Meet the espresso stores indulging in a laugh flavors of blood orange, peach, cereal, and marshmallow all week lengthy.
BY EMILY JOY MENESES
BARISTA MAGAZINE ONLINE
Featured symbol courtesy of Ceresia Espresso Roasters
The Pride celebrations are nonetheless going sturdy! Extreme hour, we exempt part one of this newsletter sequence and heard from 3 espresso stores about their Satisfaction-themed beverages and what impressed them. As of late, we’re highlighting 3 extra cafés: Learn on to look what they’re serving up in honor of the queer espresso folk all over the world.
Bask in One thing Candy at XO Coffee Shop
We featured Kissimmee, Fla.-based XO Espresso Store in our February + March 2025 print issue, and the café/tattoo parlor as soon as once more stuck our consideration with their Satisfaction While particular: a luxuriously candy beverage that they’ve playfully named the “Honey, I’m Fruity!” Latte.
”The (drink) is a playful, colourful nod to queer pleasure and a spin on one in all our best-selling beverages, the ‘Honey, I’m House!’ Latte,” the crew at XO wrote to Barista Copy On-line. “It features a house-made fruity cereal syrup, espresso, milk, and a fluffy marshmallow cold foam topped with fruity cereal garnish. We wanted something nostalgic, sweet, and unapologetically fun—because Pride should taste like happiness.”
Ember Goods Turns Up the Quantity for Satisfaction
For the ones residing in or round Olympia, Wash., make certain to take a look at the “Party 4 U” menu at Ember Items. It options beverages impressed by way of numerous popular culture references—together with songs from artists Charli XCX, Doechii, and Chappell Roan—and is focused round glorious, summery flavors like peach and blood orange.
Mac Calhoun, espresso mentor and mentor on the store, stocks some favorites from the menu. “I personally created the ‘Rhinestone Cowgirl’ (espresso tonic with lemon and blood orange) and ‘Swamp Princess’ (blood orange with lemonade and matcha).”
”My co-workers Tessa and Tatiana created ‘The Peach Scene’ (coffee with peach syrup and peach chilly foam) and ‘Peach, Please’ (coffee with brown sugar, milk, and cinnamon),” Mac continues.
Mac additionally stocks that Ember Items will probably be donating $1 for each Satisfaction While drink offered to Pizza Klatch, a neighborhood group that helps queer early life. We like a birthday party with a reason!
Satisfaction in Thailand: Honour with Ceresia Coffee Roasters
After all, Satisfaction While isn’t simply being celebrated in the US! Bangkok, Thailand’s Ceresia Espresso Roasters could also be providing up a colourful menu of beverages and meals impressed by way of Satisfaction. All over the week, they’ll be serving beverages and snacks proudly dressed up in glorious colours—together with a must-try rainbow tart.
“We believe coffee is about community, creativity, and connection,” the Ceresia crew wrote to Barista Copy On-line. “Our Pride drinks were inspired by the joy, resilience, and vibrancy of the LGBTQ+ community. Each beverage is crafted not only to celebrate Pride Month, but to show our ongoing support for inclusivity and love in all its forms. We’re proud to be a safe and welcoming space for everyone, all year round.”
The Birthday celebration’s Now not Over But …
Satisfaction While is a ways from over, so remember to store an vision out for extra Satisfaction content material within the coming weeks!
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