The Vancouver Foodster Signature Coffee Drink Challenge was a success featuring unique coffee creations at cafes around Vancouver. Each cafe featured their creation on their menu from January 8-31, 2021 and their customers voted for their favourites throughout the challenge.
Our media judging panel determined the ultimate winners of the challenge, and this was quite the task as each judge who tasted each creation with a rigorous process based on taste, originality/uniqueness and presentation/appearance.
Our Media judges for this challenge were: AJ Heraghty, Rebecca Coleman and Tony Huynh
The Winners are:
1st Place:
{105 points}
Craft Cafe
O Canada log cabin latte
Price: $5.25
Created by: Cynthia Solorzano
Description: Like a warm hug on a cold winter’s day
Offered: all the time
Craft Cafe
960 Quayside Dr Unit 115, New Westminster
Tel:778-655-8305
Instagram @craftcafe.ca
2nd Place:
{104 points}
Cafe Portrait
Portrait Turkish Coffee
Price: $4.85
Created by: Dennis Dalyanci
Description: Turkish Coffee is an espresso sized drink with a creamy, nutty and sweet mouthfeel.
Offered: all the time
Cafe Portrait
1120 Denman Street, Vancouver
Tel:604-915-6993
Web:https://www.cafeportrait.com/
Instagram @cafeportrait_
3rd Place:
{95 points}
The Belgian Chocolate Café
Seahorse Swirl Mocha
Price: $6.50
Created by: Koki Tanabe
Description: A frothy mocha macchiato with chocolate powder as garnish. Completed with seahorse chocolate decoration on stir stick to swirl at one’s pleasure for additional chocolate flavor.
Offered: all the time
The Belgian Chocolate Cafe
30 Smithe Street, Vancouver
Tel: (778) 951-8828
Web: http://thebelgianchocolate.cafe/
Instagram @thebelgianchocolatecafe
In the People’s Choice Awards category, the public who tried the Coffee Drink creations were the ones who had the opportunity to cast their vote throughout the challenge.
The Winners are:
1st Place People’s Choice:
Craft Cafe
O Canada log cabin latte
Price: $5.25
Created by: Cynthia Solorzano
Description: Like a warm hug on a cold winter’s day
Offered: all the time
Craft Cafe
960 Quayside Dr Unit 115, New Westminster
Tel:778-655-8305
Instagram @craftcafe.ca
2nd Place People’s Choice:
Cafe Portrait
Portrait Turkish Coffee
Price: $4.85
Created by: Dennis Dalyanci
Description: Turkish Coffee is an espresso sized drink with a creamy, nutty and sweet mouthfeel.
Offered: all the time
Cafe Portrait
1120 Denman Street, Vancouver
Tel:604-915-6993
Web:https://www.cafeportrait.com/
Instagram @cafeportrait_
3rd Place People’s Choice:
The Belgian Chocolate Café
Seahorse Swirl Mocha
Price: $6.50
Created by: Koki Tanabe
Description: A frothy mocha macchiato with chocolate powder as garnish. Completed with seahorse chocolate decoration on stir stick to swirl at one’s pleasure for additional chocolate flavor.
Offered: all the time
The Belgian Chocolate Cafe
30 Smithe Street, Vancouver
Tel: (778) 951-8828
Web: http://thebelgianchocolate.cafe/
Instagram @thebelgianchocolatecafe
Thank you to the baristas and cafes that accepted my invitation and featured the coffee creations on the menu for the past few weeks during this challenge.
I encourage you to visit the winning cafes to try their Coffee creations! See all the Coffee Challenge entries here.
By: Richard Wolak