Drink one a day! Analysis of coffee lattes in Japanese convenience stores

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Nowadays, no matter which convenience store in Japan, self-service freshly ground coffee is already the basic condition, smoothies and lattes are the showdown. Let the editor of MATCHA drink lattes from all the convenience stores and make an analysis report.

How do I buy it? How do you operate it?

First of all, you have to know how to buy it. All stores except LAWSON have to go to the freezer to pick up cups full of ice. It says R (normal) and L (big) size. The Japanese word for latte is "sweet potato". Then take it to check out and operate the machine by yourself. If it is hot, ask the clerk for the cup directly and check out first.

After putting the cup in the machine, watch the label of the large and small cups, and then press the ice or hot latte. Please note that a machine can only make one cup at a time, not two cups at the same time.

Other beverage operation instructions, please see: no longer at a loss! The way and operation method of how to buy fresh coffee in Japanese convenience store

7-11 latte

Xiao Qi's latte can be said to have been drunk by the editor in these convenience stores to count two strong. Coffee beans choose Arabica beans, which may be a little strong for people who are more sensitive to caffeine. But it is full of milk flavor and moderate sweetness. (medium cup 180 yen)

Sweetness ★★★

Coffee concentration ★

Milk aroma ★★★★

Family latte

The family latte is regular and light in sweetness. it uses Guatemalan coffee beans with a sweet and sour taste, the coffee is very fragrant, and there is a discount with bread purchase. (medium cup 180 yen) but the most powerful thing is the coffee machine! It is a professional espresso machine made in Germany, so its quality is not inferior to that of ordinary coffee shops.

In addition, iced caramel lattes and iced chocolate mochas will be launched in the summer of 2017. It sounds sweet, but it actually tastes mellow and not greasy. The self-service caramel sauce is sprinkled on it! )

Sweetness ★★

Coffee concentration ★★★

Milk aroma ★★★

LAWSON latte

LAWSON is the clerk who will take care of it for you. The latte is the most balanced in the convenience store, not too full-bodied and bitter. Coffee beans from the largest single farm in the world are used in Brazil. In order to provide high quality taste, even the coffee beans used in black coffee and latte are specially separated, and the temperature of milk is also different! It is also the only convenience store that sells milk tea and iced matcha lattes. (medium cup 150 yen)

Sweetness ★★

Coffee concentration ★★

Milk aroma ★★★★

MINI STOP latte

The use of high-end Mantenin coffee beans, bitter and sour taste is just right, the special choice of Hokkaido milk, milk seems to be the largest amount of milk among these, so it tastes like an upgraded version of coffee Olei. (medium cup 200 yen)

Sweetness ★★★

Coffee concentration ★★★

Milk aroma ★★★★

NEWSDAYS latte

Use Arabica coffee beans and roast them over a straight fire, so they can best retain the original flavor of the coffee beans, which can not be drunk by other families. Although it is a latte, it is more bitter than one by one, and it belongs to the grade of coffee addicts. (medium cup 180 yen)

Sweetness ★

Coffee concentration ★★★★

Milk aroma ★★

Conclusion

After reading the above, do you want to try something fresh every day, just like the editor? It can only be said that each has his own ability to drink a good latte at such a price, so it's no wonder that Japanese office workers go to work with a cup of coffee in hand.