Blue latte: the vegan coffee that smells of seaweed and contains no caffeine #CAPHealthTip
Name: Blue latte. Age: Less than a week old. Appearance: Blue. What on earth goes into a latte to make it blue? Ginger, lemon, coconut milk, agave and blue algae powder. That sounds a bit experimental. It’s very popular. The blue latte was onlyintroduced at Melbourne’s vegan Matcha Mylkbar last Saturday, and they’ve already sold more than 100 of them, at A$8 (£4.60) each. Nearly a fiver for a coffee? Well, no, not exactly. Coffee is not among the listed ingredients of the blue latte. What? How can you charge nearly a fiver for a latte with no actual coffee in it? It’s down to the blue algae, which costs as much as $3 a gram and is said to have powerful antioxidant properties. Customers can’t get enough of it. For that money, it must taste fantastic. “It has a strong seaweed-type smell,” says someone who has tried it. According to staff at Matcha Mylkbar, it’s reminiscent of sour milk, with a tart aftertaste. A hugely expensive blue coffee that tastes terrible
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