Is americano acidic? The Tai Er pickled fish coffee joke, explained

Tai Er, the restaurant brand known for pickled fish, announced a coffee line called Tai Er Coffee Company with pickled fish-flavored drinks, including a pickled vegetable latte and a pickled vegetable, fish and coffee jelly. The items were not for sale. The whole launch was an April Fools' joke, and the article also mentions an iced americano with chrysanthemum petals and chili.

The joke leaned on coffee technique for its humor: beans ground by chopping, the way pickled fish ingredients are prepared, and a drink named for how sour it tastes. That raises a real question for drinkers, is americano acidic, and the answer is that a sour americano usually points to under-extraction rather than the style itself. The piece also notes that pickled vegetables and milk should not be eaten together.

Recently, the Tai Er pickled fish brand sparked widespread discussion in coffee circles with news of "pickled fish coffee." The brand claimed to launch "Tai Er Coffee Company" and introduced the world's first pickled fish version of coffee, including special creations like "Bingboke Pickled Vegetable Latte" and "Pickled Vegetable · Fish · Coffee Jelly." The article described in detail the preparation methods of these creative drinks, such as grinding coffee beans by chopping ingredients, and the "Startlingly Sour Iced Americano" with chrysanthemum petals and chili peppers added. In addition, it mentioned products combining snacks and coffee, such as "Wasabi Shrimp Cappuccino" and "Beat-the-Ex Ice Jelly Cold Brew." However, these special concoctions are not for sale; they are just an April Fools' joke. The article also explored creative packaging for drip coffee bags and reminded that pickled vegetables and milk should not be consumed together. Finally, it introduced brand information for Front Street Coffee, providing a professional communication channel for coffee enthusiasts.

Recently, Tai Er—yes, the restaurant brand famous for its pickled fish—had coffee lovers' groups flooded with the message "Have you ever tried pickled fish coffee?"

Tai Er officially announced: Tai Er Coffee Company opens today! The world's first pickled fish-flavored coffee! With a brand-new sour and refreshing approach, it combines coffee with the cooking philosophy of pickled fish to create two signature specials: "Bingboke Pickled Vegetable Latte" and "Pickled Vegetable · Fish · Coffee Jelly."

Since it claims to incorporate the cooking methods of pickled fish, it naturally cannot be as simple as just adding some pickled vegetables! The "grinding" of coffee beans also has to draw on the method of chopping ingredients, holding a knife in each hand and starting to chop, chop, chop, chop, chop... (I have to say, without some basic skills, this technique is really hard to pull off!)

After reading it that day, I also tried this "bean-grinding" method at home, and the result... I was caught red-handed by my dad! He stared at me as I cleaned up the coffee beans and coffee particles scattered on the stove, under the stove, in the sink, and on the floor... Unwilling to give up, I then tried the cucumber-smashing technique... The effect was okay! It broke them up quite evenly! I suggest everyone not try this lightly! Really!

The scene at the time was probably like this!

Small dots represent coffee fragments, large dots represent coffee beans...

Just imagine it for yourselves!

Another major feature of the brand's pickled fish is the addition of chrysanthemum petals, which are said to help clear heat and reduce internal fire... So when paired with coffee, it presumably has similar effects (probably)... Thus, even Americano could not escape the blessing of chrysanthemum petals, paired with a whole chili pepper... The "Startlingly Sour Iced Americano" makes people's appetites surge just by looking at it!

Herbal tea shops have tea eggs, coffee shops have fried onion rings, so how could a coffee shop by a pickled fish brand lack snacks! And they even have to merge coffee and snacks into one, hence "Wasabi Shrimp Cappuccino," "Beat-the-Ex Ice Jelly Cold Brew," and "Boneless Chicken Feet Macchiato"!

It doesn't matter if you can't finish the coffee! The leftover coffee can be made into drip coffee bags, so you can drink it on the go, very cool! But be careful the straw doesn't poke through the bag... (This is the painful lesson from when I used to pack soda from a convenience store and ended up spilling it all over myself while drinking!)

Of course, these special coffees are not for sale! (But I think the drip coffee bags could really exist)

This is just an April Fools' joke for everyone! Why not put it on the market? Because "we don't want you to suffer"!

Hahaha! Although it's a joke, I think the drip coffee bags really could exist! And netizens cooperated really enthusiastically! You perform, I play along, and both sides know exactly what's going on without saying it.

Although Tai Er was just joking this time, it aroused the curiosity of many coffee lovers who wanted to give it a try! So pickle sellers happily shipped their goods.

As for how it tastes? Probably just like one netizen in the comments said: after drinking it, you feel suddenly enlightened and everything becomes clear! It makes you want to recommend it to everyone!

Okay, just kidding! Pickled vegetables and milk cannot be eaten together! Because milk is an alkaline food, while pickled vegetables are an acidic food, and eating them together may cause diarrhea! If you really want to try it, drip coffee bags are indeed good! This packing method is so! Sci! En! Tific!

Image source: Tai Er official account; soul painter—me

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