Would a clam broth drink work in Laos coffee styles?

A milk tea shop in Qingdao, Shandong, is testing a clam milk tea that looks like clear lemonade, with clam shells and lemon slices settled at the bottom. The manager says the shells are decorative, but the drink does contain broth made from Hongdao clams mixed with perfume lemons and Laoshan Baihua Sheshecao water.

Reaction split between curious tasters and people who found the idea hard to accept, and some raised food safety worries, since seafood spoils quickly and may trouble consumers with gout. The product remains in research, development, and testing, so launch and formula are undecided. The mix of local ingredients echoes how laos coffee and Lao coffee use regional flavors.

Recently, a milk tea shop in Qingdao, Shandong Province, launched a creative drink based on clam broth, which quickly sparked widespread discussion on social media. The clam milk tea looks as clear as lemonade, with clam shells and lemon slices settled at the bottom of the cup, delivering a strong visual impact. Some people are eager to try it, some say it is hard to accept, and others have raised questions about its food safety. The store manager responded that the clam shells are only for decoration, and the drink does indeed contain broth made from Hongdao clams, mixed with perfume lemons and Laoshan Baihua Sheshecao water. The product is currently still in the research, development, and testing stage, and whether it will be launched in the future and how the formula will be adjusted remain to be seen.

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Recently, a netizen posted on social media that a milk tea shop in Qingdao, Shandong Province, launched a clam milk tea, which immediately attracted a large number of netizens to watch.

From the pictures circulating online, this unique clam milk tea is not light brown like milk tea in the public impression, but instead looks like a cup of clear lemonade, with several clams and lemon slices settled at the bottom.

Faced with this creative drink that is visually quite striking, the reactions of onlookers can be described as polarized. The novelty-seeking group brightened up at the sight and looked eager to try it; while those who found it hard to accept frowned, feeling that this clam milk tea, which might be full of fishiness, could be called dark cuisine, and they only dared to look from afar rather than try it.

In addition, some netizens also worried that this clam milk tea might pose food safety risks. After all, seafood products spoil easily, and if the ingredients are not handled properly or left for too long, drinkers may experience gastrointestinal discomfort. At the same time, some people were also concerned that seafood products might trigger symptoms such as gout in certain consumers.

In response to these questions, a reporter from Xiaoxiang Morning Herald contacted the tea shop to learn more. According to the store manager, the clam shells placed in the takeaway cup contain no meat and only serve a decorative purpose, but the drink does indeed contain fresh broth made by simmering clams.

Staff said that they chose Qingdao's distinctive Hongdao clams to make a pot of broth, and after filtering, mixed the broth with perfume lemons and the local specialty drink Laoshan Baihua Sheshecao water in a certain ratio to create this clam milk tea that "to a certain extent can represent Qingdao."

As for the taste issue that the public cares about, the researchers said the product tastes somewhat sweet and sour, with the umami of clams, not the fishy smell imagined by netizens. Regarding food safety concerns, the person in charge explained that this drink is currently undergoing safety testing, such as testing whether it causes gastrointestinal problems and whether gout patients can drink it.

Although the clam milk tea is still in the research and development stage, the store has already promoted it online and plans to add it to the menu soon. After learning about the concerns of onlookers, the person in charge said that customers will be reminded after the product is launched. If it is found that clam milk tea is indeed unsuitable for promotion, they will also consider not adding clam broth and instead using other ingredients to recreate the flavor of clams.

However, after seeing the store's introduction and explanation, some onlookers still believed that "soup can just be soup, and there is no need to force it into milk tea."

It is understandable for tea shops to develop unique creative drinks to enhance their competitiveness, but many people pointed out that researchers should consider whether the product can be accepted by consumers and whether there are food safety issues. Just like the "snake coffee" that flooded major social media platforms some time ago, although its bizarre appearance attracted brave people to challenge it, professionals also reminded that there are consumption risks.

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