Seasonal Beverage Guide Fall 2020
There was a time when fluctuating, seasonally focused menus were a thing of fine dining. Nowadays, however, even chain restaurants have bought into the trend and menus showcasing rotating dishes comprised of seasonal ingredients are commonplace.
What about coffee shops?
Whether you know it or not, your coffee menu is likely seasonal as coffee is inherently a seasonal product. In most producing countries, it’s only harvested once or twice a year, and it’s got a finite lifespan (well processed green coffee will last about a year).
While seasonal beverage menus at cafes are also becoming increasingly common, for a shop that has not implemented this sort of program yet – but would like to – it can seem like a daunting endeavor.
If you’re curious to try a seasonal program or have one already but could use some ideas to riff on, here are a few suggestions from us at KLLR Coffee on how to spice up your Fall Beverage Menu.
This guide contains one hot coffee drink, one cold coffee drink and one non-coffee drink, as well as recipes for two simple syrups.
Enjoy!
Seasonal Beverage Recipes Fall 2020
Beverage 1 – S’moretado
Ingredients
- 2 oz. espresso
- 0.5 oz. mocha sauce
- 0.5 oz vanilla simple syrup
- Steamed milk
- Graham cracker crumbs
- 1 Marshmallow
Procedure
■ Pull espresso into a shot glass
■ Add mocha sauce, vanilla syrup, and espresso to cortado glass and stir
■ Steam milk as for cortado and fill to just below the rim of glass
■ Sprinkle with graham cracker dust
■ Toast marshmallow and garnish
Beverage 2 – Maple-Pecan Iced Latte
Ingredients
- 2 oz. espresso
- 30g almond butter
- 2 oz. Spiced Maple Simple Syrup
- Almond milk
- Pecan infused whipped cream
- Ground cinnamon
- Ice
Procedure
■ Pull espresso into shot glass
■ Add almond butter to iced-latte along with espresso and Spiced Maple Simple Syrup. Whisk thoroughly
■ Fill glass 3⁄4 with ice
■ Add almond milk to top of glass
■ Top with Pecan infused whipped cream
■ Sprinkle with ground cinnamon and garnish with pecans
NOTE: To create as frappe, blend with your usual dose of frappe powder
Beverage 3 – Spiced Cascara Cider
Ingredients
- 20g KLLR Cascara
- 10 oz. water
- 2 oz. Spiced Maple Simple Syrup
- Ground cinnamon
Procedure
- Steep KLLR Cascara with 185F water for 5 minutes
- Add Spiced Maple Simple Syrup to latte mug
- Decant steeped cascara into mug
- Sprinkle with ground cinnamon
Syrup Recipe 1 – Pecan Simple Syrup
Ingredients
- 8 oz. water - 8 oz. sugar - 4 oz. pecan pieces
Procedure
- Bring water to a boil
- Stir in sugar until dissolved
- Add pecan pieces and return to a boil
- Reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes
- Remove from heat and allow to cool to room temperature
- Strain out pecan pieces
Syrup Recipe 2 – Spice Maple Simple Syrup
Ingredients
- 8 oz. water - 8 oz. maple syrup - 10 cardamom pods - 10 all spice berries
Procedure
- Bring water to a boil
- Thoroughly stir in maple syrup
- Add all remaining ingredients
- Simmer for 20 minutes
- Remove from heat and allow to cool to room temperature
- Strain out spices
- 6 cinnamon sticks - 8 oz. maple syrup - 10 cardamom pods
Syrup Recipe 3 – Pumpkin Spice Sauce
Ingredients
- 8 oz. canned pumpkin puree - 16 oz. water - 1 cup brown sugar - 1 cup white sugar - 4 grams ground cinnamon
Procedure
- Bring water to a boil
- Add sugar and stir until dissolved
- Reduce heat and stir in pumpkin puree
- Simmer for 20 minutes
- Remove from heat and allow to cool to room temperature
- Stir in vanilla extract
*Use 30g sauce for a 12 oz. latte
- 3 g ground ginger - 3 g ground nutmeg - 1.5g ground clove - 5g vanilla extract
Misc. Recipe 1 – Pecan Whipped Cream
Ingredients
- 4 oz. Pecan Simple Syrup - 16 oz. heavy whipping cream - 2 whipped cream chargers
Procedure
- Add 4 oz. Pecan Simple Syrup to whipped cream dispenser
- Add heavy whipping cream to whipped cream dispenser
- Charge whipped cream dispenser with 2 gas cartridges
- Shake whipped cream dispenser vigorously for 20 seconds