[crazygringo]

That's hilarious, but also not totally crazy.

Doing ground coffee rubs on meats like steak or bacon or pork tenderloin is a thing. People eat bacon at breakfast and wash it down with black coffee. They're actually pretty complementary flavors, so it all comes down to the exact execution.

It's actually the milkiness of the latte together with the pork that gives me pause. I think it would really come down to the "Dongpo pork sauce" that flavors it all, if it successfully ties them all together. I'm curious what its flavors consist of.

[mobilemidget]

The flavour might not be crazy, as you write about the rubs and breakfasts. But paying 10 dollars for a coffee, is crazy in my opinion.

[crazygringo]

You're paying for the slab of pork and the ability to start the most fun conversation in any room you're in for the following week, when you get everyone to share what they think it would taste like and then you give the big reveal of what it was actually like!

It's just good harmless fun. I'd totally pay for that.

Only once, obviously.

[relbeek2]

its not the coffee you are buying, its the experience.

[LunaSea]

It's Starbucks, there's no experience

[boyter]

In China it is/was.

Its very expensive for the average Chinese person and is considered fairly fancy or upscale. At least it was when I lived there.

Same rule applies to Pizza Hut.

[relbeek2]

You've clearly never gone to a Starbucks Roastery before. Its a night and day difference between the standard cafe and a roastery.

[delroth]

It's Starbucks Reserve, so yes, you're absolutely paying for the experience.

[brailsafe]

It's Starbucks Reserve, there's still no experience and the coffee still sucks.

[okr]

Compared to what?

[bobthepanda]

kitsch is an experience. "good" is in the eye of the beholder.

[hulitu]

I see Microsoft's marketing got exported. /s

[zeven7]

Red-eye gravy is another example of pork and coffee together. It's delicious. But, like the other examples, no milk.

[munificent]

Biscuits and (pork) gravy shows that pork and milk go just fine together since the gravy is a bechamel with milk in it.

Poking around online, I do see some non-traditional red-eye gravy recipes that also add milk.

Bacon and chocolate is also a well-established pairing.

Honestly, assuming you can deal with the oiliness, I think bacon flavor would work great in a coffee drink.

[kubectl_h]

Coffee really complements certain fats on my palate. Avocado and coffee taste like magic to me. Some cheeses too. Peanuts and almonds are good too. Bacon and eggs are fine, but not particularly special. I love coffee and a simple 80/20 hamburger with mayo and potato bun.

[doubled112]

Coffee goes well with a lot of things. People think I'm gross when I tell them I had coffee and a cheeseburger for breakfast, but we know better.

[Loughla]

Holy shit red eye gravy. This is the fourth reference to that I've come across randomly in the last two days. I guess I'll have to try it.

Do you have a recipe?

[strangattractor]

I'm still holding out for coffee flavored bacon:)

[crazygringo]

That's basically the easiest thing ever to make yourself. You can google recipes for it, I'm not even joking.

I can't vouch for the caffeine content though. Don't think you can replace your morning brew with it...

[hinkley]

Coffee has a very penetrating aroma. I suspect putting coffee and bacon in the same container for a few hours to half a day would give you all the flavor you wanted with no caffeine.

[relbeek2]

sounds better than pumpkin spice bacon, and that's a thing.

[bobthepanda]

Here’s a recipe for dongpo pork belly https://thewoksoflife.com/braised-pork-belly-dong-po-rou/

Coffee, ginger, scallion and soy sauce might not be it for me.

[crazygringo]

Reduced wine and soy sauce I could see probably working here.

Ginger I'm dubious of but I'm open to being pleasantly surprised.

Scallions? No sir, I'm out.

[shawn_w]

The combination of shaoxing wine and light soy sauce (and often black vinegar too) is really common in Chinese cooking, and very tasty. You can marinate meat in a combination of all three, and/or add splashes for flavor when sauteing or stir frying stuff.

[bobthepanda]

It’s tasty, I just don’t know about in coffee.