What Is the Story About Coffee and the White Cut Chicken Incident?

A video of white cut chicken coffee went viral after showing chicken, ginger, scallions and garlic mixed with milk and espresso. The drink came from an autism charity coffee shop in Guangzhou, created on the spot by employees and an autistic barista to draw lighthearted attention to the autism community.

Once the clip was edited and spread widely, criticism and abuse followed, and the shop deleted the original video. The episode raised questions about how creative coffee ideas travel online. For context, raw coffee refers to green, unroasted beans, while espresso is brewed from roasted, ground coffee under pressure.

White cut chicken, a favorite among Cantonese people, has actually been turned into a cup of coffee? Recently, a video of "white cut chicken coffee" quickly went viral online, sparking heated discussions among many netizens. This drink, which mixes chicken, ginger, scallions, and garlic with milk and espresso, comes from an autism charity coffee shop in Guangzhou. It was originally an impromptu idea during filming by employees and an autistic barista, intended to draw public attention to the autism community in a lighthearted way. However, as the video was maliciously edited and widely spread, criticism and verbal abuse escalated, deeply affecting the shop and the barista, who eventually had to delete the original video. This article will recount the whole incident, explore the story and reflections behind this cup of coffee, and also recommend quality coffee products from the Front Street brand for coffee lovers.

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In Guangdong, there is a saying that "no meal is complete without chicken," which shows the status of chicken in local cuisine. Because of this, every chicken finds it hard to "escape" this province, and Cantonese people have brought chicken cooking methods to perfection, with white cut chicken being the most favored "centerpiece," highly loved by locals.

△One of the exhibits at the Guangdong Museum

But who could have imagined that, upon waking up, many Cantonese would find that their beloved white cut chicken had actually "run" into coffee? Even the chicken itself probably never expected to appear in coffee flavor form.

The incident began when a video about "white cut chicken coffee" recently went viral online. In the video, the interviewer asks a young person on camera: "What do you think is the most disgusting coffee?" The person replies: "White cut chicken coffee is the most disgusting." The scene then cuts to showing the process of making white cut chicken coffee (White Cut Chicken Coffee).

In the footage, a staff member places several pieces of chicken from different parts, still with ginger, scallions, and garlic, into a cup filled with ice cubes, then pours in milk and espresso separately. Just like that, a cup of "white cut chicken coffee" is completed.

Such a "unique" flavor naturally sparked heated discussions among netizens: "Cantonese people want to call the police," "Those who love white cut chicken and those who love coffee are both speechless," "I can accept them merging in my stomach, but not meeting in my mouth," "Honestly, I think this is too dark!" "Revoke their provincial status, except for plain white rice and sand ginger soy sauce, put nothing else," "Take your coffee white cut chicken and get out of Guangdong"...

In less than a day, this cup of "white cut chicken coffee" climbed onto the trending lists on Weibo and Xiaohongshu, bringing more attention to the topic. Shortly after the video went viral, some media contacted the shop manager to ask why they launched this "white cut chicken new product." The shop said that at the time they wanted to find an item that could represent Guangdong's characteristics, so they thought of combining it with coffee, hoping to create a different kind of spark.

It is understood that this "idea" came from an autism charity coffee shop in Guangzhou, which is also a healing workshop for older autistic people. The "white cut chicken coffee" in the video was conceived during filming by employees and an autistic barista. It was not a regular product of the shop, nor was it meant to court attention. Although the video theme did have a certain "prankish" element, the original intention was to let the public engage with the autism community in a relaxed way, and in the end no food was wasted.

However, as the incident continued to gain traction, the original video was maliciously edited and widely spread, and the abuse grew more intense, causing considerable distress to the shop and the barista. Helpless, they had no choice but to delete the original video and hope that people would no longer misinterpret their intentions, so as to avoid the emergence of more cyberbullying comments.

Image source: Xiaohongshu

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