Get ready for autumn

As the summer comes to an end, and we welcome the Autumn season – a whole new world of seasonal drinks await!   There’s no harm in a little preparation, so why not think about transitioning your café menu from summer into autumn, to make sure you’re ahead of the competition. Here’s some tips:

Get a Pumpkin Spice Latte on the menu

The Pumpkin Spice Latte is most certainly an autumn favourite, made popular by Starbucks, appears on the menu earlier each year and always sells well.  So why not get ahead of the trend and start selling it early.

Create a buzz

Advertise your new drinks specials as much as possible, it doesn’t hurt to start creating a ‘coming soon’ buzz around your new drinks before they’re available, it’s always a good idea to have some catchy names for your drinks, and what better way to create a buzz.

Get creative with syrups

There are hundreds of syrups to choose from, and let’s face it most people don’t have the counter space to spare for syrups that aren’t being used. Make sure you’re getting the most out of your syrup choices by choosing flavours that can be used in a number of drinks, for example our Crème Brulee summer frappe uses Eggnog syrup, which is perfect for winter drinks.  This is a great way to really elevate any type of coffee, frappe or hot chocolate – inviting a whole new world of flavours!

Think about re-purposing stock

We’ve still got one summer holiday left this year and hopefully some good weather, so rather than writing off the summer drinks altogether, why not think about getting ingredients that can be used for warmer days and then repurposed for autumn/winter drinks. For example, Sweetbird smoothie mixes and frappes can be used to make Happes (hot frappes) and Soothies (hot smoothies). Check out these recipes from Sweetbird for a Pumpkin Berry Soothie and a Milk and Cookies Happe.

 For those looking to get creative this Autumn, these twists on the traditional coffee will surely do the trick. Suitable for carrying out on commercial coffee machines, and café coffee machines, the seasonal drinks.