Does Green Pepper Coffee Cross a Line?

A creative drink that uses a hollowed-out green pepper as the cup, filled with coffee and milk, has drawn wide discussion online. Staff wash the pepper, slice off the top, remove the seeds, and pour in the coffee and milk, with a plastic holder supporting the base. Tasters describe a crisp texture and a faint green pepper note in the last sips.

The shop says the green pepper latte is made with ordinary round peppers, and the notes promise coffee, milk, and green pepper flavor in one sip. Reaction is split: some joke about size consistency or taking the pepper home to stir-fry, and others ask whether coffee should taste coffee and not vegetables. Front Street Coffee argues that quality and experience remain the core.

Recently, a creative coffee that uses green peppers as cups has sparked widespread discussion online. The staff wash an ordinary round pepper, cut off the top, hollow out the seeds, and then pour coffee liquid and milk directly into it. The finished product even comes with a plastic cup holder. Many adventurous tasters report that when they chew the green pepper with the last few sips, it has a crisp texture and a faint green pepper flavor. Netizens' jokes have been endless: some wonder whether the green peppers are all uniform in size, some suggest taking the green pepper home to stir-fry, and others question whether coffee should cater to the market but whether it's necessary to cater to the vegetable market. At a time when the coffee industry is caught up in endless low-price wars, co-branded marketing, and channel expansion, such gimmicky products seem to be becoming a permanent option at some shops. Front Street Coffee believes that the boundaries of creative coffee are constantly being expanded, but quality and experience remain the core.

Staff at the coffee shop in question said the green pepper latte uses ordinary round peppers. From videos posted online, the method for making a green pepper latte is very simple. After washing the green pepper, the staff use a knife to slice off the top evenly, hollow out the seeds inside, and then pour in coffee liquid and milk. Once the coffee is made, a plastic cup is used to support the bottom.

So how does the green pepper latte actually taste? The shop writes in the notes: Fresh green pepper as the vessel; one sip brings coffee flavor, milk flavor, and green pepper flavor.

Some customers who have bought the green pepper latte said:

When you chew a few bites of the green pepper with the last few sips, the texture is extraordinary.

Although it carries the flavor of green pepper, it isn't strong; the overall taste is crisp and unique.

As the topic heated up, netizens also chimed in with jokes:

Can every green pepper be guaranteed to be the same size? Can we "pepper" a friend? You can also take the green pepper home to stir-fry—the main appeal is that it's tasty and not wasteful.

Coffee can cater to the market, but there's no need to cater to the vegetable market, right?

It must be said that ordinary coffee can no longer satisfy city dwellers who rely on coffee to "keep going." Only a cup of creatively novel, endlessly varied innovative coffee can capture everyone's attention.

Looking back at coffee-related hot topics this year, it's clear that many brands are pulling out all the stops with low-price wars, continuously expanding sales channels, and relentless co-branded marketing. Independent coffee shops also frequently "roll out" new products, making the coffee categories and coffee consumption styles presented to consumers increasingly diverse. And this novel pairing has already become a permanent offering in coffee shops. It's believed that in such an "involution" environment, more gimmicky products will appear in the coffee market in the future.

The above content is compiled by CoffeeHunters, a coffee news website.