A coffee shop in Guanyinqiao sells spicy coffee.

Do you still order coffee when it turns spicy? With doubts, yesterday, the reporter went to find out.

The coffee shop is hidden in a large shopping mall in the Guanyinqiao business district, with red lamps and wooden furniture full of simple Nordic style.

The young male shop assistant recommended that the spicy coffee comes from northern Europe, that is, the coffee with red millet is slightly spicy, medium spicy and extra spicy, and people in Chongqing generally adapt to the slightly spicy taste. At present, spicy coffee is only available in Chongqing.

The reporter noticed that about 10 kinds of coffee are sold here, and the price of spicy coffee is the same as that of ordinary coffee. However, looking around for a week, not many people order spicy coffee. Among them, there is a post-80s girl sitting in the corner reading, drinking this spicy coffee. However, every time she takes a sip of coffee, she takes a sip of ice water.

It is understood that this coffee shop sells nearly 100 cups of coffee a day, of which spicy coffee accounts for 20%, mainly by young and fashionable people.

"drink spicy coffee while it is hot, the longer you leave it, the hotter it gets." According to the shop assistant, the difference between spicy coffee and ordinary coffee mainly depends on whether it provides millet spicy or condensed milk. The chopped millet is evenly heated under the thick milk foam, and the spicy flavor gradually volatilizes and becomes stronger and stronger.

The reporter tasted a slightly spicy taste, with a hint of spicy taste in the soft bitter taste, and the upper mouth could feel numb. Ten minutes later, the rich spicy taste has gone from the tongue to the throat, but the spicy taste is gone in an instant, and the taste is unique.

"in the past, a guest came to drink tears and drank three cups of juice in one breath before it was spicy." According to the shop assistant, during the trial operation, the clerk crushed the millet and added it to the coffee bean powder to boil it. The spicy taste was so strong that the guests could not stand it. Now after improvement, it is more suitable for the taste of Chongqing people.

What's the origin of spicy coffee? Is it a regular type of coffee? Yesterday, the store explained that spicy coffee is the Danish champion of the third World baristas Competition (WBC). It is said that the Danish barista came to Chongqing and tasted the hot pot with sudden inspiration and created spicy coffee.

The shop assistant revealed that one of the owners of the store is a man in his 40s who has studied in Denmark and loves coffee culture very much. The sale of spicy coffee is based on the fact that Chongqing people have a natural preference for spicy, which makes drinking coffee more fun.

The reporter consulted the materials of the World Barista Competition and learned that the competition has a history of 11 years, which is equivalent to the Olympic Games of the coffee world. The third competition was held in Norway in 2002, and Fritz Storm of Denmark won the championship.

According to Miss Zhao Lin, a coffee lover in Jiangbei District, coffee actually has more than 3000 flavors, the main of which are sour, fragrant, bitter, sweet and mellow. In order to encourage innovation, the creative coffee competition has been specially set up in the World Barista Competition, which is based on coffee and has no restrictions on raw materials.

Those with gastrointestinal discomfort had better drink less.

Zhou Hailong, a dietitian, said that there is no nutritional conflict between chili peppers and coffee. However, in view of the fact that both are spicy and irritating foods, it is best to drink less for people with gastrointestinal dysfunction, constipation and other diseases.

(responsible Editor: coffee Sound)