Does a really expensive coffee topping like bird's nest come through in the cup?

Mstand added a Camellia Bird's Nest Latte to its menu, alongside a Lemon Cream Cube dessert and Spicy Crayfish Salted Egg Yolk Rice Crisps. Bird's nest is a costly tonic prized for amino acids and protein, so the addition drew curiosity. After tasting, many customers said the bird's nest was barely noticeable.

Starbucks and Luckin had already released camellia-flavored coffee, so Mstand used bird's nest to stand apart. Feedback focused on the camellia latte flavor rather than any distinct bird's nest texture, and some drinkers questioned whether the ingredient was there at all. The gap between a really expensive coffee topping and what a drinker actually tastes is the core of the debate.

Mstand recently launched three new products, including Camellia Bird's Nest Latte, Lemon Cream Cube, and Spicy Crayfish Salted Egg Yolk Rice Crisps. Members who purchase the set meal can also receive a camellia shoulder bag. Previously, brands such as Starbucks and Luckin have introduced camellia-flavored coffee, and Mstand this time added bird's nest to the latte to differentiate it, sparking curiosity among many consumers. However, after the new products launched, netizens' actual feedback was somewhat unexpected—the presence of bird's nest was not obvious, and some even questioned whether the drink really contained bird's nest. How exactly does this cup of bird's nest coffee taste? This article takes you to find out.

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The combo that can be both drunk and eaten had just been taken off the shelves, and Mstand immediately launched a new campaign. It is understood that there are three new products launched today: the coffee drink Camellia Bird's Nest Latte, the dessert Lemon Cream Cube, and the snack Spicy Crayfish Salted Egg Yolk Rice Crisps. If members buy the set meal, they can also get an extra camellia shoulder bag.

Before this, brands such as Starbucks and Luckin had all launched camellia-flavored coffee drinks. The light floral fragrance and sweet taste blended with the rich coffee, forming a unique flavor that won praise and favor from many consumers.

Mstand subsequently also launched the camellia latte as a new product, so naturally it had to find a way to differentiate itself. So on the basis of the camellia latte, it added bird's nest to the coffee. Yes, not "oats," but "bird's nest"!

Bird's nest contains a variety of amino acids and proteins, and because of its beauty-enhancing effects, it is highly favored by female consumers. It is a rather expensive tonic. So when netizens learned that Mstand had actually added the relatively costly bird's nest to coffee, they were both surprised and curious, and as soon as the campaign launched, many wanted to buy it and taste what bird's nest coffee was like.

However, after actually tasting it, netizens who had originally been full of expectations were somewhat puzzled. After this new product entered the mouth, apart from being able to taste the flavor of the camellia latte, the actual sensation of bird's nest was not obvious, and some customers even began to doubt whether the drink really had bird's nest added.

"Anyway, I didn't taste the presence of bird's nest." "As expected, the presence of bird's nest is not strong." "Only after drinking to the bottom did I taste a trace of 'bird's nest,' hahaha." "The Camellia Bird's Nest Latte tastes average; I still haven't tasted the bird's nest." "It seems I really did drink some unknown semi-solid substance!"

Because bird's nest itself has a mild taste, it usually needs to be cooked with other ingredients to bring out some flavor. Therefore, when it is added to coffee liquid, the rich coffee flavor almost masks bird's nest's original taste. For drinkers unfamiliar with bird's nest, it is very difficult to judge by taste alone whether bird's nest has been added to the drink.

In addition, if one drinks in large mouthfuls, the "finely broken" bird's nest may mix with the coffee liquid and go down together with "gulp gulp." Throughout the whole process, the bird's nest "quietly leaves, leaving not a trace," so customers naturally cannot feel its presence.

However, not feeling the bird's nest does not mean that the Mstand staff put in less ingredients when making it. Some consumers opened the lid after finishing the coffee and could clearly see that quite a lot of bird's nest fragments remained at the bottom of the cup. At this time, you need to use the spoon thoughtfully provided by Mstand to scoop up the bird's nest fragments settled at the bottom and eat them slowly.

As netizens said, after the camellia latte is mixed with bird's nest, the taste does not change much; it just has a slightly different mouthfeel. But when asked whether they would be willing to repurchase, many people said that for the sake of that genuine bird's nest, it is not entirely out of the question to consider it~

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