Butter Coffee: What Is It & Why Do People Drink It?
In the late 2000s, lifestyle author and the CEO of Bulletproof, Dave Asprey, returned from Tibet after drinking yak butter tea at high altitudes. In...
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Can cold foam help raise café margins?
Estimated reading time: 7 minutes Key takeaways Cold foam now shapes flavour, presentation, and pricing strategy. It works as an upsell, raising café margins without extra SKUs. Consistency, not cost, is cold foam's real operational challenge. Signature builds, like the Mont Blanc, outperform generic foam toppings. Cold foam has moved from a niche addition to iced drinks to a category in its own right, changing how cafés approach flavour, presentation,… read more
Estimated reading time: 7 minutes Key takeaways Cold foam now shapes flavour, presentation, and pricing strategy. It works as an upsell, raising café margins without extra SKUs. Consistency, not cost, is cold foam's real operational challenge. Signature builds, like the… read more
What Is The Turmeric Latte?
In recent years, coffee shop customers have come to demand more from their beverages. With an emerging consumer focus on health and wellness, more and...
What Is The Caffè Marocchino?
Layering coffee drinks takes more time and precision than making a normal espresso-based beverage. Despite this, their unique presentation – as the drinks are often...
What Is The Pumpkin Spice Latte?
In many countries in the northern hemisphere, autumn means cold weather, grey skies, and brown leaves. For baristas and coffee shops, it means customers moving...
What Is A Café Au Lait?
There are dozens of milk-based coffee drinks available on the average coffee shop menu. For those without a way to brew espresso or a steam...
What Is A Mocha?
Coffee and chocolate have plenty in common. Both come from plants that thrive in equatorial tropical countries, both are sought after for their beans, and...
What Is A Café Con Leche?
Although the words “café con leche” literally translate into English as “coffee with milk”, making the drink isn’t quite that simple. There are dozens of...
What Is Coffee Leaf Tea?
The most valuable part of a coffee plant is its cherry. After harvesting and processing, it gives us the beans which we roast, grind, and...
What Is A Matcha Latte?
The matcha latte first emerged on coffee shop menus a few years ago, and it has seen a considerable rise in popularity over a relatively...
What Is A Long Black Coffee?
Ask for a long black in a coffee shop and you’ll get something that might look similar to an americano at first glance. Dig a...
What Is a Ristretto?
When you want a concentrated coffee drink without additions or frills, you’ll order an espresso. This coffee shop staple is enjoyed around the world –...
What’s a Macchiato Coffee?
‘Macchiato’ is an Italian word that loosely translates to ‘marked’ – and is commonly used to describe the coffee beverage of the same name. Ask...
What Is a Cappuccino & How Has It Developed Over Time?
The cappuccino is a staple in coffee shops all over the world. It’s classically characterised by its dry, foamed milk top. However, it’s not as...
What Is a Cortado?
A customer walks into your coffee shop and orders a cortado. Depending on your perspective or where you are in the world, you could give...
An Exploration of Greek Frappés
From its humble beginnings at a trade fair to its reinvention as a staple by global second wave giants, the Greek Frappé has a confusing...
A Complete Guide to The Greek Freddo
For decades, Greeks have enjoyed the Freddo as a way to cool down while enjoying coffee, and it’s a drink that’s both deeply ingrained in...