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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

March 10, 2017

Seed to Bottle: Behind The Scenes in a Cold Brew Factory

In the specialty industry, that most probably takes advantage of plastic temperature control, you’ll frequently hear two words: “micro” and “fresh”. Freshly roasted microlots straight...