Garlic coffee creates whiff in rural village

Visitors drawn to Chengdu's Gaoshan for strong-smelling specialty brew

For many, the thought of garlic-infused coffee would turn their stomachs, but a small village cafe in Chengdu, Sichuan province, has dared splice the two unlikely ingredients with surprising results.

Dai Chao, general manager of Chengdu Model Youth Technology Co in Gaoshan village, and one of the masterminds behind the strong-smelling cuppa, said sales of the bulbous brew have spiked in recent days due to several posts online that have attracted the curious.

"It smells like garlic, but it doesn't taste like garlic that much," said Alex Tchaikovsky from Ukraine, who visited Dasuan Coffee recently. "It tastes better than I expected."