SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Property and equipment (Details)	Dec. 31, 2025
Store operating equipment
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Estimated useful lives of the assets	5 years
Leasehold improvements
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Property, Plant, and Equipment, Useful Life, Term, Description [Extensible Enumeration]	us-gaap:UsefulLifeShorterOfTermOfLeaseOrAssetUtilityMember
Mechanical equipment
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Estimated useful lives of the assets	10 years
Minimum [Member] \| Office equipment and others
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Estimated useful lives of the assets	3 years
Minimum [Member] \| Building
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Estimated useful lives of the assets	40 years
Minimum [Member] \| Assets subject to operating leases
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Estimated useful lives of the assets	40 years
Maximum [Member] \| Office equipment and others
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Estimated useful lives of the assets	5 years
Maximum [Member] \| Building
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Estimated useful lives of the assets	50 years
Maximum [Member] \| Assets subject to operating leases
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Estimated useful lives of the assets	50 years

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 7A
-Subparagraph (a)
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147478964/842-20-50-7A

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentLineItems
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

- Definition

Useful life of long lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Examples include, but not limited to, land, buildings, machinery and equipment, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentUsefulLife
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:durationItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	instant

- Definition

Indicates description of term of useful life for property, plant, and equipment when not stated as numeric value.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Topic 360
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 35
-Paragraph 3
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147482190/360-10-35-3

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentUsefulLifeDescriptionOfTermExtensibleEnumeration
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	enum2:enumerationSetItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	instant

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis=us-gaap_EquipmentMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis=us-gaap_LeaseholdsAndLeaseholdImprovementsMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis=lkncy_MechanicalEquipmentMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

- Details

Name:	srt_RangeAxis=srt_MinimumMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis=us-gaap_OfficeEquipmentMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis=us-gaap_BuildingMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis=lkncy_AssetsSubjectToOperatingLeaseMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

- Details

Name:	srt_RangeAxis=srt_MaximumMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type: