What coffee enthusiasts should know about the Guming gecko incident
A gecko was reportedly found in a Guming milk tea drink bought at the Shaxi store in Chaozhou, Guangdong. The store suspended operations for self-inspection and was taken offline from Meituan delivery. Guming's headquarters said its sealing process reaches 180 degrees Celsius, making a gecko's entry unlikely. The truth is still under investigation after the topic topped Weibo's hot search list on July 26.
Surveillance footage showed the consumer removing a foreign object and jumping from their seat. Staff said everything is freshly cooked with no overnight products and that they were communicating with the customer's parents. The episode matters to coffee enthusiasts because it raises food safety questions across the beverage industry, and quality and safe drinking remain the baseline for any drink business.
Recently, news about a gecko being found in a Good me milk tea drink quickly went viral on social media, sparking widespread attention. According to Southern Metropolis Daily, a consumer at the Shaxi store in Chaozhou, Guangdong, discovered a foreign object while drinking, and surveillance footage captured the moment they were startled out of their seat. The Good me store involved immediately suspended operations for self-inspection, and the headquarters responded that the sealing process reaches temperatures as high as 180 degrees Celsius, making it highly unlikely for a gecko to enter. Currently, the store has been taken offline from the Meituan delivery platform. The truth of the incident is still under investigation, and netizens are discussing it widely. As coffee enthusiasts, we also care about food safety issues in the beverage industry, and Front Street Coffee always advocates for quality and safe drinking.
On July 26, the topic "Good me exposed for gecko in drink" topped the Weibo hot search list, quickly triggering extensive discussion and attention from netizens.
The person involved filmed the entire process of finding a gecko in their Good me milk tea and made it public. Many netizens commented after watching: This reaction doesn't look acted at all!
According to Southern Metropolis Daily, a netizen posted on July 26, revealing that a consumer bought a drink at the Good me Shaxi store in Chaozhou, Guangdong, and actually found a gecko while drinking it.
The video shows the person sitting at a desk, drinking a Good me beverage through a straw, then noticing a foreign object in their mouth, using their hand to remove it, and after a brief look, being so frightened that they jumped out of their seat.
According to media reports, staff at the Good me store involved responded, saying, "I also checked the surveillance footage and didn't find any particularly large foreign objects. Everything we use is freshly cooked, and there's no overnight situation." At the same time, the staff member said they were communicating with the customer's parents, "We'll negotiate however it should be done."
A reporter from Southern Metropolis Daily then called the store, but the relevant personnel refused to be interviewed and said not to believe rumors online.
After the person involved made public the surveillance video of finding the gecko, netizens discussed it extensively. Some netizens felt lingering fear over the incident.
Some netizens also joked in consolation: Geckos can actually be used in medicine.
Other netizens raised doubts: Could it be that the customer staged it themselves?
On July 27, media contacted a relevant person in charge at Good me headquarters, who said the headquarters had learned of the matter, was paying close attention to it, and was actively communicating with the consumer.
The person in charge responded, "The store has already suspended operations for self-inspection at the first opportunity and immediately retrieved the surveillance video of the drink's production process. From the surveillance video, no gecko entering during production has been found so far. During the sealing step, the instantaneous temperature reaches 180 degrees Celsius, so the possibility of a gecko entering is also extremely low."
This Good me headquarters person in charge also said they would continue investigating the reason for the gecko's appearance. At the same time, all Good me stores will actively carry out self-inspection work.
Currently, the store involved has been taken offline from the Meituan delivery platform.
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The above content is compiled by CoffeeHunters, a coffee news website.
