6 Types of Coffee Drink for Your Café

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If you own a new coffee shop, then you probably have only the basic drinks served to your customers. One way or another, you need to start branching out to different types of drinks in order to impress your customers and target a bigger market. If you continue to sell only a limited menu, you could be closing your doors to bigger possibilities. Besides, everyone who likes coffee tends to try other caffeinated drinks as well.

Here is a list of the most popular types of coffee drinks for you to try at your coffee shop.

1. Espresso – this is a type of black, condensed coffee, which you can make by forcing water through dark, roasted coffee beans with high pressure. By brewing the espresso perfectly, it should have golden-brown cream at the top of the surface. If you add sugar, it will float on the crema for a few seconds before it sinks to the bottom of the drink.
2. Frappuccino – made popular by Starbucks, this drink can be achieved by mixing blended coffee, whipped cream, ice and other secret ingredients. However, if you want to achieve the same caffeinated goodness in your own home, you can also easily achieve a Frappuccino by mixing coffee syrup with plain coffee or espresso with ice and whipped cream.
3. Cappuccino – very popular for it’s strong, but delicious taste, a real cappuccino is 2 parts of espresso, steamed milk, with milk froth at the top. If you can make this drink properly, it can also serve as the customer’s dessert. If you want, you can also sprinkle cocoa or grated chocolate over the milk froth. You can also give the drink a twist by giving your customers an option between “scuro” or less milk and chiaro or more milk. If you add ice, you can make it an iced cappuccino. And if you add skim milk, it becomes a “skinny”.
4. Café Americano – this drink is made of lots of hot water mixed with 1 shot of espresso. Despite its controversial name, many coffee shops have this drink perfected, resulting in a rich, creamy coffee, perfect for drinking before an energetic activity. This drink can be mixed with milk, but it should be kept to a minimum to make most of the espresso flavor. On hot days, you can also turn this into an Iced Americano beverage.
5. Café Latte – this drink can be made by mixing espresso, steamed milk and a bit of milk froth. While this beverage is usually drunk without any twists or special ingredients, it is also a popular drink used to dip desserts like cookies, sponge cakes and especially Italian bread. Perfect for drinking during breakfast.
6. Café Au Lait – for those who think café latte is too strong, you can recommend them to this beverage. This drink has the less kick that a café latte has because it is made with brewed coffee instead of an espresso shot. Mix it with milk and sugar, this drink is also a good beverage for dipping.