Beverage shops in SW China's Guiyang innovate tea drinks with local ingredients

A staff member prepares new-style tea and coffee drinks at a beverage shop in Guiyang, the capital city of southwest China's Guizhou Province, Dec. 23, 2025. In recent years, beverage shops in Guiyang have been creating innovative drinks for young people by blending local ingredients like matcha, prickly pear, and fragrant glutinous rice into tea drinks. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

Staff members prepare new-style tea drinks at a beverage shop in Guiyang, the capital city of southwest China's Guizhou Province, Dec. 23, 2025. In recent years, beverage shops in Guiyang have been creating innovative drinks for young people by blending local ingredients like matcha, prickly pear, and fragrant glutinous rice into tea drinks. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

A staff member prepares a new-style tea drink at a beverage shop in Guiyang, the capital city of southwest China's Guizhou Province, Dec. 23, 2025. In recent years, beverage shops in Guiyang have been creating innovative drinks for young people by blending local ingredients like matcha, prickly pear, and fragrant glutinous rice into tea drinks. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

A staff member prepares a new-style tea drink using Guizhou prickly pear as the ingredient at a beverage shop in Guiyang, the capital city of southwest China's Guizhou Province, Dec. 22, 2025. In recent years, beverage shops in Guiyang have been creating innovative drinks for young people by blending local ingredients like matcha, prickly pear, and fragrant glutinous rice into tea drinks. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)

A staff member prepares a new-style tea drink using Guizhou prickly pear as the ingredient at a beverage shop in Guiyang, the capital city of southwest China's Guizhou Province, Dec. 22, 2025. In recent years, beverage shops in Guiyang have been creating innovative drinks for young people by blending local ingredients like matcha, prickly pear, and fragrant glutinous rice into tea drinks. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)

Staff members prepare new-style tea drinks at a beverage shop in Guiyang, the capital city of southwest China's Guizhou Province, Dec. 22, 2025. In recent years, beverage shops in Guiyang have been creating innovative drinks for young people by blending local ingredients like matcha, prickly pear, and fragrant glutinous rice into tea drinks. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)

A staff member displays matcha for making a new-style tea drink at a beverage shop in Guiyang, the capital city of southwest China's Guizhou Province, Dec. 22, 2025. In recent years, beverage shops in Guiyang have been creating innovative drinks for young people by blending local ingredients like matcha, prickly pear, and fragrant glutinous rice into tea drinks. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)