What Does the Olympic Coffee News from Chengdu Involve?

A cafe owner in Chengdu created latte art featuring tennis player Zheng Qinwen, the Paris Olympic women's singles champion, and served close to one to two hundred cups of the drink in a single day during peak hours. The item, called Queen Coffee, spread on social media as the 2024 China Open began in Beijing, drawing tennis fans and coffee drinkers to the shop.

Zheng Qinwen, seeded fifth at the China Open, won Olympic gold in her first Games appearance in August, becoming the first Asian player to top the Olympic women's singles podium. The owner, a fan, printed her playing image on the coffee surface to show support, and the drink became breaking coffee news as the hashtag trended online.

The 2024 China Open kicked off in Beijing, with Paris Olympic women's singles champion Zheng Qinwen playing as the No. 5 seed, igniting a nationwide tennis craze. Meanwhile, a café owner in Chengdu went viral online for creating a "Queen Coffee" latte art featuring Zheng Qinwen, making up to a hundred cups a day at peak times and attracting numerous tennis fans and coffee lovers to visit. This creative latte art not only became a hot topic on social media but also showcased the spark created when coffee meets sports passion.

The 2024 China Open officially began at the National Tennis Center in Beijing, with a "nationwide tennis fever" sweeping in just before the National Day Golden Week. Zheng Qinwen, the Paris Olympic women's singles champion and No. 5 seed, will once again take to the court.

In August this year, Zheng Qinwen, in her first Olympic appearance, swept Croatia's Vekic 2-0 to claim the Paris Olympic women's singles gold medal, writing a historic page for Chinese tennis. She thus became the first Asian player to reach the highest podium in this event at the Olympics.

As Zheng Qinwen's first "home" appearance after the Olympics, various businesses showed their support for her in different ways. According to media reports, a café owner in Chengdu, Sichuan, specially created a latte art coffee named "Queen Coffee" for his idol Zheng Qinwen.

After the café owner's story of handcrafting "Queen Coffee" to cheer for Zheng Qinwen spread on social media, it attracted a large number of tennis fans and coffee lovers to visit the shop.

It is understood that during peak hours, the owner had to make nearly one to two hundred cups of "Queen Coffee" in a single day, so much so that he had to complain to the media, saying he was exhausted beyond words.

The owner probably never expected that the latte art coffee originally designed just to cheer for Zheng Qinwen would leave him more exhausted than playing tennis.

The owner admitted that people highly embraced this latte art coffee. As a fan of Zheng Qinwen, he simply wanted to find a way to cheer for his idol at the time, so he printed the image of Zheng Qinwen playing tennis on the coffee surface, hoping to boost her popularity.

In an interview with reporters, the owner sincerely wished Zheng Qinwen great results in the upcoming matches.

On social media, the hashtag #ChengduOwnerDesignsZhengQinwenLatteArtGoesViral# trended, sparking widespread discussion.

Many netizens commented, "Queen paired with coffee, I could drink one cup after another," "Queen Coffee is so unique! Just for this new item, I want to go to Chengdu for a cup and cheer for Zheng Qinwen." It is expected that more netizens will flock to this café to order a cup of blessing coffee.

Some netizens felt that such adorable coffee would surely bring Zheng Qinwen good luck; others said this latte art coffee seemed tailor-made for Zheng Qinwen, hoping she would shine on the court; still others pointed out that with Zheng Qinwen's hard work plus the barista's dedication, the athlete would surely forge ahead with double support.

On the other hand, the café owner's exquisite skill in painting on the coffee surface amazed many, who praised him as a true talent; some Chengdu locals proudly said this is just how Chengdu people love creativity; others remarked that although "Queen Coffee" brought much hard work due to a hobby, the abundant heartfelt effort made all the付出 worthwhile.

In response, fellow café owners offered deeper insights through this phenomenon: "This tennis latte art coffee is indeed beautiful and creative, showing the importance of research and development," "Some people complain every day about no business, while others seize opportunities to innovate and make the news," "This is truly breaking out of the circle—the magic of coffee latte art is infinite."

Some tech-savvy netizens, full of curiosity, kept wondering whether such exquisite latte art was hand-poured by a barista or 3D-printed by a computer, making the hot term "printer" trend once again alongside tennis and latte art.

Latte art coffee and a passion for tennis share the same enthusiasm and effort behind them! Here we also wish Zheng Qinwen victory and smooth sailing all the way!

It is reported that on the evening of September 26, all first-round matches of the 2024 China Open women's singles concluded. Chinese players Wang Xinyu, Zhang Shuai, and Wei Sijia successfully advanced, and together with Zheng Qinwen and Yuan Yue, who had first-round byes, a total of 5 Chinese golden flowers reached the second round.

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