Luckin Coffee PAFC Mall South Tower 瑞幸咖啡 平安金融中心南塔店 (Shenzhen, CHINA) ★★★☆☆

Originated in Beijing, Luckin Coffee (瑞幸咖啡) burst onto the Chinese coffee scene in 2017 and most recently hit 10,000 stores nationwide surpassing Starbucks as the largest coffee chain brand in one of the biggest coffee shop market in the world. The rapid growing Luckin has re-shaped the country's beverage market which was traditionally driven by its tea-drinking culture. One of the popular coffee chain's most successful launch in recent memory has to be its Moutai infused latte called Jiangxiang Latte (酱香拿铁). It's a new beverage with Kweichow Moutai, a Chinese liquor maker famed for its baijiu made from rice grains.

Not surprisingly, Jelloman has heard about this Jiangxiang Latte and she wanted a piece of the action.

I figured there must be a Luckin Coffee outlet near COCO Park so I decided to look it up in my online app. And the first (closest) location that showed up was one at Futian Ping An Finance Centre (福田區平安金融中心商場) right next door to COCO Park!

We had to go very deep into the food hall to find this Luckin outlet but it's well worth the search.

Jiangxiang Latte (酱香拿铁) – Our Moutai infused latte at last. It wasn't on the menu but our server was happy to make it for us.

Well, this tasted like a normal latte with the first couple of sips but as soon as it reached my throat, there was a slight burning sensation that suggested something strong was getting thru. A very interesting experience but I am not sure I am ready for it to be honest.

Price: ¥¥¥

Address: Level 1 PAFC, 5033 Yitian Road, Futian, Shenzhen, China

Closest Metro Station: Shopping Park (購物公園)

Opening Hours: 10:00am - 8:00pm daily

Map: https://j.map.baidu.com/90/RAwK