style). For more specialty coffee beans, please add private WeChat: FrontStreet Coffee, WeChat ID: qjcoffeex. Shop closures are not uncommon occurrences. Some happen due to substandard product quality, others due to
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Why Are Industries Crossing Over into Coffee? Is Running a Coffee Business Really Easy? The Current State of the Coffee Industry
Since China Post officially entered the coffee market a few days ago, public reaction has been remarkably consistent... "They haven't even done their main job well, why are they opening a coffee shop?"; "China Post should be promoting tea culture, what are they doing with coffee?"; "They're just riding the wave of specialty coffee popularity, when they clearly don't understand coffee at all!"...
2022-02-19 coffee industry trends business crossover coffee market analysis FrontStreet Coffee