$1,000 Prize for the Easiest Plant-Based totally Chilly Espresso Drink


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Your votes will resolve the profitable plant-based chilly espresso drink, and the barista who created it is going to stroll away with a fab $1,000!

BY SARAH ALLEN
BARISTA MAGAZINE

Footage courtesy of Pacific Meals

The calendar would possibly say it’s October, however heat or even sweltering temperatures throughout the US are marking this 12 months as the only with an never-ending summer season. And occasional pros know what that implies: There’s nonetheless a package deal to be made in chilly drink gross sales.

And as any espresso professional is aware of, consumers are an increasing number of on the lookout for choices in plant-based drinks—which is why lately we’re launching the Plant-Based totally Chilly Drink Problem at Barista Mag’s Instagram.

Pacific Foods Barista Series cartons of Plant-based Coconut, Oat, and Almond.
5 baristas from across the nation have been tasked with developing a chilly espresso beverage the use of Pacific Meals Barista Sequence™ Almond, Oat, or Coconut. Their inventive efforts are on show at Barista Mag’s Instagram now!

Business Chief Pacific Meals Barista Sequence™ Hosts

Who higher to provide the problem than Pacific Meals Barista Sequence™, recognized industry-wide because the chief in plant-based beverages? We requested 5 fantastic baristas from throughout the US to take the speculation and run with it, the use of Barista Sequence™ Almond, Oat, and/or Coconut as the muse for their very own unique plant-based chilly drink.

And lately, all of us get to peer the culmination in their hard work! 

A honey, ginger, coconut matcha latte made with Pacific Foods Barista Series Coconut in a tall glass with ice.
Chilly beverages and creativity come in combination in the newest problem from Pacific Meals, the place contestants are out to craft scrumptious unique drinks like this Honey Ginger Coconut Matcha Latte.

It’s no secret that the goods within the Pacific Meals Barista Sequence™’ line steam superbly in sizzling espresso beverages—baristas in every single place were touting that distinctive feature for years, which is why Pacific Meals Barista Sequence™ has been the selected logo of plant-based drinks for numerous specialty-coffee firms all the way through the US for greater than a decade.

Chilly Is the New Sizzling

The creations up for attention within the Plant-Based totally Chilly Drink Problem, on the other hand, introduce solely new concepts for a way Pacific Meals Barista Sequence™ drinks can be utilized in chilly drink programs.

As an example, it simplest is smart {that a} beverage recognized for outstanding steaming additionally whips into a stupendous chilly foam. The nuances of the quite a lot of merchandise within the Barista Sequence™ line can exhibit the nutty, fruity, or floral traits you to find on your coffees.

A signature drink called Portland Maple Bar Oat Latte in a tall glass with ice.
Contestants should use both Oat, Coconut, or Almond from Pacific Meals Barista Sequence™ of their beverages; this Portland Maple Bar Oat Latte is made with Barista Sequence™ Oat.

You’re the Pass judgement on!

This can be a contest, in the end, so we wish to pay attention which drink you suppose sounds the yummiest—actually, you’re the judges! “Vote” in your favourite by way of “liking” the publish at Barista Mag’s Instagram web page. Notice that whilst you might even see one of the most baristas posting about their beverages on their very own pages, simplest “likes” made at Barista Mag’s Instagram will rely towards every player’s totals.

However since that is Pacific Meals Barista Sequence™ we’re speaking about, and we all know how supportive and engaged they’re with the barista group, every of our 5 members will finally end up a winner as a result of they are going to all obtain money prizes!

A honey spice almond cold brew latte in a tall glass with ice.
Profitable baristas will declare their proportion of the prize cash from Pacific Meals in the end of your votes are counted on Instagram. Get your likes in by way of Oct. 13!

The barista whose drink has garnered essentially the most likes by way of 5 p.m. PDT on Friday, October 13, will obtain a fab $1,000 for his or her efforts. 2nd position wins $500, and 3rd, fourth, and 5th puts will every obtain $200.

So forestall dilly dallying and head over to Barista Mag’s Instagram to solid your vote—or, heck, solid a couple of. The Plant-Based totally Chilly Drink Problem is ready creativity and a laugh, and the inventions and imaginations of those 5 remarkable baristas.

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