Taiwan Hotel Serves Dalai Lama Lattes

The Dalai Lama is calling his visit to Taiwan a spiritual mission, but his hotel's coffee shop has a popular new offering in his honor.

It's serving Dalai Lama lattes.

The cafe has sold more than 120 Dalai Lama lattes in the last two days, and they're going to keep the latte on the menu even after the Dalai Lama has left.

Coffee drinkers can get the Dalai Lama latte, which features his portrait drawn in the milk foam, for $3.65.

The Tibetan Buddhist leader is in Taiwan comforting the victims of typhoon Morakot, which killed more than 600 people.

It's a sensitive visit for China, which considers Taiwan a breakaway province, and Chinese leaders say the Dalai Lama is encouraging his native Tibet to break away from China.

The Dalai Lama denies those charges saying he just wants Tibetans to enjoy "autonomy" and religious freedom.

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