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Our new line of lavishly flavored 85☌ Yudane bread is not only incredibly soft and sensationally rich in texture, but also contains lots of health benefits. 85☌ Yudane is a culinary technique invented in Japan where our chefs mix our quality flour with 185° water to create extremely moist and elastic dough that's truly one-of-a-kind. We blend traditional European bread with Asian creativity. Such as the new product line we just launched. We learn from the best of both worlds and come up with our own fusion style. How do you fuse the French and Asian styles? Our five-star rated master chefs created each one of our cakes and breads in accordance to the highest culinary standards.Ī lot of products are influenced by traditional French pastries (i.e croissants). 85☌ is committed to quality and freshness. store opened in 2008 in Irvine, California, and quickly became a phenomenon that attracted lines out the door. Please provide a few highlights of 85☌ in the U.S. Our customers are always surprised that the texture of our breads are soft and fluffy, our coffee is strong and bold (but not bitter) and our cakes are light, but rich and flavorful! However, each of our products here has more flavors– more on the savory and sweeter side than in Asia. Offerings in the United States are very similar to the menu in Taiwan. Have you adjusted your offerings in the United States to suit the tastes of Americans, or is it the same menu as Taiwan? Any surprises in the tastes of the customers? Depending on the products, some may be kept in room temperature some will need to be in the fridge. We suggest customers to consume the products within two to three days after purchase to keep the freshness. Our products are all fresh, so we only sell our products that day for one day only. We stand apart from our competitors by continuously serving them right out of the oven to their tray for enjoyment throughout the day and on a daily basis. The freshness of our products came first. Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

It always seems like there is a line to get into the store, and the product always seems to be coming out still warm from the oven. We currently have 15 stores in Southern and Northern California. How many stores and employees do you have in California? market for 85☌ is staying competitive, as we have just started our expansion in recent years. Is your growth in the US faster than your Asian market, and is it vastly different?Ĩ5☌ has over 745 locations in Taiwan, China, Australia, Hong Kong and the United States. So to assist with this week's interview, I want to thank bakers (and former On the Line subjects) Jonathan Eng, Dean Kim and Tarit Tanjasiri for allowing me to pick their brains for ideas.

Not being my typical chef post, I reached out for help. When we eventually got in touch, I was at a loss for questions. You know, the bakery with the lines that spill out onto Irvine's Diamond Jamboree. Each cup of coffee is individually brewed to a temperature of 85 degrees Celsius to best hold its flavor, hence the chain's name.While researching another story last year, I was introduced to one of the executives from 85☌. 85C's culinary bent and devotion to coffee quality have generated a lot of buzz and driven traffic. Sales also rose significantly, growing close to 47%. locations, adding 18 in 2018 alone-a jump of 43% year over year. It's built on the same premise as that set forth by founder Wu Cheng-Hsueh: to provide premium coffee, bread and cake at affordable prices. in 2008, opening its first location in Irvine, Calif. These include pork sung buns, mango bread, red bean pine nut mochi and taro puff pastry.Ĩ5C expanded into the U.S. Along with chocolate croissants, Danishes, tarts and muffins, there is an array of exotic sweet and savory baked goods. On the food side, the menu counts more than 50 scratch-baked items, a much more extensive selection than most American-born bakery cafes.

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A signature is 85C?s sea salt coffee, which has hatched a full line of hot and cold sea salt beverages, including caramel coffee, jasmine green tea and green mountain tea. This Taiwanese import, known as the 'Starbucks of Taiwan,' features a mix of European, Japanese and Chinese pastries and specialty coffees and teas.

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