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Published: 2026-07-16 Author:

Last Updated: 2026/07/16, ▲ Click to pay attention| Daily Boutique Coffee Culture Magazine Coffee Workshop enters October, which is one step closer to Halloween at the end of the month. Many chain brands have begun to launch new festival-limited products. Starbucks, which has a wide range of stores around the world, is no exception. It has begun to launch Halloween limited drinks in various regions that suit local tastes.

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As soon as it enters October, it will be one step closer to Halloween at the end of the month, and many chain brands have begun to launch new holiday-limited products. Starbucks, which has stores all over the world, is no exception, starting to launch Halloween drinks that suit local tastes in various regions.

Among them, Starbucks Hong Kong and Macao launched a series of black sesame drinks. Judging from the promotional posters in the store, there are two new products, black sesame fresh milk coffee and black sesame bogey Lianxing Frappuccino. Interestingly, consumers can add beancurd jelly to the two drinks according to their taste preferences to get a cup of black sesame beancurd jelly drink with unique taste.

The novel combination aroused the curiosity of fans, and many said it was a surprise for Starbucks to launch it. When they received the drinks just made by the clerk after they placed the order, they could not help looking at the publicity posters hanging in the store, and then looking at the "ash water" in their hands, they could not help feeling that "the real thing did not match the propaganda."

Netizens who tried to place an order said that whether beancurd jelly was added or not was decided by the customer's self-confidence. if beancurd jelly was not added to the drink, the drink would have only the aroma of black sesame and was more refreshing as a whole. But if beancurd jelly's version of black sesame coffee, you will get a thicker taste of the "cement paste", it may seem to dissuade some good-looking parties.

To the surprise of fans, although the new drink has a mediocre look and even suddenly comes up with the idea of "whether or not to return it" when it is received, it is actually not as difficult to accept as expected. Smooth beancurd jelly and fragrant black sesame bring a wonderful taste, making some users say bluntly that they have been drinking for three days since the new product was on the shelves.

However, some people say that the new series of drinks are slightly sweeter and will ask the shop assistant to reduce or even remove sugar when placing an order. In addition, some netizens said bluntly that the aroma of black sesame was too strong, masking the smell of coffee in the drink, while beancurd jelly's participation made the whole drink taste more like a substitute drink to satisfy hunger than a flavor latte.

It is understood that Starbucks' black sesame drinks have been put on shelves in South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao, and it is not the first time that the combination of "black sesame + beancurd jelly" has appeared. Previously, there was a similar "Sesame Almond Jelly Star Frappuccino" in Taiwan stores, which received good feedback from consumers after it was put on the shelves.

It was also because it was welcomed by customers in other regions that this very special black sesame beancurd jelly coffee was able to enter Hong Kong and Macao stores and become this new product.

From the feedback of social media, the combination of "Black Sesame + beancurd jelly", which fits Chinese people's food preferences, is enough to arouse users' curiosity as soon as it appears on the Starbucks menu. some mainland tourists visiting Hong Kong during the National Day period went to nearby Starbucks stores to try to place orders after hearing the news.

However, as some netizens said, there are some limitations in the taste and taste of this new product, and those who like it may go up and become loyal supporters after tasting it; those who cannot accept it will stop tasting it and are unwilling to repurchase it.

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