Bookstores in Shanghai have rolled out 50 new coffee creations for the 2024 Shanghai International Coffee Culture Festival. Here are some highlights.

1. Duoyun Books Drama Store

Liang Shanbo

Drawing inspiration from the legendary tale of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, often referred to as the Chinese version of Romeo and Juliet, this coffee offers a distinctive experience. It features a double shot of espresso, perfectly blended with chocolate sauce and coconut flakes, resulting in a delightful and refreshing flavor profile.

2. Readers magazine - Yilin Cultural Space

Sakura Latte

The Sakura Latte evokes the feeling of spring through the slow melding of coffee and cherry blossom syrup, accompanied by a blooming Sakura tree design. It provides both visual and taste satisfaction.

3. Zhongshuge Bookstore

Coconut Americano

This Coconut Americano blends Arabica coffee beans with Thai Nam Hom, or fragrant coconuts, harvested from five or six-year-old trees, resulting in an experience rich in coconut aroma and coffee fragrance.

Ice Cream Oat Latte

Oat milk combined with vanilla ice cream elevates the creaminess, offering a hint of sweetness amid the bitterness; the coffee is topped with a sprinkle of crushed pistachios.

Rice Milk Latte

A creative mix of rice milk, coffee, and fresh milk. Using fragrant rice, the pure sweetness is integrated into the taste. The rich latte is made more mellow, with the flavor of the coffee beans lingering longer.

4. Duoyun Books Dishui Lake Store

Cold Brew Coconut Coffee

This drink retains the rich aroma of premium coffee while adding the sweetness of coconut juice. The texture is delicate and smooth, refreshing and natural, with very few calories.

5. Popular Bookmall

White Peach Dirty

A classic combination of peaches and strawberries with milk, based on freshly extracted coffee.

6. Duoyun Books Fengjing Store

Top Scholar Red

The "Top Scholar Red" special Americano combines the flavors of pineapple and passion fruit, offering a sweet, sour and refreshing taste. Each sip brings a sense of hopeful anticipation.

7. Toyou Bookstore

Yunnan Leisure

Toyou Bookstore presents Yunnan coffee made with a siphon pot. Finely ground coffee beans from Yunnan merge with pure water, creating a cup of coffee that encapsulates the gift of time and space.

Source: Shanghai Book Fair