MILAN – Fresh Select an Australian company growing vegetables in Headquartered in Melbourne’s Werribee South region showed at last year’s Hort Connections conference in Melbourne the cauliflower latte, which is made using roughly 7 grams of cauliflower powder.
As reported by Fresh Select CEO and farmer, John Said, the idea stemmed from the CSIRO’s project last year to create a broccoli coffee — a quirky brew which made international headlines.
“Broccoli latte was a great story, a bit of a novelty to create awareness on what is possible,” he said.
“Our thinking was that cauliflower is a bit more creamier and it’s colour is similar to milk, and it wouldn’t look like a green coffee.
“In my opinion it’s got a creamier characteristic to it, it takes the bitter-edge off the coffee, but it does remind you that you are consuming cauliflower as a vegetable.”
At the Horticulture Innovation exhibit where the unique coffees were being made this week in Melbourne, the baristas were not able to keep up with demand, running out of cauliflower powder, “which is pretty good feedback”, according to Mr Said.
Next after cauliflower latte, spinach and carrot coffees
At Fresh Select, John Said told ABC Rural he expected spinach and carrot coffees to be next on the barista’s list after cauliflower latte.
