Luckin’s New Moutai-Laced Lattes Create a Stir in China’s Coffee Wars

Luckin Coffee is creating a stir with an unusual offering to capture the attention of Chinese coffee drinkers: lattes with a nip of Kweichow Moutai’s baijiu.

The coffee chain partnered with China’s luxury liquor maker Kweichow Moutai to launch an alcohol-infused coffee drink, the so-called “sauce-flavored latte,” referring to the popular savory notes of Moutai liquors.