The Year of the Dragon has come, and the dragon has always been a representative of the cultural accumulation of the Chinese. Xu Shen of the Eastern Han Dynasty described the dragon in "Shuowen Jie Zi" as follows: Dragon, the length of the insect, can be dark and bright, can be small and huge, can be short and long, ascend to the sky at the spring equinox, and dive into the abyss at the autumn equinox. The description of the dragon is beautiful and vibrant.
On the cups of milk tea and coffee, the blessings for the New Year are entrusted. Nai Xue's tea and "Patterns of the Forbidden City" create a unique "auspicious tea" with oriental charm, the Forbidden City Corner Tower Coffee brings the finishing touch milk tea, Starbucks collaborates with "Havoc in Heaven" to experience the unique mythological theme, and Luckin Coffee and Kweichow Moutai once again cooperate to launch the "Year of the Dragon Sauce Chocolate" to taste different sweetness.
The collision of new tea drinks and "Patterns of the Forbidden City".
Nai Xue's tea is a joint product with "Patterns of the Forbidden City". Courtesy of the company.
Nai Xue's tea combined with the Chinese aesthetic treasure "Forbidden City Pattern" to launch the "Perfume Da Hong Pao" New Year joint series, with "Ascending Dragon Pattern" and "Ruyi Cloud Pattern" as the core elements, to launch the collision of new tea drinks and oriental culture, with a unique oriental charm of "auspicious tea", presenting New Year's wishes and blessings.
The picture must be intentional, and the meaning must be auspicious. Domineering Berry Da Hong Pao is the first time to upgrade Da Hong Pao to add fresh fruit tea, red face strawberries, fresh mulberry fruits with hand-peeled stems, and then add cherries, blueberries, raspberries and other freshly squeezed juices, sweet berry aroma with heavy and mellow Da Hong Pao, meaning that the new year is red to purple.
Naixue Tea House" also launched a variety of limited tea gift boxes for the Year of the Dragon, the design is inspired by the "Two Dragons Play with Beads" in the "Pattern of the Forbidden City", there are the main easy and portable "Perfect Small Box Tea Gift Box", and there is also a sense of value "Jingmai Cellar Pu'er Gift Box", which can be done in one box of reunion New Year's goods.
Corner tower coffee "dragon soaring clouds".
A new product for the Year of the Dragon launched by Corner Tower Coffee in the Forbidden City. Courtesy of the company.
The ancients "borrowed the dragon to metaphorize the yang energy of the sky", in the winter and spring of the year, the yang energy rose, and all things prospered "dragon", a vibrant scene. With the arrival of the Year of the Dragon, the Forbidden City's Corner Tower Coffee Dragon themed series of special drinks have been launched to tell the story of the Year of the Dragon for consumers. During the Spring Festival, you can go to the Forbidden City to taste the dragon whisker crisp latte, dragon eye milk tea, macaron, and dragon biscuits of Yipin Jiaolou coffee, and feel the dragon culture elements in the Forbidden City.
More than 2,000 years ago, the birth of the "dragon whisker cake", formerly known as "silver silk sugar", was introduced into the court during the Zhengde period of the Ming Dynasty as a royal point. This kind of food "is like a dragon dancing phoenix when it is made, and the sugar silk is snow-white, just like the whisker of an auspicious dragon", and the emperor gave it the name "dragon whisker cake". Freshly brewed espresso is mixed with oat milk, stirred with strawberry jam, and the finished cream is like snow, the strawberry grains are crisp, and the thousands of dragon's whiskers rise in the heat.
The finishing touch will fly away, and the dragon's eye will be a thousand years of love". Longan is the same as lychee, banana, pineapple "four major fruits in the south", known as "southern longan, northern ginseng". Longan has become a cultural symbol with rich connotations, such as the blazing dragon's eye, which is perfect at a glance. The dragon eye milk tea of the Forbidden City Corner Tower Coffee, boiled a pot of Huayun black tea, infused with milk, longan sauce is conditioned inside and outside, the cream is plump, and the jam is sweet and fragrant.
Enjoy the fun of coffee and "Havoc in Heaven".
Starbucks has broken through the R&D boundaries of the latte category and launched a frozen latte series, making coffee feel as if it has been blown by Monkey King, bringing a unique coffee experience to coffee lovers. The customized golden hoop tube (drink straw) of the Heavenly Palace also makes tasting this creative new cup more interesting and fun.
In 2024, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the complete production of "Havoc in Heaven", the "Light of Domestic Animation", Starbucks and Shanghai Fine Arts Film Studio have reached a joint brand with "Havoc in Heaven". While paying tribute to Guoman, Starbucks combines the image of Monkey King with Monkey King in an all-round way from beverage R&D creativity, beverage production, takeaway delivery and product peripherals, evoking customers' good memories.
Year of the Dragon Sauce Chocolate" drink is silky.
At the end of January 2024, the much-talked-about "Year of the Dragon Sauce Chocolate" drink cooperated by Kweichow Moutai and Luckin Coffee will go on sale. This product is a joint Chinese New Year model between Luckin Coffee and Kweichow Moutai, which does not contain coffee, and each cup contains Kweichow Moutai, which is a liquid sauce-flavored "wine heart chocolate".
It is understood that each cocoa bean used in the sauce chocolate comes from the tropical region within 20 degrees north and south latitude, and the abundant sunshine and rain give birth to a full and rich cocoa flavor. The richness of the chocolate meets the mellowness of the sauce-flavored liquor, and the flavor level begins to stir, showing silkiness**, take a sip and enjoy the chocolate feast.
Beijing News reporter Wang Ziyang.
Edited by Zhu Fenglan.
Proofread by Wu Xingfa.