Summer, you’re here already? Warmer weather calls for a lot of things we love: longer evenings, BBQs with friends and family and of course — ICED DRINKS!
Launching Wednesday, June 1st, we’re excited to introduce a line-up of refreshing iced beverages that are sure to quench your thirst in the summer heat. A lot of time and care goes into developing these recipes, and we hope you can enjoy them as much as we do. Our talented team member, Karine Ng, has methodically curated a handful of unique ingredients for the lineup of our new iced beverages.
To provide you with a little bit of background on each of those unique ingredients…
That being said, without further ado, here are the new additions to our menu:
Black & Tonic
Back by popular demand, the Black & Tonic is an incredibly refreshing iced drink that’s perfect for summer — we start with a brewed black coffee concentrate mixed with Lakewood Black Cherry Juice, which is shaken with ice. It’s then poured into a glass with ice, and topped with Fever Tree Tonic Water. This coffee cocktail has the complex flavours of coffee, paired with the naturally rich and deep fruit flavours of cherry that’s accentuated with a sparkling touch of tonic.
Espresso & Tonic
As many of you know, we travel the world (currently, we’re heading to 11 different countries) to source exceptional quality coffees that are single origin and in-season. To accentuate the complex flavours and nuance of our single origin espressos, we’re combining it with Fever Tree Tonic — the effervescent texture of the tonic water brings out the bold fruity flavours and bright acidity of the espresso. It’s simple, straightforward, and very delicious.
Cold Brewed Iced Tea
In the past, we have experimented with brewing black tea hot, and then dispensing it onto ice. We’ve found that it is quite astringent, and lacks the depth and complexity of a really delicious and well-developed tea. For our iced tea, we are steeping Assam black tea, cold, for 24 hours — it’s sweetened lightly with a palm sugar simple syrup, with a touch of Porter’s Tonic Grapefruit Syrup for a bit of citrusy acidity. Served on ice, this version of iced tea will certainly quench any summer thirst.
We are very proud to add these two new coffee cocktails and iced tea to our menu and have taken great care and thought into creating harmonious and lively drinks for you to enjoy this summer. You can savour any of these drinks in our cafes: Marda Loop, Chinook Mall, Simmons Building, and Mission!