The Vancouver Spring Drink Challenge was a success featuring creations from cafes and restaurants around Vancouver. Each spot featured their creation from April 4-27, 2025.
The Winners are:
1st Place:
{110 points}
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
2nd Place:
{106 points}
Chai Coffee Company
Dusky Rose Iced Latte
Price: $6.95
Created by: the team
Description: A refreshing indulgence that perfectly balances the invigorating kick of coffee with the subtle, romantic sweetness of rose.
Ingredients: Espresso, Condensed milk, Milk, Ice, Rose syrup, Rose essence, Rose petals
Offered: All the time
Chai Coffee Company
11088 126A St #100, Surrey
Instagram @chaicoffeeco
3rd Place:
{101 points}
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
Instagram @banchokdeethai and @BCDThai
In the People’s Choice Awards category, the public who tried the Spring Drink Creations were the ones who had the opportunity to cast their vote throughout the challenge.
The Winners are:
1st Place People’s Choice:
Chai Coffee Company
Dusky Rose Iced Latte
Price: $6.95
Created by: the team
Description: A refreshing indulgence that perfectly balances the invigorating kick of coffee with the subtle, romantic sweetness of rose.
Ingredients: Espresso, Condensed milk, Milk, Ice, Rose syrup, Rose essence, Rose petals
Offered: All the time
Chai Coffee Company
11088 126A St #100, Surrey
Instagram @chaicoffeeco
2nd Place People’s Choice:
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
3rd Place People’s Choice (TIE):
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
Instagram @banchokdeethai and @BCDThai
3rd Place People’s Choice (TIE):
Tamaly Shop
Mangonada
Price: $8
Created by: The team
Description: Mango frappe with chamoy and a candy tamarind stick.
Offered: All the time
Tamaly Shop
2525 Main Street, Vancouver
Tel:(604) 369-3446
Instagram @tamalyshop
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.
Each media judge scored each creation with a maximum of 40 points as follows: Overall Taste 20 points, Originality and Uniqueness 10 points, Presentation and Appearance 10 points. The highest number of points a challenge creation could have been awarded is 120 points.
Our Media judges for this challenge were: David Grange, Joyce Lam and Jay Minter
Thank you to all the cafes and restaurants that accepted my invitation and featured the Spring Drink Challenge creations on the menu for the past few weeks during this challenge.
See all the Spring Drink Challenge Entries Here.
By: Richard Wolak