Cockroach Coffee Launched, 9,000 won per cup...How will it taste?
Nov 19, 2025
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According to Chinese media The Cover and Hong Kong media South China Morning Post, the coffee was released in late June and has recently attracted great attention online. A museum official said "As it is an insect-themed museum, we also planned drinks accordingly." he said.
The coffee is sprinkled with ground cockroach powder and also contains dried yellow wheatworms.
The tastemakers evaluated it as having a burnt taste and a little sour taste. The museum emphasized that all materials were purchased from traditional herbal medicine stores and that there was no safety problem.
According to Chinese medical theory, cockroach powder can help blood circulation, and protein-rich mealworms are known to be effective in strengthening immunity.
In addition to cockroach coffee, the museum offers a variety of drinks using insects. Examples include coffee using digestive fluids of insect-eating plants such as insect-eating worms, and ant coffee, which was sold only during the Halloween season. Ant coffee is said to have a strong sour taste, and insect-eating whole coffee tastes similar to regular coffee.
A museum official explained that `Cricket coffee is mainly visited by curious young people' and"parents with children do not drink much because of their reluctance to cockroaches.' Currently, more than 10 cups of coffee are sold a day on average.
"It wasn't as disgusting as I thought it would be," said one well-known blogger who tasted the coffee at the request of fans.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
