Overview
- The so-called Crawly-Crawly Coffee is topped with powdered cockroach and includes dried yellow mealworms.
- Staff say the café sells about 10 cups daily, with parents generally avoiding the drink.
- The museum cites traditional Chinese medicine sourcing and asserts safety, though related health claims are not widely accepted by mainstream science.
- Tasters describe the flavor as burnt and slightly sour, and Beijing food vlogger Chen Xi said it was not as disgusting as he expected.
- Reports do not name the insect-themed museum, whose café also experiments with pitcher-plant digestive fluid and a seasonal ant drink.