We requested our readers what they’re sipping on this summer time—right here’s what they mentioned.
BY EMILY JOY MENESES
ONLINE EDITOR
Featured photograph by Joel Lee
When you can by no means go mistaken with chilly brew or an iced latte, why cease there in terms of summer time drinks? This season, cafés are embracing daring flavors that go method past the same old suspects.
We requested our readers what they’re serving up and sipping on over the following few weeks—learn on for a fast round-up of a few of our favourite summer time specials throughout the United States.
San Fran Espresso: Chilly Brew Nogroni and Pineapple Chilly Brew
With over 30 years of expertise within the trade, San Fran Espresso is aware of methods to create a memorable drink—and so they’ve pulled out the entire stops for his or her summer time 2025 menu.
The café’s staff shares that this 12 months, they’re providing a handful of summer time specials, together with The Nogroni (an alcohol-free Negroni, made with chilly brew, rosemary, and a splash of orange) and Pineapple Chilly Brew (chilly brew splashed with pineapple and coconut, and completed with a contact of cream).
And for many who desire tea over espresso, the store has additionally added what they name the Spicy Chai Shandy to their menu: spicy chai blended with Southern-style candy peach tea and topped with a cloud of cinnamon chilly foam.
Sip Stir Espresso: Mora Mora Latte
Primarily based in Dallas, Texas, Sip Stir Espresso captures the contemporary and fruity aromas of summer time of their Mora Mora Latte: unfastened leaf earl gray tea steeped with complete blackberries and contemporary blackberry purée.
As a caffeine-free possibility, the store has additionally added a refreshing Strawberry Hibiscus Lemonade to their menu—the proper option to quiet down below the Texas solar. ”A lot like to our staff (for his or her) creativity and fervour for making distinctive drinks!” the staff wrote to Barista Journal.
Espresso By Design: Piña Colada Latte
The piña colada is the quintessential summer time cocktail—and Portland, Maine’s Espresso By Design has fantastically reimagined the beverage with their seasonal particular: the Piña Colada Latte.
Crafted by Espresso By Design barista Mia Harper, the latte includes a house-made syrup with pineapple, coconut sugar, and a splash of lemon, added to a coconut milk base and blended with milk and a double shot of espresso.
North Koffee: Shark Chunk
Primarily based in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, North Koffee reveals that summer time drinks might be simply as decadent as winter specials. Certainly one of their seasonal drinks is what they name the Shark Chunk: iced espresso infused with flavors of chocolate and raspberry and topped with shark-shaped sweet.
Editor’s Choose – Da Vien: Vietnamese Espresso with Ube Cream
In the summertime, there are few issues I like greater than Vietnamese iced espresso—the deep style of robusta paired with the sweetness of condensed milk, throughout crushed ice, is simply so satisfying.
My favourite place to get this drink for the time being is southern California’s Da Vien: a Vietnamese café that’s rapidly grown in recognition all through Orange County and Los Angeles. The store sources all of their espresso straight from Vietnam, and their drinks are the proper mix of smoky and candy—it’s secure to say that I’ll have this beverage on repeat all summer time lengthy.
Keep Tuned for Extra Summer season Updates
Maintain an eye fixed out for extra summer-related content material within the coming weeks—we will’t wait to see what different nice issues the specialty-coffee world might be brewing up this season!
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