Vancouver Spring Drink Challenge

Welcome to the Vancouver Spring Drink Challenge. Cafes from around the city were invited to enter their respective Spring drink creation into this challenge. Each café will be featuring their drink creation on their menu from April 4-27, 2025.

How Does this all Work? For the public challenge, you are invited to go out and order any or all of the spring 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: Share your photos on Instagram and TikTok throughout the challenge, our instagram and TikTok address is @vanfoodster and the hashtag is #SpringDrinkChallengeYVR please include this hashtag in all your social media sharing during the challenge.

Voting criteria – some things to help you judge your favourite spring drink creations – keep these things in mind: originality, creativity, uniqueness, traditional, non-traditional, price, value and most importantly taste.

How to VOTE :

Look for our Spring Drink challenge posters in each of the participating cafes and restaurants.
Scan the QR code and Vote for your favourites from April 4-27, 2025.

Get some friends together and visit 2 places or more to taste the different spring drink creations or go solo or with a friend– just remember to VOTE for your favourites

Here are the Spring Drink creations in this challenge, listed in no particular order other than when they were received by us.

AM Cafe

A Whisk Of Sunshine

Price: $8

Created by: Lauren & Lindsay

Description: Zest meets zen in this vibrant spring sipper. Velvety matcha is shaken with creamy oat milk, wild orange oil, and a hint of vanilla—perfectly crafted to match your lively spring spirit. Poured over ice and crowned with a pistachio rim, floral saffron, and shimmering gold, it captures the essence of the season. A garnish of fresh orange peel adds the finishing touch. Luxurious, fun, and refreshingly bold, this drink is a tribute to spring’s fresh energy.

Drink Ingredients: MAKE Ceremonial Grade Matcha, 1886 Vanilla Syrup, Oatly Oat Milk

Doterra Wild Orange Oil, Saffron, Gold Flakes (Food Grade), Ice Cubes

Rim Ingredients: Pistachios, Salt & Sugar, Orange Peel.

Other: Served in a glass cup with an environmentally friendly straw.

Available: Wednesday – Sunday 8:30am – 3:30pm

AM Café

2528 Guelph Street, Vancouver

Web: https://amcafe.ca/

Instagram @amcafeltd

Ban Chok Dee Thai Cuisine

Mango Lychee Fizz

Price: $9

Created by: Lynn Marek

Description: This is our Refreshing Spring drink. A touch of tropical flavour of Thailand with Mango, Lychee, Mint, Basil and lime juice.

Mild spicy & sour of Tajin rim gives Mango Lychee Fizz another layer of flavors. Mango Popping Pearls adds the fun & exciting to the drink!

Ingredients: Tajin Rim, basil, mint, and lime juice, simple syrup, mango nectar, and lychee bubbly, mango popping pearls, fresh mint, and a lime wheel.

Offered: all the time

Ban Chok Dee Thai Cuisine

20395 Lougheed Hwy, Maple Ridge

Tel:(604) 459-8000

Web:https://banchokdee.com/

Instagram @banchokdeethai and @BCDThai

Chai Coffee Company