"Five-spice is a blend that’s popular in Chinese cuisine. Thank You Coffee, the Chinatown coffee bar from Jonathan Yang, Matt Chung, and Cody Wang that shares space with Paper Please, features a five-spice latte. Yang describes the drink’s flavor as “pumpkin spice meets pho,” achieving that effect by combining espresso, oat milk, condensed milk (which can be excluded), and a house syrup that features star anise, green Sichuan peppercorns, Sichuan dried chili flakes, nutmeg, cloves, cinnamon, green cardamom, ginger, and a secret weapon, MSG." - Joshua Lurie
Joshua Lurie
