A university cafeteria in Yunnan offers free “soup style” coffee in barrels or spoons. Netizens say the origin is still genuine

Cover News Reporter Dai Zhuxin

On May 20th, a "big barrel coffee" from a university cafeteria in Pu'er, Yunnan unexpectedly became popular on the internet and received likes from all branches. The simple large barrel filled and self-service cafeteria style "soup style" coffee has won the love of tens of thousands of netizens. Netizens commented: "It's still from the real place of origin", "Scoop the latte spoon", "Take my stainless steel exclusive coffee cup", "Truly an agricultural university, down-to-earth".

According to the interviewee's image

On the 21st, blogger Bi, who posted pictures, told reporters that this special coffee is located on the second floor of the school cafeteria at Yunnan Agricultural University Pu'er Campus.

Unlike exquisitely packaged coffee drinks on the market, school coffee is directly served in large capacity barrels, just like free soup in the cafeteria. Students can pick up small bowls as needed, and there is no limit to the amount available for free.

The school has free soup every day, just pick it up by yourself with a small bowl nearby, it's free, "Bi Tongxue said. Perhaps because not every student likes to drink coffee, there is still a bucket of free soup available for pickup that day.

The simple barrel coffee and self-service campus daily in the picture have touched the laughter and affection of many netizens. Truly an agricultural university, with a focus on practicality, latte spoon scooping, stainless steel cup packaging, and truly a production advantage. It also stirred up memories for some netizens. A netizen claimed that he first tasted coffee in the cafeteria of Yunnan Agricultural University in 1986. I haven't forgotten it for forty years now

Image source: Screenshot of comments from netizens on social media platforms

On that day, a classmate left a message saying "wish" for fruit tea. On May 21st, students from the school reported that the cafeteria had updated its free vegetable soup and added a new example of soup called Super Fruit Tea.

According to public information, the "Coffee Science and Engineering" major previously applied for by Yunnan Agricultural University was successfully included in the undergraduate major directory of ordinary higher education institutions (2024), becoming the first major in China and even the world to offer undergraduate coffee talent training. The Coffee Science and Engineering major is a nationally designated major designed to meet the special needs of economic and social development. The first level discipline is Food Science and Engineering, and the degree granting category is "Engineering". The four-year program aims to cultivate composite talents with research and engineering design capabilities for new coffee products, processes, and technologies.

Source: Cover News