Shunde Custard-Milk Coffee and Guangdong Pig's-Trotter Ginger Make a Splash in Guiyang

Brief (coffeeyo.com): At the 2026 Guizhou-Guangdong Fine Food & Wine Culture Week in Guiyang, a retired Shunde couple’s “edible custard-milk coffee” and a Guangdong pig’s-trotter ginger stall drew crowds, showing how regional Chinese flavors are traveling and cross-pollinating.

“My dream with my wife is to drive our camping coffee cart across the country and let everyone taste the custard-milk coffee we developed,” said Mai Jianfeng, founder of Qidao Fengwei Coffee from Shunde, Guangdong, in an interview at the “Junpin Shanhai · Colorful Fireworks” 2026 Guizhou-Guangdong Fine Food & Wine Culture Week on August 12.

After retiring, Mai and his wife, out of a love for coffee, opened a coffee shop. They enjoy camping, so they converted a mobile vehicle into a coffee cart, keeping eggs and milk on board, and developed an “edible custard-milk coffee.”

Mai Jianfeng making custard-milk coffee at the stall

In front of the stall, steam rising, he skillfully makes the signature custard-milk coffee. This coffee innovatively blends the delicate texture of Shunde’s traditional double-skin milk pudding with the rich base of coffee: using 125-degree steam to quickly “cook” the egg-and-milk mixture into a tender egg-milk layer, then pouring in piping-hot coffee extraction, turning it into a specialty drink that can be both eaten and sipped — drawing citizens and tourists to stop and taste.

At the scene, Mai enthusiastically explained how to drink the custard-milk coffee. The egg-milk layer is quite hot; when eating, one can hold an ice cube in the mouth to neutralize the heat, and after finishing the egg-milk layer, pour the remaining ice in to transform it into an iced latte.

A citizen, Ms. Gao, tasted the custard-milk coffee and exclaimed: “You can take a bite of the soft, glutinous egg in one mouthful, and below you can drink the coffee — really special.”

“When we were young, it was for the kids, for the family, busy with career. Now we’re being ourselves again, driving the mobile coffee cart to exhibitions across the country, heading toward the coffee industry I love,” Mai said with a smile.

The couple's mobile coffee cart at the culture week

The couple has taken part in many coffee festivals in other provinces; before coming to Guiyang, they had just attended the 2026 Dianchi International Coffee Culture Carnival.

“We attended the Xingyi Wanhuahui · Riverside Coffee Festival in late July. Guizhou has a cool climate and lots of food; we really like the sour soup and spicy chicken,” he said.

At the food and wine culture week, besides the Shunde coffee, Guangdong pig’s-trotter ginger also became a popular stall.

“When you come to Guangdong, you must eat pig’s-trotter ginger. It beautifies the skin, warms the meridians and nourishes the blood, and wards off colds,” enthusiastically explained Wu Huizhen, owner of “Aunt Jing’s Pig’s-Trotter Ginger.” In Guangdong, offering ginger-vinegar signifies a family celebration. Women usually eat pig’s-trotter ginger after childbirth; since the Ming dynasty, folk belief holds it nourishes the blood, dispels wind and wards off cold. Whenever a family has a newborn, the hosts brew a big pot of pig’s-trotter ginger to share with relatives and friends.

On the day of the event, Wu sold two pots of pig’s-trotter ginger. After tasting, citizens gave feedback that the trotters were tender, the eggs aromatic and the ginger delicious, with high acceptance. “I didn’t expect Guizhou friends to like our pig’s-trotter ginger so much,” Wu said with some surprise.

“Pig’s-trotter ginger is a Guangdong home-style flavor, and also carries local wellness wisdom; it is suitable as a representative of Cantonese taste to promote outward,” Wu said. She hopes that through this food week, more Guizhou people will understand Guangdong’s food culture, and that Guangdong flavors and Guizhou local cuisine will spark new inspiration through exchange.

Source: Reporter Peng Dian.

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