Latte with pork tripe. How does it taste?Salty and sweet
Jun 25, 2025
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According to Hong Kong media South China Morning Post and Chinese media The Cover, a cafe located in Zhangyu City, Sichuan Province, recently launched what it calls 'Pig Gopchang Latte'.
This latte is a mixture of cooked pork tripe soup and coffee, and cooked tripe skewers are placed like decorations on a drink cup. The price of a cup is 32 yuan (about 6,000 won).
This drink uniquely consists of a type that enhances the flavor of tripe according to the level of taste.
The cafe's representative said "Hongso (boiled with soy sauce, sugar, and spices) gopchang is a very popular dish in Jiangyuxi. It was combined with coffee to promote the city's representative food.'
He said that after several attempts, he only adds exactly 6g of broth per glass after purchasing gopchang cooked at famous restaurants in the city.
He made adjustments to enhance the flavor of the tripe but not to impair the flavor of the coffee""Salty and sweet taste, similar to "Salty cheese"", he said.
The tripe latte quickly gained popularity through word of mouth on social media in early June, and sales more than quadrupled since its launch.
CEO Jang explained that about 80% of customers who visit the cafe are currently visiting to experience the drink.
One female customer said "I'm a coffee maniac, and this tripe latte was recommended, so I wanted to taste it."
Another customer commented, "Northerners don't eat gopchang very well, but this coffee was surprisingly good.", he responded positively.
Opinions about the coffee were divided online.
Netizens are "creative and funny. I want to try itWhile " responded, negative evaluations such as "Gopchang is good and coffee is good, but mixing the two is not good enough."
Meanwhile, coffee drinks using unique ingredients have emerged one after another in China, drawing attention.
A cafe in Jiangxi Province drew attention on social media by launching lattes with red pepper oil and red pepper powder, and coffee with fried insects at a cafe in Yunnan Province.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
