Welcome to the Vancouver Foodster Signature Coffee Drink Challenge. I have invited cafes from all over the city to enter their respective signature coffee drink creation into this challenge. Each café will be featuring their Signature Coffee creation on their menu from January 11 – February 4, 2018.
How Does this all Work? For the public challenge, you are invited to go out and order any or all of the coffee drink creations in this challenge, then you decide who you think has the best creation for the People’s Choice award winners.
Share your experiences: Tweet (and don’t forget to tweet or instagram your photos) throughout the challenge, our twitter and instagram address is @vanfoodster and the hashtag is #CoffeeDrinkChallengeYVR please include this hashtag in all your tweets during the challenge.
Voting criteria – some things to help you judge your favourite coffee creations – keep these things in mind: originality, creativity, uniqueness, traditional, non-traditional, price, value and most importantly taste.
Get some friends together and visit 2 places or more to taste the different coffee creations or go solo or with a friend– just remember to VOTE for your favourites
Here are the Coffee creations in this challenge, listed in no particular order other than when they were received by us.
Beyond Coffee

Red Velvet Latte
Red Velvet Latte
Price: $4.00
Description: It’s a vanilla latte with a hint of chocolate, whipping cream and sprinkles on top.
Created by: all the staff
Offered: Daily, all the time.
Beyond Coffee
1015 Burrard Street, Vancouver
Web: http://www.century-plaza.com/beyond-coffee/
Twitter @dine_at_beyond
Instagram: @beyond_coffee_vancouver
Dalina

Mi-Tiro-Su Latte
Mi-Tiro-Su Latte
Price: $7
Description: It is a take on our favourite dessert and it is comprised of: espresso, baileys, cream, milk, dark chocolate and topped with lady fingers
Created by: Mark De Jesus
Offered: Daily between 9am-9pm
Dalina
687 Main Street, Vancouver
Tel: 604-428-4364
Web: www.dalina.ca
Instagram @dalinavancouver
Spade

Perché No! (Why Not!)
Perché No! (Why Not!)
(AKA “why not!” in Italian)
Price: $7.50
Created by: Kathleen Pearce and Chloe Wood
Description: Spade’s offering to this year’s Signature Coffee Drink Challenge is a reflection of what we strive and stand for here at Spade; creativity, innovation, quality and fun! Our “Perche No (Why Not!) consists of a 6oz latte made with ginger spiked whole milk, our Settebello espresso, a dreamy layer of sweet chantilly cream flushed with beetroot, and finally topped with a spiced pistachio and orange sugar tuille – which we make in house, every day. You can crack the top of the tuille with a spoon (think crème brulee!) – or dip the tuille into the sweet cream and coffee. Here at Spade we scale and measure every shot of espresso to create balance and perfection in every cup of coffee. Come in today and indulge with us – Why not!
Times offered: 8AM-6PM, 7 days a week
Spade
1858 Commercial Drive, Vancouver
Tel: (604) 428-4092
Web: http://www.spadecoffee.ca/
Instagram @spadevancouver
Republica Coffee Roasters Cafe

Aztec Mocha
Aztec Mocha
Price: $5.50 small (12oz); $6.25 large (16oz)
Description: This spicy mocha is our take on the classic Chilly-Chocolate combination. The spicy flavour of chili combined with aromatic dark chocolate makes for an exhilarating taste experience. Our Aztec Mocha gets you into a chocolaty bliss before BOOM! The taste of the chili bursts through the chocolate and sets your mouth on fire with the explosion of taste.
Created by: the team
Offered: all the time
Republica Coffee Roasters Cafe
321 West Pender Street, Vancouver
And
9203 Glover Road, Fort Langley
Twitter @RepublicaCR
Instagram @republicaroasters
Panidor Bakery Café

The New Year’s Resolution
The New Year’s Resolution
Price: $4.00
Created by: Layla Osberg
Description: Hot Coconut Buttered Latte with spices
Offered: Tuesday – Sunday
Panidor Bakery Café
3080 Main Street, Vancouver
Tel: (604) 877-3588
Web: https://m.facebook.com/panidorbakery/
Instagram @panidor_bakery
Make sure you pick up one of the Coffee Challenge postcards available at each of the participating cafes. Remember to Vote for your favourites daily, all the voting details are at
Our Media judges for this challenge are:
Nick Ng
Instagrammer/Influencer/Blogger and Photographer
Twitter: @nickngsocial
Instagram: @_phaneron
Andrew Chan
Blogger and Photographer
Twitter: @eatwithmao
Instagram: @eatwithmao
Jacky Chui
Instagrammer, influencer and Photographer
Instagram: @jackymchui