Another eyebrow-raising flavour was launched by Luckin recently, as a collaboration with Tom & Jerry. It's called the Mascarpone Latte. I tried the iced version first. My first impression is that it tasted nothing like mascarpone cheese. As you would know, probably from trying tiramisus, mascarpone cheese is rather unlike other cheeses in that it is closer to a cream, and it is sweet rather than salty. The first thing that struck me about this Mascarpone Latte, however, was that it was a very savoury drink. Not in a bad way at all - I think salt does a good job in balancing creamy, milky and rich drinks, and too much sugar without salt makes the sweetness cloying. The coffee flavour was mild, just blending in at the edge of the body. Most Luckin lattes are like that, especially given the large amount of milk used. (See how much whiteness there is compared to coffee colour in the picture.) As for the cheese flavour itself, it resembled the affordable non-gourmet sliced ch...
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