Vegan Holiday Beverages: Written by a Barista

By Audrey Hunt, VRG Intern

The holiday season is a terrific time to try new seasonal flavors in your daily beverages! I’m a coffee hut barista and I make all my drinks completely vegan. Here are some of my favorite ones to drink during the colder months.

I’m a sucker for tea, especially London Fog combinations. When making different flavored drinks, I like to flavor mine with the Monin syrups which are labeled vegan on their website. You can search by syrup to see which are suitable for your needs. See: https://www.monin.com/us/products/flavor-of-the-month

Teas:

• London Fogs:
  • Cranberries & Creme
    • Earl grey tea/ dash of oat milk/ agave nectar/ cranberry and vanilla syrup
  • Green Peppermint
    • Green tea bag/ dash of coconut milk/ agave nectar/ peppermint
  • Sweet and Spicy
    • Cinnamon and spice tea bag/ dash of oat milk/ agave nectar
• Iced teas:
  • Christmas Party Punch
    • Peppermint tea bag/ cranberry & orange syrup/ lots of ice
• Hot tea:
  • Spicy Cinnamon
    • Spiced chai tea bag/ agave nectar/ cinnamon powder

Coffees:

• Iced:
  • White Praline
    • Nitro Cold Brew/ dash of oat milk/ white chocolate & praline syrup
  • Toasted Pumpkin
    • White coffee/ dash of almond milk/ toasted marshmallow and pumpkin syrup
  • Fall in a Cup
    • espresso/ dash of oat milk/ maple spice syrup
• Hot:
  • Fruitcake
    • ½ white ½ regular espresso/ pistachio & cranberry syrup/ dash of soymilk
  • Grandma’s Recipe
    • espresso/ butter rum & butterscotch syrup americano
  • Praline Cookie
    • espresso/ praline syrup/ soymilk/ cinnamon powder/ white chocolate syrup
  • Jack Frost
    • White coffee/ white chocolate syrup/ coconut syrup and coconut syrup
  • North Pole
    • Vegan nog/ espresso/ cinnamon and nutmeg powder

You may also be interested in the following:

https://www.vrg.org/blog/2015/01/21/warm-morning-beverages/

https://www.vrg.org/journal/vj2016issue4/2016_issue4_cooking_tips.php

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